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Quake 4 Renders and Concept Art

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the eye-candy-from-the-future dept.

p0z3r writes "Following a recent story about Endorphin (from a previous Slashdot post), I came across the newly released Quake 4 renders. Hope you like them!" They're still lacking in the color department, but man oh man are they full of detail. I'm betting Quake 4 requires me to upgrade my hardware again, but I'm inclined to say it's worth it for graphics like these. Update: 07/19 17:54 GMT by S : It seems the images have now been removed from the Quake3World site.

58 comments

  1. Hehehe, did you read that forum? by BrookHarty · · Score: 2, Funny

    Edit: Oh yeah a realistic gib system would be awesome, at least for lan play. I know it would require a lot of internet power, but just think where we'll be in 2006, I bet everyone has at least 5MBps.

    Ya, just 15 months and they will upgrade my dsl to 5MBps, the RIAA would love that. After the RIAA gets done sueing the entire USA, nobody will be able to play quake4, doing 5-10 years in federal prison, and the 250,000 dollar fine. God bless corporate America, prisoner #1295736325.

    1. Re:Hehehe, did you read that forum? by GiMP · · Score: 1

      It is only 2003.5 still, there are still 2.5 years until 2006.0

    2. Re:Hehehe, did you read that forum? by GiMP · · Score: 1

      Note, I will not have 5mbps by 2006.

    3. Re:Hehehe, did you read that forum? by slaker · · Score: 1

      I'd be extraordinarily happy to have 56k.

      Yes, I live in the US, 1/2 hour outside Chicago, and no, I have absolutely no high-speed options.

      Broadband is not universal. I don't care how long you've had it.

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  2. A clever ploy to get into space by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a very clever ploy on Carmack's part to get into space:

    1) Design games that force players to buy new hardware.
    2) Collect kickbacks from nVidia, ATI, Intel, AMD.
    3) Profit!
    4) Build spacecraft with profit.
    5) Go into space.
    6) Profit!

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  3. And I quote... by dynoman7 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "GREAT GOOOGLYMOOGLY"

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    1. Re:And I quote... by Spokehedz · · Score: 1

      Who here dosen't love Weird Al?

      *Hums "Genius in france... I'm-a genius in france..."*

      Seriously--Quake4 is gonna be like Quake3. I mean, why would they release two single-player games, so close to eachother? Specially when D3 is gonna 0wnz j00--and just about everything else.

      'cept HL2.

  4. Looking at the pics... by travail_jgd · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One thing to remember is that the models used for the current renders may not be what's released in the game. They may be using million polygon models, and cut it back to a "more reasonable" ten thousand for actual gameplay.

    Looking at the concept art, a few ideas for Q4 can be found in the notes. Apparently humans are going to be used as power cells (one and two). Humans may be upgraded into Strogg troops, power cells, or other pieces of Strogg technology. Then again, things could very well change by the time the game is released.

    I'm starting to wonder if Q4 is going to be a "retelling" of Q2, rather than a sequel.

    1. Re:Looking at the pics... by Xistic · · Score: 1

      "One thing to remember is that the models used for the current renders may not be what's released in the game. They may be using million polygon models, and cut it back to a "more reasonable" ten thousand for actual gameplay.
      "

      The amount of detail is moot with the models we see now. When the models are converted over to the Doom 3 engine format, the level of detail is maintained in the form of height maps. In the first E3 movie one of the artists mentions it specificly calling it the "John Carmack Magic". You get to see a short clip of him working on the new pinky deamon and although it's small it looks just the same as ingame.

      Kyle

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    2. Re:Looking at the pics... by jabberjaw · · Score: 1

      Straying a bit off of the main topic, does anyone happen to know if the concept art for a game is sold once production is ended? These would make for rather nice dorm adornments...

    3. Re:Looking at the pics... by Thing+1 · · Score: 1

      None of those links were valid.

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  5. In game models? by WuWarrior · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are these actual models going to be used in the game? They look more like something that would be used in a cut scene or intro. If it's going to be used in the game, then that's VERY nice!

    1. Re:In game models? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They said these are RENDERS... meaning, it's not real time rendering.

    2. Re:In game models? by egomaniac · · Score: 4, Informative

      These are the extremely high-polygon count models from which the final models + bump maps will be computed. The in-game models will have far fewer polygons, but automatically-computed bump maps that simulate the higher-count renders.

      Take a look at Polybump for an example of this technology.

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    3. Re:In game models? by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 1

      "Are these actual models going to be used in the game? They look more like something that would be used in a cut scene or intro. If it's going to be used in the game, then that's VERY nice!"

      Well, they took the grabs down berfore I could see them so I can't really comment. I bet that the game will look pretty darn close. If they're not using the Polybump technique mentioned by another poster, then at the very least they can 'bake' deatails into the texture maps. You can do lotsa stuff with textures when you have a high-res model to work from.

  6. Story by sirmikester · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I wonder how all these renders will fit into the story of the game. Is quake 4 supposed to be a single player experience or multi?

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    1. Re:Story by rplacd · · Score: 2, Informative

      Quake 4 is based on Doom iii's engine. Doom III supposedly focuses primarily on singleplayer with very limited mp support (4 players max or something is the figure I read in an interview).

      Of course, they could release a Doom II mp add-on which ends up being incorporated in the Quake 4 base game.

  7. So... by rylin · · Score: 1

    Who'll be the first devteam to release a *game* based on Q4? :P

    /me is still shocked at the thought that some people call Quake 3 a game... Nice engine though

    1. Re:So... by ziggles · · Score: 1

      Doom 3 is the engine for Quake 4, which is being developed by Raven Software (http://www.ravensoft.com/), creators of Jedi Knight 2.

      Besides, Quake 3 is fun. It may not have been innovative or amazingly polished, but it is a good game.

    2. Re:So... by Tom7 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      > /me is still shocked at the thought that some people call Quake 3 a game... Nice engine though

      Yeah, well, people used to call things like "street fighter 2" and "mario brothers" games. Just because it doesn't tell a story doesn't mean it's not a game!

      (For my part, Quake 3 is one of my all-time favorites..)

    3. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      /me is still shocked at the thought that some people call Quake 3 a game... Nice engine though

      I've heard this line so many times I just have to laugh at each person who acts like they originated it.

      Hahahahah!

    4. Re:So... by addaon · · Score: 2, Interesting

      How does Mario Bros. not tell a story? /me runs off to rescue the princess.

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    5. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      What story does "Go" or "Chess" tell, then? Are they not games?

      Fuckwit.

    6. Re:So... by Tom7 · · Score: 1

      Mario Bros, not Super Mario Bros.

  8. Quake 4? by treads_water · · Score: 1

    Can someone explain what exactly Quake 4 is?

    Doom 3 isn't even finished yet. Are they already working on the next game? Are both gaming lines (Quake and Doom) going to extend into the future?

    Info, please.

    1. Re:Quake 4? by m2h · · Score: 4, Informative

      Doom 3 is being developed by Id Software. Quake 4 is being developed by Raven Software. Get it?

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    2. Re:Quake 4? by mnemonic_ · · Score: 1

      Can someone explain what exactly Quake 4 is?

      It is a computer game.

  9. jesus christ by zephc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and people complain the signal/noise here on slashdot!

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  10. areadfasdfeadfas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The page linked to was removed. someone have it's new link or something similar?

  11. Yank! by mrpuffypants · · Score: 1

    Looks like the screens got pulled from the site. Now there's no mention of them anywhere at all.

    In other news, John Ashcroft declared that linking to this site is illegal and will get you a trip to lovely Cuba!

  12. mirrors?? by XO · · Score: 1

    Anyone get a mirror? it's gone gone gone now... ugh!

    Quake 4 is a project by Raven? i think.. are they using the Doom 3 engine? not sure.. Anyway, it's supposed to be the sequel to Quake 2 .. I think they should change names, though..

    Quake 2 wasn't really a sequel to Quake 1.. and Quake 3 wasn't really a sequel to it.. they all had entirely different stories and stuff...

    oh well.

    i'm just mindlessly babbling now

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  13. Mirror by jasoncart · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.ferrago.com/story/1848

  14. anyone care to mirror the mirror? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    already dead...

    1. Re:anyone care to mirror the mirror? by jasoncart · · Score: 1

      Try refreshing... it is still there.

    2. Re:anyone care to mirror the mirror? by erasmus_ · · Score: 2, Interesting

      The mirror does not not work for me. Was anyone else able to snag a copy before these went down?

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  15. NEW MIRROR for some of the images.. by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    Both sites are down.. here is a link to a download of just the renders.. http://p0z3r.dyndns.org/quake4.tar.gz Hope this helps some of you!! Since both previous mirrors are down.

    1. Re:NEW MIRROR for some of the images.. by p0z3r · · Score: 4, Informative

      here is an easier link

  16. Here is a download of them.. by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    quake4.tar.gz

  17. Different Mirror.. your killing my box! by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    http://www.angelfire.com/geek/p0z3r/quake4.tar.gz Sorry about my webserver.. I didn't expect that much downloading at once. lol. -p0z3r

  18. Different MIRROR by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    http://www.angelfire.com/geek/p0z3r/quake4.tar.gz

  19. ZIP file of renders! by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    http://www.angelfire.com/geek/p0z3r/quake4renders. zip
    I'm finding another server for this as well..
    -pz03r

    1. Re:ZIP file of renders! by corkhead0 · · Score: 0

      Angelfire killed your webpage too. Good ol' /. effect :)

    2. Re:ZIP file of renders! by p0z3r · · Score: 1

      I know.. it will come back up though.. =c)

      I'll try to keep them up until Carmack gives me a call.

      -p0z3r

  20. HEY DUMBFUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I've been messing with the e3 doom3 alpha for about two weeks now. I'd say that's a SIGN that it's coming. Retard.

    1. Re:HEY DUMBFUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you've been trolled, by a piss poor troll at that.

    2. Re:HEY DUMBFUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      *laugh* .... nah, let him have his fun. He's obviously deeply involved in one of his visions of grandeur where he works for ID and is good buds with John C.

      The real question is whether he got angry at the suggestion that Doom 3 is not real or the Easter Bunny not being real. ... "the truth is out there." ;^)

  21. Thanks! [nt] by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 1

    nt

  22. These are not for real by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    These renderings are based on fan work. I doubt these are in any way official. The first guy is actually a Q3A skin. See:

    www.planetquake.com/polycount/downloads/index.as p? model=910

    Btw, Quake is the game that the top 1v1 FPS players use to go head to head. Quake III Arena is simply the most immersive FPS game so far ever made. Other games do the team, graphics and story thing. Quake does the balls on head to head thing.

    Carmack's rulez.

    1. Re:These are not for real by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hell yes.
      Nothing incredibly new or innovative, but one hell of a nice physics system. I don't think ANYBODY could make a game as precise as ID/Carmack.

      As an oldschool QW player, I suggest taking a look at FuhQuake (www.fuhquake.net) and play on a CustomTF or Prozac-CustomTF server. You might be pleasantly suprised once you get used to the old graphics :)
      I play many new games as they come out, and I have yet to find anything close.

    2. Re:These are not for real by grommeh · · Score: 1

      The concept art certainly looked real to me. I think it was definitely legit, else why pull it? Almost wish I hadn't looked at it now, spoilt the surprise :D

      The human processing plant as seen previously in Q2 looked especially gruesome.

      One thing that was really interesting were the pictures of vehicles as some of the concepts. I assume there will be some sort of driving element in Q4 - whether on-rails or freeform remains to be seen.

    3. Re:These are not for real by miruku · · Score: 1

      that's the fake quake 4 model that was around a while back, and its based on the official concept art for quake 4 that was released in 2001

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  23. Pics by new_confused_mind · · Score: 0

    In case someone is still interested, I've found 6 pics here. Nothing that justify the fuzz, I must warn you.

  24. The original LINKER, now removed as well... by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    THIS is the original place that gave me the link to the forum of Quake 3 world showing the concept art & renders. If they are fake, blame them. Their link did say Quake 4 Renders.
    It was in the bottom section for Related Links.
    -p0z3r

  25. Get a job for Quake 4! by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    Found this over at Raven!
    "Hi-Poly Modeler Position for Quake 4:....hi-poly models in the 200,000 to 4,000,000 poly range"
    -p0z3r

  26. Yikes! by mrpuffypants · · Score: 1

    It look like these were NOT intended to get out at all...every site that had them is gone, gone, gone!

    Here's the word from the staff of QuakeCon regarding the issue: Message board thread

  27. Must have been REAL leaked images!! by p0z3r · · Score: 1

    Dyndns.org was contacted by someone and they terminated my p0z3r.dyndns.org account. They stated that:
    "Your account has been terminated for illegally providing access to, and later linking to, copyrighted materials, specifically captures from Quake 4. That is a very serious violation of our AUP and international copyright law. -- Tim Wilde Systems Administrator Dynamic DNS Network Services"
    So, I'm not linking them anymore.. but anyway.