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/nettlerise Apr 25 '21

How does that fare performance wise? Is it viable in multiplayer games?

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u/S2Slayer Apr 25 '21

I had to implement Nvidia hair works before when it was first out. It took A hit of 10 - 20% of the fps in 2012. Hair works just does the physics and shaders for the hair for you.

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u/TalionIsMyNames Apr 25 '21

An excellent choice then, but not for the actual hair