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So I was playing the GoG (PC) version of Rayman 2, and encountered a funny glitch.

I was in the middle of the first visit to Menhir Hills. At some point I alt-tabbed out of the game, and when I went back to it, all the textures were gone. Even transitioning to a new sequence did not fix the issue - it persisted until I quit the game. For fun I decided to actually play through Menhir Hills like this, and take a few screenshots for your amusement.

A view of the spiky plants and the menhirs in the distance


The indoor area at the end of the first section, after defeating the sleeping pirates


Helicoptering to the purple lum at the start of section two


Taming the walking shell


Riding the shell (the lums look like big white squares)


About to crash into the door


Another sleeping pirate


Flying the keg


The entire construction in view


This is how a lit switch looks


Talking to Clark who just destroyed all these pirates


Clark is not feeling so well...


Back to the hall of doors

Oh yeah, I've seen that level in Rayman M.

It's really interesting to see how simple Rayman 2 looks when you remove the textures, it makes you appreciate the work done by the Rayman 2 artists to give the world a sense of depth and life.

Those residual colours are interesting, I suppose they're hues coded to the (usually) textured polygons to add atmosphere but I wouldn't have thought almost every polygon in the game had extra colouring added!

I'm pretty sure it's the static lighting. But it's interesting to see the gradients still there on the letters in the subtitles!

I find it amusing how Rayman's helicopter hair is just a flat square on his model.

PluMGMK wrote:I'm pretty sure it's the static lighting. But it's interesting to see the gradients still there on the letters in the subtitles!

Ah, that's probably it, I didn't realise static lighting included colours

Looks like Photobucket destroyed the hotlinking feature. Before I go look for another service, is there a way to host the images on RaymanPC directly?

dr_st wrote:Looks like Photobucket destroyed the hotlinking feature. Before I go look for another service, is there a way to host the images on RaymanPC directly?

Yes, go to the attachments tab under the reply box and you can upload images directly, though there is a file size limit and screenshots may be a little too big

Not just a file size limit, you're also limited to five attachments per post.

Not to mention that the file size limit is fairly small.

Moved to CubeUpload for the time being.

Ambidextroid wrote:Ah, that's probably it, I didn't realise static lighting included colours

Vertex colours (an RGB property assigned to each vertex) are a part of every 3D API, which are used as the basis for all lighting effects in virtually every game before the 6th gen.

I think Rayman 2 has light entities in the level which are simultaneously used to compute baked level geometry vertex colours and illuminate objects in the world in real time.

Adsolution wrote:Vertex colours (an RGB property assigned to each vertex) are a part of every 3D API, which are used as the basis for all lighting effects in virtually every game before the 6th gen.

I think Rayman 2 has light entities in the level which are simultaneously used to compute baked level geometry vertex colours and illuminate objects in the world in real time.

Ah, that makes sense.
I've been meaning to ask a question about perspective correct texture rendering which I can't get my head around but I couldn't think of anyone who'd know, but seeing as you've programmed a lot in 3D I was wondering if you'd be able to help?
I'm trying to understand how a texture is rendered to a polygon in a perspective correct way, and how the program knows where to sample from the texture/how the mechanics of it work.

Adsolution wrote:I think Rayman 2 has light entities in the level which are simultaneously used to compute baked level geometry vertex colours and illuminate objects in the world in real time.

As a matter of interest, do you think the difference in colour between the rotating platforms and other geometry in CoBD is deliberate or a side effect of discrepancies between static and dynamic lighting?

For me, more than funny it looks scary.

White supremacy ftw

At the picture where Rayman flies with the helicopter.


I have a feeling that the "square" positioned on Rayman's head When flying with no textures; is called an Alpha texture. This is used to determine the movement of how Rayman's helicopter hair spins. Just a thought..


Bump.