Sam from Lionhead Studios sent us a message to not only inform us that Fable 2 does NOT use IDV's SpeedTree software, but that their team is building their foliage and trees in-house and from scratch. Though, Sam did confirm that, early on, the dev team did look into using SpeedTree for Fable 2, but decided it wouldn't be right for their RPG baby. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, we've been told that each and every one of Fable 2's non-SpeedTree trees have approximately 120,000 leaves dangling from their branches. Oh, friggin' yeah.
So, there you have it. Fable 2 will not use SpeedTree and we were so very wrong to even joke about such a matter. We've slap our hands, yelled at ourselves in a mirror and as penance will be forcing ourselves to count each and every individual leaf on one of Fable 2's trees come launch day. It's the least we can do.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-07-2008 @ 10:17AM
Brucie B said...
*Thanx for starting RUMORS*
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2-07-2008 @ 10:43AM
Dustin Burg said...
all in a day's work
2-07-2008 @ 5:06PM
Richard Mitchell said...
DUSTIN AM FIRED
:)
2-07-2008 @ 10:56AM
emaxximus said...
I refuse to play any game that doesnt have at least 130,000 leaves on the trees in the background.
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2-07-2008 @ 10:58AM
xenocidic said...
No wonder the game is taking so long... Refusal to utilize perfectly good middleware!
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2-07-2008 @ 11:57AM
ryan said...
so are these just alpha maps or are they actually modled out individual leaves? im just tired of alpha maps for foliage. oblivion had me thinking otherwise, till i looked up and said "ah, nifty koliediscope effect you got there..."
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2-07-2008 @ 12:05PM
Sacredleader said...
Ummm....What rumor to start today? JK Dustin.
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2-07-2008 @ 12:19PM
Deck said...
I'm disappointed.
I was really hoping for 150,000 leaves per tree. :(
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2-07-2008 @ 12:22PM
Brooks said...
I guess that counts as a correction. Sort of a passive aggressive one, though.
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2-07-2008 @ 1:18PM
Cal said...
I'm going to count every last leaf on every single tree and if one has less than 120,000 leaves I'm suing.
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2-07-2008 @ 1:45PM
Anticrawl said...
He said it was an approximation, not an exact number.
But I know you're only joking and probably referencing the lawsuits over Halo 3's resolution.
2-07-2008 @ 2:22PM
Neuromancer said...
Yeah I watched the last dev diary for this game, they have this hippie guy doing nothing but working on the plants and trees and flowers. That middleware would have put him out of a job plus he probably does it much better anyway.
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2-07-2008 @ 3:54PM
Boss Tempo said...
120,000 leaves and I'll bet when you run into it, you still get stuck, running in place while the screen flickers like all video game trees.
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