GDC 10 - UNCHARTED 2: HDR Lighting

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At today's GDC session, "UNCHARTED 2: HDR Lighting," John Hable referenced a two-part presentation by Pal-Kristian Engstad, "Introduction to SPU Optimizations." We've posted links to that the presentation after the jump.

By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Saturday March 13 2010

Naughty Dog programmer John Hable presented a talk called "UNCHARTED 2: HDR Lighting" to close out GDC10 during the last timeslot of the final day. During his talk John referenced a two-part presentation by Pal-Kristian Engstad, our Lead Engine Programmer, which covers optimizing for the SPUs. We've linked each part of that presentation below for those who attended John's session and those who are following at home (or coming in via GDC Vault access). Introduction to SPU Optimizations - Part 1 Introduction to SPU Optimizations - Part 2

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Posted by: TheSkunkSmoker on 03-30-2010

i ageree wiv u it wouldnt b far as i am level 59 an it took long 4 me too… an wen u get there wot u get?! nothing whitch we should get extra booster or new skin or even new badge like MW2 did then put u bck at level 1 again.. give us extra booster. booms ain’t worth usin anymore an ak47 is now my best gun if u change that i will 4 sure trade it in fof MAG” even tho i hate it but rite now ND UC2 isn’t gettin any better i want my game back i paid for befor u change it otherwise ppl mite start tradin there UC2 bck in shop an gettin there cash bck.. think hard wot ur doin its good game an i used to play GTA4 every chancei got that was untill UC2 come now im hooked on it well i waqs but ND u r killin the fun out of UC2.

Posted by: TheSkunkSmoker on 03-30-2010

gettin rid of the limit 50k wood b nice make it 100k! or on the nxt update add another booster so we can use an ave 3 boosters. also respawn points isn’t still that good an 1.04 an 1.05 was game i enjoyed an had fun playin 4 hrs an now cos of the tweaks u’ve done has made me slowly losin intrust in playin online, an if i do i casnt play long cos it gets me pissed me off untill i feel like throwin the game across the room cosof wot u’ve done i no ur jus tryin keep ppl happy but ur not really listenin change it bck 2 1.04 an mix it wiv 1.05 as that was spot on an gamin was fun so fun that me an my girl rowed lol… even my girl liked it but no longer plays it.. ppl glitchin makes it not worth playin online so how bout puttin pitched update that every time sum1 glitchs they drop dwn level 1 again or u block there accunt!!!!! as that piss’s me rite offf wen ppl r doin that plus wiv ur shit worthlee updates is makin mke wanna trade it in for MAG! pls addd me. or email wiv contacted number as i’ll call u frm uk to u guys in usa if i new u wood fix the ppl glitchin an the tweats u done pls listen as we gammers pay ur wagers an put roof ovber ur head.

Posted by: ShimizuGear09 on 03-17-2010

I totally agree with him about this things.
Btw, why do you decided to make 1.06 even worst then 1.05?
More glitches (=more cheaters), useless Fal and granades, freezes, match aborts, crazy respawn points. Now tell me: why are you saying “We’re listening...” if you completely ignore us?
Oh yeah, now you have awards and money; there’s no need anymore of fans, right?
I’m really disappointed about your behaviour, you’ve completely ruined what it was a WONDERFUL multiplayer mode.

Posted by: x-Doc_Savage-x on 03-18-2010

Yeah, thats all well and good. The PRINCIPAL game is a one player experience. So if u want ND to focus on that,cool. As a gamer who primarily plays MP,and is a fan of runnin and gunnin, I like to see different skins. If I wanna see winter sully or heist chloe, I’ll sit thru the game again. Personally,I don’t need to see rehashed versions of characters I’ve been seeing for the past several months. I don’t care about their voice authenticity, use pre-existing ones. Whatever. I just would like something to look forward to when I play besides glitchers, and laggers with the super slow internet connects, and noobs who got their high lvls thru survival and gold rush and have no idea how to deal with a human controlled avatar. I’m not asking for new skins by 2morrow. I just think that for the gamers like myself, who get disenchanted with monotony, its all about skins ands maps now. I’m a quarter of the way to 60 and when I hit that, whats left? I don’t care about kill stats and ratios. I care about havin fun while I’m playing. Running,jumping,climbing and killing. And seeing my character do those things.

oh, and PLEASE reconsider the blast radius for the grenades. To acute. Also, should it take a grenade launcher 2 point blank hits, while it takes the Dragon, and sometimes the Deagle only one?
Thanx again u guys. ND rox out!!!!!!

Posted by: Yiggler on 03-17-2010

I’m kind of wishing they’ll just give us some DLC for the single player campaign. Give us new medals to achieve, a new difficutly setting, maybe some different enemy types. I don’t know...I’m just spitt balling here.

What I would really like to see is a randomization element implented into the game. Every time you start a new game, the PS3 randomly moves around weapons, place enemies in different positions and puts treasures in different spots. I don’t know, it may be too late for this. I rather ND just configures what everyone wants for MP and focus on UC3 after that. But, the single player campaign idea could keep things fresh and hold it over until the sequel comes out.

Posted by: thefuzzydudd on 03-18-2010

im on level 47 i could have been on level 60 for now i had to restart over thats why my my two problems are"the grenade and and the rifle? i used to do triple or double easy and sometimes u drop your grenade right before you die hoping the one killed gonna die just get on his knee the reduce the damn effect and the rifle take forever for a second shot and they should give you more than 50gs sometimes i got 50 kills still 50 thousands still a good game though luv it

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GDC 10 - UNCHARTED 2: HDR Lighting

At today's GDC session, "UNCHARTED 2: HDR Lighting," John Hable referenced a two-part presentation by Pal-Kristian Engstad, "Introduction to SPU Optimizations." We've posted links to that the presentation after the jump.

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At today's GDC session, "UNCHARTED 2: HDR Lighting," John Hable referenced a two-part presentation by Pal-Kristian Engstad, "Introduction to SPU Optimizations." We've posted links to that the presentation after the jump.