Liquid shader is back for the CS2 charms, this time with not-fake physics and not-fake refraction!* *it's all fake, it's a videogame
This is a great thread @hillsguy.bsky.social, I'll add a bit more context here for anyone interested. Yes there's no fancy sim - it just uses a water interaction buffer as a target for the particle system rendering, so we could use the power of particle system we already have.
Hillsguy@hillsguy.bsky.social · last yr.Decided to check out how water is rendered in Counter-Strike 2. Given how interactive water in CS2 is, I expected to see some cellular fluid simulation, but turns out they just use a low-resolution off-screen buffer with flat 2D decals used for various aspects of water. Reminds me of HL2 water :)
My cat tree has fruited! Does anyone know if this plump beauty is ripe for the picking?
How's it going on twitter sorry the everything app sorry twitter
Today we shared the 2024 Year In Review, a summary of all the cool new tools and features we added to Steam last year. (plus some interesting data points about how the platform is growing). store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...
Steamworks Development - Steam Year In Review 2024 - Steam News
At the end of every year, our team looks back at the features we shipped and the problems we solved. We summarize that work for the developers and publishers of PC games.
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Genuine question @dominos-pizza.bsky.social : Is that stuffed crust or classic?
Clearing out my parents house which isn't much fun, but it was heartwarming to see my mum kept hold of the t-shirt I made with Peter Beardsley's cock and balls hanging out
Subtle things to make your shaders better: 1) Anti-aliasing - Real life is not limited to pixels so unless you're specifically going for a pixelated style, you should be anti-aliasing everything! mini.gmshaders.com/p/antialiasing
Post you from a different era. I suppose I still do colouring in, in a way
Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com · 2y agoPost you from a different era (😅)
I cannot tell you how much work this was. I hope everyone enjoys it. There's some insane stuff in here. Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary youtu.be/YCjNT9qGjh4
Hi all! Just three days left until Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White is available for sale (while supplies last). Here's a quick look at the exclusive white carrying case + removable inner lining (slim case). Add it to your calendar here: store.steampowered.com/steamdeck
I just ran Sky Follower Bridge again (Chrome extension that finds Twitter user accounts on here) and the amount of people who have accounts that didn't a few days ago is amazing
We had fun making some rain fx in the new CS2 de_train, maybe I should a breakdown?
I'm enjoying it here so far, everyone is very nice and it does feel like the other place a few years ago. Though I didn't expect to make the gaming news by posting an old clip from ITVoG - and apologies for opening old wounds!
Is video compression even worse over here? Any tips for dealing with that?
More recently I worked on the CS2 water and effects. I hope to share some more CS2 (and other) shader work here (and not there) in the future.
I do often tend to work on liquidy things - this was the water test we did at Campo Santo pre Valve move
The Half Life Alyx booze / liquid / bottle shader which I worked on at the start of the Covid lockdown and got a ridiculous amount of attention
It's annoying but I'm going to leave that other place or at least stop posting there while the baddies are in charge and give this place a try instead. I'll add a couple of my old things to get started. Anyway, hi!