The PR team is going to use the C4 Engine

[AquaticPenguin]

Originally Posted by Celestial1

I don't believe the Voxel Terrain works that way, champ.

The "real-time" claim, I believe, refers to the fact that you can create this terrain in real-time in the editor, not terrain deformation like explosions carving the ground.

Voxel-based terrain is not necessarily deformable terrain, though it may still be possible to have terrain deformation in the engine. I wouldn't know that.

The terrain is stored as voxels iirc, but then is 'skinned' to make the surfaces, thus you get the efficiency of triangle meshes and the versatility of voxels. The fact that you can edit it real-time in an editor suggests to me that that's probably also the way it's done in the actual game-engine - although anyone feel free to correct me on this.
Editing Terrain - C4 Engine Wiki

Admittedly the demo isn't the best looking, but it nicely shows off the features of the engine, things like real-time reflections, voxel terrain + LOD, parallax mapping and dynamic shadows. I found the images in these threads show much better what the engine is capable of.

C4 Engine Forums • View topic - New Sci-Fi Textures WIP Thread
C4 Engine Forums • View topic - New Divergence Video and Screenshots

Equally the shader contest should be a good clue that it is a very powerful engine, it has a shader engine which can be used to create very complex setups (provided you know what you're doing), and this has been used to create car shaders/realistic atmospheric scattering (something many modern engines lack).

Shader Contest - C4 Engine Wiki

It's an amazing engine for the price, plus you get no holds bar access to the engine's source to make your own changes, and a forum full of dedicated indie developers.

~Penguin

[Sgt. Mahi]

Originally Posted by Frosty56

ooo i searched up c4 engine project reality on youtube and found this

its old though :/

YouTube - C4 Engine - Dynamic Lighting Test

Oh man. Imagine a night map in a forest sneaking around with your squad. All the sudden you get attacked. You hit the dirt and start spraying in the direction of the enemy's fire. To get a better orientation of the enemy's position you fire a flare into the sky only to find out that you are surrounded. EPIC!

[PuffNStuff]

Almost makes you want to ask for a time frame on PR2......

>implying.......

[Qaiex]

I can take the cryengine 3 and make a giant, jagged edged smurf that moves like a horse on ice and lags like crap, hunting down giant blue squares and rectangles while dodging yellow strings.

Does that mean the engine is crap? Or does it mean that I haven't used it's full potential?

[ElPablo99522]

Originally Posted by qaiex

I can take the cryengine 3 and make a giant, jagged edged smurf that moves like a horse on ice and lags like crap, hunting down giant blue squares and rectangles while dodging yellow strings.

Does that mean the engine is crap? Or does it mean that I haven't used it's full potential?

Never used it's full potential dude hahaha but listen this is all about visuals, textures, etc. I'm not saying it can't look good I'm just saying from what I've seen from other people I really haven't seen any good work from the c4 engine so far.

[Bringerof_D]

any of you guys got a decent toaster? mine keeps burning my toast

[[R-DEV]Masaq]

Originally Posted by ElPablo99522

Never used it's full potential dude hahaha but listen this is all about visuals, textures, etc. I'm not saying it can't look good I'm just saying from what I've seen from other people I really haven't seen any good work from the c4 engine so far.

Which just means they haven't used the engine's potential because believe Twisted_Helix when he says it's there... C4 is on a par with almost anything on the market today, and can only get better.

[xatu miller]

I strongly believe that the new winds coming will have something to do with PR2.

[Qaiex]

Originally Posted by Bringerof_D

any of you guys got a decent toaster? mine keeps burning my toast

dude you have to force it up so it doesn't burn!

[[R-DEV]Masaq]

Originally Posted by xatu miller

I strongly believe that the new winds coming will have something to do with PR2.

No, it was just beans for tea again.