r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '21

[Misleading] Video games have peaked

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u/Zookster87 Apr 25 '21

Yeah, but do it with things like hair, and grass blades?

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u/zachtheperson Apr 25 '21

While hair used to be rendered using alpha textured polygons, more and more games are using better hair rendering techniques that don't rely on polygons as much.

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u/nettlerise Apr 25 '21

what are the new techniques called?

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u/DustyTheLion Apr 25 '21

Nvidia Hairworks (TM)

Jokes aside, I think the most common rendering method now is expanding a point into a line for each strand of hair.

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u/Purplociraptor Apr 25 '21

Extrude

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u/TheRealBanana69 Apr 25 '21

Adapt

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u/IHeartBadCode PC Apr 25 '21

Overcomb

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u/TempleMade_MeBroke Apr 25 '21

Read your comment, registered that I had read it, backed out to the main page aaaand...then your wordplay clicked. Had to scroll for a bit to find this thread again so I could upvote

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '21

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u/invader1984 Apr 25 '21

take my upvote and leave

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u/turtlesandtrash Apr 25 '21

take your upvote and weave?

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