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End of time by Alcatraz [web] & Altair
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Wie immer super. Und die Musik ist Doppel-Super! :o)
rulez added on the 2018-07-22 00:56:07 by gaspode 
Mad tracing skills!
Loved that scenes with fire, that 4k ist out of this world
lovely flames!
Kickass soundtrack as always from Virgill, and top notch rendering, especially for a 4k. Do a color scheme that's not teal and orange next time ;)
What dojoe said!
Audio is pretty great! Tracing & the refractions look neat! How many paths per pixel? =)
this looks so polished! unfortunately the horn is not fat enuff. trotzdem eine feine produktion!
Sucks so hard some will like it ;)
...your usual objects, but very nice music, sync and flames :-)
I LOVE IT
Good to see path tracing with non-flickery design for a change. ;)
And yes, the orange vs. teal dichotomy got maybe a tad too binary in this one.
And yes, the orange vs. teal dichotomy got maybe a tad too binary in this one.
Looks and sounds great!
ganz stark!
fire and doom yeah! the exploding planet is missing? maybe it already exploded and the demo is about their escape space ship getting destroyed. next time don't use so much glass and gasoline in your space ship, so it doesn't burn up like that
what comes to the path tracing thing - pardon my ignorance, but to me it looks just like shiny surfaces and glass... where in this do you need path tracing?
what comes to the path tracing thing - pardon my ignorance, but to me it looks just like shiny surfaces and glass... where in this do you need path tracing?
Yzi, who mentioned pathtracing? It's madtracing(tm). We will probably do a Shadertoy port later so you can examine how it works. 😊
Aw, forgot to thank some of my fellow sceners for their support in the nfo. Gopher, Slerpy, LJ and Hellfire. Your ideas are always helpful
Blueberry said pathtracing. Maybe it was just the path from home to party place
krass
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Blueberry said pathtracing.
I did, and so did noby, though less obviously, as he didn't put the two words next to each other. ;)
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what comes to the path tracing thing - pardon my ignorance, but to me it looks just like shiny surfaces and glass...
Look closer and you will see noise that looks characteristically like path tracing noise (though probably with some extra shading on top). You need to see the actual intro of course - it's completely obscured by the compression in the youtube.
It's wonderful!
Basically, Virgill was implementing pathtracing, but somehow it started looking good before he finished the implementation and we gave it a go.
So we called it MadTracing[tm] for a reason. ;)
Basically it traces primary ray normally, averaging samples on the way plus one more or less random sample in the reflection direction at every step. This effectively produces volumetric lighting with directional glow (thanks to secondary samples) and once the primary ray hits surface the remaining iterations (there's no early exit in the tracing loop) result in DOF/antialiasing (primary ray is randomized per step and still converging and averaging) and "pathtraced" surface (secondary samples).
Secondary "rays" particularly hacky. The direction is computed normally as view direction reflected by the normal, randomized according to roughness, but there's only one sample taken at the "best known" secondary ray distance (which is updated after the sample). In effect, on low roughness this approach usually finds the proximity of the reflected surface and on high roughness samples randomly around the shaded point (but then, nobody really cares). In the end, averaging everything hides most artifacts. :)
There's almost no postprocessing here, except for averaging with previous frame. :)
So we called it MadTracing[tm] for a reason. ;)
Basically it traces primary ray normally, averaging samples on the way plus one more or less random sample in the reflection direction at every step. This effectively produces volumetric lighting with directional glow (thanks to secondary samples) and once the primary ray hits surface the remaining iterations (there's no early exit in the tracing loop) result in DOF/antialiasing (primary ray is randomized per step and still converging and averaging) and "pathtraced" surface (secondary samples).
Secondary "rays" particularly hacky. The direction is computed normally as view direction reflected by the normal, randomized according to roughness, but there's only one sample taken at the "best known" secondary ray distance (which is updated after the sample). In effect, on low roughness this approach usually finds the proximity of the reflected surface and on high roughness samples randomly around the shaded point (but then, nobody really cares). In the end, averaging everything hides most artifacts. :)
There's almost no postprocessing here, except for averaging with previous frame. :)
Beautiful.
Awesome!
nice!
nice but not my taste
Amazing..
It's... NOT BORING!
Wow!
lacks green :P ;)
Fantastic music and tracing!
Love the "snare brush" sounding noise.
Love the "snare brush" sounding noise.
neat
*jaw hits floor*
The final scene is worth a thumb for both the audio (strings) and the progression, but the rest just feels like a completely, much inferior intro.
Truly amazing!
The instruments are really miles ahead here. Starting to resemble a classic movie soundtrack. Rendering looks awesome too with neat flame effects breaking up the mathy look of the geometry
Well deserved holiday for this 4k :)
Cheers mates! 4k extravaganza !
Cheers mates! 4k extravaganza !
p.s. some scenes are a little dark.. possible to change that next time? ;)
impressive instruments & tracing
fein
Lovely muted brass instrument sound for 4k. And the rest is very nice as well.
It turned out very enjoyable! I love the organic kind of things in the middle part! :)
what a beauty! nize coop!
that last scene
Insane amount of content for a 4k, and a bit of a permutation for the 'orange&teal' -colorscape. Prefer the scene starting at 1:00.
wow, dat music!
Abstract but varied, and I was impressed by the interesting instrument sounds... wow!
Favorite scene is the burning room (well, in my imagination) :) Works fine on Win7x64 of course! And I still think letterboxing is stupid.
Favorite scene is the burning room (well, in my imagination) :) Works fine on Win7x64 of course! And I still think letterboxing is stupid.
Amazing intro, groundbreaking technically and visually looks great. Sounds so dramatic and classy. I'm all over the whole mad tracer[tm] thing. You can count me in broski, I'll gate crash the bandwagon. The hack is so fucking nifty, I mean real crafty shit right there brohs. You guys are total bros, congratulations.
Virgill....no more words needed. KILLER
Insane visuals. Great music. Teal and orange color scheme is not enough to detract from a super-double-plus thumb.
Decent, but wow W10 required.
It looks great and probably on the most expensive cards it works smoothly.
Great, and does work on W7 :)
instruments sounded a bit shit in my opinion. the song otherwise was really nice and the visuals were nice too. colorscheme was awful :)
Insane amount of effects and direction for a 4k
music and fire effects! <3
Great work, good visuals and sound and all in 4k
soundtrack is very emotional!
colorscheme is what I like ;) too
and how many different point of views and parameters made this intro looks not like 4k. Awesome result!
colorscheme is what I like ;) too
and how many different point of views and parameters made this intro looks not like 4k. Awesome result!
When coders have aesthetic skills! Solid 4k with an amazing soundtrack - again! Great job guys!
Thx KK for the tech details... now I'm waiting for the code ;)
Thx KK for the tech details... now I'm waiting for the code ;)
The first fire that gives me shivers.
What an awesome 4k. I love the soundtrack.
What an awesome 4k. I love the soundtrack.
A beautiful piece of art!
Fantastic. Can't believe it's 4k !!!
virgill is seriously spoiling us by constantly venturing into uncharted territory with 4klang, setting the bar higher each and every time. I can't help but imagine him sitting in the darkness of his attic constantly researching and polishing away on his highly complex instruments using his by now intrinsic knowledge gained over decades to compose his haunting soundtracks that do not need to fear any comparison to any full-size production. The visuals aren't too shabby either ;)
beautiful production. respect to everyone involved. Virgill, you're nuts.
beautey! =)
Looks like you had fun guys making it (which is definitely a good thing) and the result is interesting (with march-racing-path-branching or whatever that is).
But... somehow it left me indifferent. Maybe because of ugly color scheme and usual geometry. Or maybe because those physically-based instruments although still very impressive for 4k, just doesn't sound that fresh anymore.
I'm actually torned between a piggy and thumb-up, but since almost everyone gave a thumb-up, just a piggy ;P
But... somehow it left me indifferent. Maybe because of ugly color scheme and usual geometry. Or maybe because those physically-based instruments although still very impressive for 4k, just doesn't sound that fresh anymore.
I'm actually torned between a piggy and thumb-up, but since almost everyone gave a thumb-up, just a piggy ;P
Great
cool!
Surprisingly good soundscape! Nice visuals too
sau geil!
Beautiful!
That whale-sound in the music took it to another level for me. Really love the music, as I almost always do when it comes to the audio-storytelling when Virgill is at the helm. Love the two main colors too. Sort of like invention vs doubt. A duality as old as man itself. Thank you!
Shadertoy port of the opening scene.
For those who are interested how madtracing[tm] works :P
EOT-grid scene
For those who are interested how madtracing[tm] works :P
EOT-grid scene
Very clean and nice, love it :)
just great in every way!
The quality of the industrial sounds in the music is very nice - clangs and train whistles with fire and water, seems like a steampunk demo.
Shadertoy port of the burning tori scene.
Just throw some 3d noise to a lightsource :)
EOT-burning tori
Just throw some 3d noise to a lightsource :)
EOT-burning tori
Fantastic!
ray tracing, any way to play it on gt730 (320x200 will work i think)
Very nice.. Bit what waffle said though
Okay, the burn effect was really something, and the tracing in general was quite incredible.
Another fx ported to Shadertoy:
EOT-dark matter
EOT-dark matter
Absolutely silly amount of content for a 4k. Interesting soundtrack, too. Good stuff!
(The amount of orange and teal made me cringe for a second though...)
(The amount of orange and teal made me cringe for a second though...)
extremely nice graphics!
Finally watched this with full focus and what shall I say? Wait... I can't say anything at the moment! This 4k made me speechless!
nice!
Great intro!
Amazing new style in 4k, loved it!
fire and glossy glow, what a view!
yes
shiney :)
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