Starting to show some real potential…
Pierce County Airport (KPLU) to Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW) - YouTube
And some interesting AH-64 WIP shots…
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I just looked up what Outerra is, exactly:
3D planetary engine for seamless planet rendering from space down to the surface. Can use arbitrary resolution of elevation data, refining it to centimeter resolution using fractal algorithms.
Seems like a really smart idea: “Unlimited visibility, progressive download of data, procedural content generation.”
And then, when scrolling through the gallery, looking at all the features, I was wowed even more. I just couldn’t believe it when I saw the dynamic terrain deforming video: real-time craters.
Surely this engine doesn’t work in multiplayer, I mean… wow. just wow.
It looks wonderful, but it’s been so long now. It has sort of taken on that mythical ‘unicorn over the horizon’ Duke Nukem of terrain engines mantle. I do hope they release something gameplay-wise that feels good in 2016.
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Yeah…reminiscent of 7G…always something new to report…but starting to count the decades… But if they get a flyable AH-64 with a nice flight model and some systems…heck, I’ll do bump and goes with that thing…
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It’s also very fun to send asteroids into the surface. But the most impressive is the Middle Earth project
Can’t let that go by without a video 
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Have they solved the “flowing water” problem yet?
Back when I was active in the Infinity-Forums we talked about that a lot (I-Novae engine is also procedural). Procedural terrain generation is nice, but rivers are a pain in the ass, for obvious reasons.
And a planet without rivers also means a planet without active volcanoes and other stuff that would be really nice, like realistic weather.
Alpha river support in Outerra
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