Quake IV Concept Art Leaks

[MacRumors]

InsideMacGames (http://insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=8080) reports that Quake IV concept art has been leaked, and was distributed to certain web sites.

id Software is taking a hard stance against any media outlets that use this artwork:

"We do not know the source of these leaked assets. Please be warned that id Software has instructed Activision that we are not to work with any magazine which uses any of these assets. If any magazine does so, id Software will not allow any assets for id games to be sent to these magazines in the future."

[Fat Tony]

You can see them here:

http://www.ravengames.com/quake4/leaked_screenshots.php

[arn]

Originally posted by Fat Tony
You can see them here:

http://www.ravengames.com/quake4/leaked_screenshots.php

there are real ones.... :)

arn

[rockman2023]

As some of us in New York would say:

"That's gansta!!"

That's one hell of an ultimatum, don't ya think?!

[Fat Tony]

Originally posted by arn
there are real ones.... :)

arn

They looked pretty realistic to me... ;)

[arn]

http://www.gamekult.com/tout/jeux/fiche_screenshots.html?cjeu=J000012111&page=1&typeMedia=150003&images=7

[vitruvius]

wow those are very complex 3D models :eek: , i wonder wich GPU can render that in real time for a smooth game

[ZildjianKX]

Can we say Doom III meets Halo? Seriously, when I first saw them I thought they all came from Doom III... except I didn't expect to see vehicles...

[raschild]

those graphics look absolutely amazing! :cool:

[Mr. Anderson]

That's some nice stuff! But I wonder if the game models will be that complex....the 3d models might be for movies or promos and they'll use them to create the texture maps and culled models for the game.

D

[Das]

Man, those are tight. Those screens were from a modler using Studio Max it looks like. That's quite a bounty of smuggled screens for just a leak...hmmm....

[bennetsaysargh]

those look cool, even though i don't realy play games.

[g3ski]

Someone at id messed up on their roman numerals. Those screenshots are from a prototype for Quake IX. It's expected to be used with the Radeon II Extreme 27000 (1.8Ghz, 2GB of ram). Base Mac is a Quad 6Ghz G5 with a 3Ghz bus. Alpha is due Nov 2007.

[MhzDoesMatter]

Whoa, now that's hardcore business.

-Hertz

[kb9000]

Originally posted by raschild
those graphics look absolutely amazing! :cool:

Keep in mind that concept renders are better than real time game renders...

Or, in 2005, it might be the other way around... :)

[cooter]

they were probably done in maya, as john carmack has said they used it to create all their doom 3 models

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by arn
http://www.gamekult.com/tout/jeux/fiche_screenshots.html?cjeu=J000012111&page=1&typeMedia=150003&images=7
Thanks sooo much arn, I NEED thes FAKE pictures!

Lozer!
;) :p

Yeah thoses pics are nice a high res.

And that boss/evil monster looks TOTALLY bad ass.

[Macmaniac]

Let the 16X AGP slots start!! Maybe the G5 will be the miniumum requirment. Pray to the game gods for a port.

[etoiles]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
That's some nice stuff! But I wonder if the game models will be that complex....the 3d models might be for movies or promos and they'll use them to create the texture maps and culled models for the game.

D

yeah, looks like those screenshots are from a Maya preview window (the axis, the text...but I might be wrong). They use those high rez models to render out texture and especially 'normal maps' to include lighting detail on game models without the geometry overhead.

normal map explained (http://members.shaw.ca/jimht03/normal.html)

[reyesmac]

Those characters and levels in the leaked photos are almost as demonic as the characters in Doom, why don't they just put both games together and be done with it. I would like to see more 3rd person shooters that don't take place in hell thank you.
I wonder what the mac specs will be to run this at the average setting.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by etoiles
They use those high rez models to render out texture and especially 'normal maps' to include lighting detail on game models without the geometry overhead.


Wow, that's some slick stuff. I'd like to be able to use that in Lightwave for my own rendering, not for exporting or just creating the map. Its a great way to get patterned details that go well beyond bumpmapping...

D

[xdfgf]

Originally posted by Macmaniac
Let the 16X AGP slots start!!

Actually they will probably be PCI-EXPRESS (http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.html?i=1830) ATI and Nvidia plan to release their next cards using this spec. PCI-Express crushes AGP, PCI-X, and about every other bus there is.

Heres to hoping Apple puts it in G5 sooner rather than later. :cool:

[BaghdadBob]

I wouldn't be surprised if the models sooked that detailed in the game (through the blur of death and bloodspray) considering the incredible complexity of the Doom III models' appearances. Doom III looks nuts, I could only guess that Quake IV will look nutsier.

[jouster]

A G3 at 333 Mhz and an 8 MB ATI rage will be fine for this game, right?

[mattmack]

Originally posted by jouster
A G3 at 333 Mhz and an 8 MB ATI rage will be fine for this game, right?
ROFL:D
I cant even play America's Army or UT2K on my dual G4 450 with an ATI 8500:(

[LethalWolfe]

Wait, wait, wait. Am I at the right Macrumors forum? Shouldn't at least 50% of the posts be whinning about how id is way over reacting and denouncing their draconian protection of their IP?


;)



Lethal

[Abstract]

Now I'll get to kill people that look more real!!! Sweet. :cool:

I can feel my computer becoming more and more obsolete by the second. :(

[Mr. Anderson]

If any magazine does so, id Software will not allow any assets for id games to be sent to these magazines in the future.

I wonder if this also includes websites...;)

Arn, you won't be getting any assets now

D

[mangoduck]

PCI-Express crushes AGP, PCI-X, and about every other bus there is.

i thought pci-x was short for pci express. if not, what the heck is the difference?

$20 says in a few years when pci-x is long in the tooth, agp will make a comeback as agp-x or super agp or something equally predictable and we'll all have to switch over again. so much for scalability and backward compatibility.

also, those screenshots are insane. i doubt we'll be seeing realtime global illumination soon, but even the viewport captures look excellent.

[BaghdadBob]

OK, I wanted to take a second look, but when you go to arn's link it now says "French french french, french french french french." I assume that's French for "Id threatened to eat our babies."

Anyone else have a link?

[arn]

Appleinsider has photos now

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=119

[BaghdadBob]

Originally posted by arn
Appleinsider has photos now

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=119
Cool, thanks arn, these are great, looks like a lot more than the last set.

I can imagine these grapics being pulled off RT considering their statement of "not until at least 2005"

The 6 GHz 980 will be out by then, right?


.....right?

[zac4mac]

hmmmm. Notice the last few rendered shots have frame rate numbers in the bottom corner.

[Orome]

Ummmm... I had a poster of the AppleInsider pic that came with "Ultimate Quake," I think, but it may have been DOOM: Collector's Edition...but that was like a year ago. If that's a leaked picture, it sure took someone a long time to figure that out!!!

[Orome]

Just realized there were more pics there...a lot more, really. I should really pay more attention...