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Quake4 Relief Mapping
Filename: quake4_reliefmapping.zip


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Fabio Policapo
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11-07-2005
Mods > Mini-Mods


Average User Rating: 7.2
Number of Votes: 10
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Quake4 Relief Mapping - File Description  

  NOTE: This file has become outdated and there's a newer / better version available.
  You can still get this file but we suggest you have a look at the NEW / UPDATED VERSION first!





Description:
This modifcation will not damage your Quake4 installation. It will just extract some textures from the game data pack and modify them to include depth information. All original files are mantained and you can quickly get back to your original Quake4 installation by deleting the extracted files.

The modified Quake4 shader was created to test relief mapping technique with high-quality game art. Note, however, that some geometry will not look correct with relief mapping as the art for the game was not created for this effect. For correct use of the technique the edges of scene polygons should have no displacement (depth=0). But since the depth maps were created from the game normal maps this is not guaranteed.




  NOTE: This file has become outdated and there's a newer / better version available.
  You can still get this file but we suggest you have a look at the NEW / UPDATED VERSION first!




Quake4 Relief Mapping - Screenshots  
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Quake4 Relief Mapping - Readme  
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Quake4 Relief Mapping
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This modifcation will not damage your Quake4 installation. It will just extract some textures from the game data pack and modify them to include depth information. All original files are mantained and you can quickly get back to your original Quake4 installation by deleting the extracted files.

The modified Quake4 shader was created to test relief mapping technique with high-quality game art. Note, however, that some geometry will not look correct with relief mapping as the art for the game was not created for this effect. For correct use of the technique the edges of scene polygons should have no displacement (depth=0). But since the depth maps were created from the game normal maps this is not garranteeded.


For details about how relief mapping works refer to:

demo -> http://fabio.policarpo.nom.br/files/reliefmap3.zip
paper -> http://www.shadertech.com/contest/#reliefmapping
http://fabio.policarpo.nom.br/docs/ReliefMapping_I3D2005.pdf


To install this modification:

- from your Quake4 instalation path create folder quake4\base\glprogs\

- copy file interaction.vfp to folder quake4\base\glprogs\

- drag and drop files quake4\base\pak010.pk4, quake4\base\pak011.pk4 and quake4\base\pack012.pk4 into the tool normal2depth.exe

- wait for processing of all normal maps (this will create folder quake4\base\textures)


To remove the modification and get back to original Quake4 installation:

- delete the file quake4\base\glprogs\interaction.vfp
- delete the folder quake4\base\textures

You must select ULTRA QUALITY mode in order to have the calculated depth maps loaded (or else you will see no relief at all).

Relief mapping is slower than standard normal mapping. For this reason, we recommend going down to 640x480 or 800x600 in order to get better FPS through the game. Works great with a GeForce7800 card!


Enjoy,
Fabio Policapo (fabio.policarpo@gmail.com)

Acknowledgements: The tool for creating depth maps from normal maps (normal2depth.exe) is based on a Poisson multigrid solver written by Carlos E. Scheidegger and Gustavo S. Neto.


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Total comments: 7 | Last comment: 08-16-2007 at 07:30

 #1 - Posted by: seanvito (Member) on 11-10-2005 at 18:45
why doesnt it work for me?

specs:
-pentium 4, 2.4 Ghz processor
-ATI Radeon x700 Pro, 256mb video card
-1.5 gigs RAM

The game wont let me play on ultra quality mode, and i don't know why. Whenever I start a new game, it loads and then exits out of the game when it's done loading.
PLEASE HELP!


 #2 - Posted by: butmunch (Member) on 11-14-2005 at 12:03
You need a geforce 6600 or better or something that suports pixel shader 3.0

 #3 - Posted by: seanvito (Member) on 11-14-2005 at 18:16
Awe Cry.... But still, how come ultra quality doesn't work for me at all? Did anyone else have this problem?

 #4 - Posted by: LauZaIM24 (Member) on 11-20-2005 at 08:47
your system blows, to put it bluntly.

 #5 - Posted by: seanvito (Member) on 12-15-2005 at 18:31
HA! you are wrong. There was something wrong with the ATI driver they released. They released another which fixes it. So no, my system doesnt blow. ATI blows.

 #6 - Posted by: fpo (Member) on 06-01-2006 at 21:30
Hi... a new version of the mod is available that supports both ATI and NVIDIA cards and runs in High Quality mode (not the slow Ultra Quality mode as the previous version).

Get it from:
http://www.fabio.policarpo.nom.br/relief/


 #7 - Warning!!! To see/enable Parallax/Relief mods this is essential...: - Posted by: dafama2k7 (Member) on 08-16-2007 at 07:30
Include this in your Autoexec.cfg...:

seta r_testARBProgram "0" // def. 0
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "0"
seta image_useCompression "0"
vid_Restart




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