Hidden & Dangerous: Source

[Jason]

Oh I didn't know that didn't really occur to me

We should be able to make new H&D2 maps, maybe

[Lardassmonkey]

Its meant to have fully destructable terrain as well isn't it? That would be extra cool if it works on modded maps too.

[SgtH3nry3]

IMO Illusion Softworks should make an entire new game engine built upon the Quake 3 open-source code and use large fragments of bugless, optimized LS3D engine.

Combine it, add some fancy rendering, shading, physics and AI stuff like normal mapping, specular mapping, bumpmapping, parallax mapping, High-Dynamic Range-rendering, Postprocessing effects (Glare, Blooming, Blur, Sharpen, Saturization, etc), Shader Model 3.0 support, Meqon physics engine, a 3D billboard mesh-LOD system, improved netcoding, etc.

After creating such engine they should recreate H&D Deluxe and H&D2 in one package, and watch what will happen.

[Oldih]

IMO Illusion Softworks should make an entire new game engine built upon the Quake 3 open-source code and use large fragments of bugless, optimized LS3D engine.

Combine it, add some fancy rendering, shading, physics and AI stuff like normal mapping, specular mapping, bumpmapping, parallax mapping, High-Dynamic Range-rendering, Postprocessing effects (Glare, Blooming, Blur, Sharpen, Saturization, etc), Shader Model 3.0 support, Meqon physics engine, a 3D billboard mesh-LOD system, improved netcoding, etc.

After creating such engine they should recreate H&D Deluxe and H&D2 in one package, and watch what will happen.

Agreed.

Would give good example that how much you could do with old code when you just update it abit.

[SgtH3nry3]

It seems that Illusion Softworks has bought a license on PhysX technology.
That means they'll have access to the PhysX Software Development Kit, the PhysX API and the NovodeX API & physics engine.

That's a huge leap forward IMO, they already amazed me when they bought a motion capture studio for Mafia... (Which was used on Hidden & Dangerous 2, Vietcong, etc aswell)

Btw, scrap that Quake 3-engine, use Unreal Engine (2.5)! :D
It's much more versatile, Quake 3 is more for your typical lineair arcade physics-less FPS bangstick game...

[Jason]

Quake 3 is a "dead" engine IMO, compared to what is out there today.

[Oldih]

Quake 3 is a "dead" engine IMO, compared to what is out there today.

True, but still you never know what you can dig out from the old code 

[Jedah]

Eh..I play F.E.A.R in the max settings and all it runs smooth..
I think Condmned sucks more performance then anything else I've played.