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Super Mario 64 - Render96 Ray Tracing + Level Showcase
- Thread starter IbizaPocholo
- Start date
- Retro Trailer Indie
Otre
Banned
Nah, takes an extra step. You need to compile it. Far easier than it sounds though.
While im not a fan of the Render96 look, i gotta give props for looking a whole lot like the renders in old magazines. Kinda of amazing.
SlimeGooGoo
Banned
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Trab-Pu-Kcip
Member
Render96 do what nintendont
SkylineRKR
Member
Looks impressive considering its a 1996 game. These huge companies like Nintendo should release their classics like this, and not the shit they actually deliver.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
As bad as the original now looks, this manages to look far worse, much like most texture mods out there. The best content in it is the models that are basically spheres or ripped from other games. Folks praising it be blind and shouldn't be trusted over the critique of the aesthetics of anything 
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SCB3
Member
Hmm, theres something to be said about keeping a rerelease similar to the original game with some light touch ups, bug fixes and res bumps tbh
SkylineRKR
Member
Absolutely, if they do it right. But the 4:3 etc... I thought it was a lazy port. But YMMV.
nkarafo
Member
Doesn't look great. Just like most similar fan made projects, the textures have a "stock photoshop presets" look. The colors are also too dark/intense and it also looks way too clear, the original had a subtle fog effect in the distance. At least it doesn't use vomit inducing motion blur like most other similar project do.
But yeah, all these fan-made projects always look fan-made. I assume most of the people doing them are coders and people who try to learn how to use Unreal or Unity. But these things also require a proper artist.
But yeah, all these fan-made projects always look fan-made. I assume most of the people doing them are coders and people who try to learn how to use Unreal or Unity. But these things also require a proper artist.
SF Kosmo
Banned
Well that's the funny thing about it, the target here isn't to simply modernize it or make it like new Mario games look, it's to make it look like the 1996 pre-rendered bullshots they used to promote the game. That's the concept behind this.
So there's a lot of early CG jank going on here, where all the materials are a little too specular and flat and plastic looking, but that what early CG looked like. It's called Render96, not Render22.
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rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Not really a fan of this aesthetics.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
What's with that first video? Looks like there's chromatic aberration everywhere.
nominedomine
Banned
Too shinny. Plastic Mario.
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nkarafo
Member
Huh, i wasn't aware of that. And now that i re-watched the video, it makes sense.
Though, i remember most of these CG promos being based on "darker" looking areas that look more like Hazy Mazy Cave or Dire Dire Docks or similar.
Maybe that's why Bob Omb Battlefield looks so off to me in the video.
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Phunkydiabetic
Banned
This looks fantastic.
I think they succeeded, much prefer this work over the gaudy ray tracing updates you typically see.
Otre
Banned
I can live with both. Especially if the new one has a better framerate. I agree that the old school charm is gone but I dont find anything wrong with experiencing a classic in a new way, especially if its free.
Nemesis Prime
Member
If I’ve never played mario 64 before, is this a good game/mod to start with?
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Pretty cool how some parts look like the promotional art in magazines
funny that the tech to achieve these bullshots finally comes around 25 years later. i still remember thinking cruisin usa would look like the arcade. it was close enough to still be fun but definitely kind of underwhelming. people say we should expect cgi graphics this gen but i still think we're a couple generations away from that (in 4k or higher at least)
lostinblue
Banned
First video actually looks like crap. Ray tracing doesn't enhance it and instead highlights everything that hasn't been done yet.
Some terrain and textures are not there yet too and need to be improved too. The bridge in the beggining with a light in the middle, Chain Chomp area and the area with the 2 balls rolling around on a loop are the worst offenders.
Second one was looking good until they showed Bowser, I swear it has looked better on some render96 model revision a few months ago. They never nailed it 100% though.
The low poly mode looks bad.
That said, Render96 sure is awesome.
Me too
they should deprecate those, they don't look like N64 models due to the skinning used, but they don't look like anything past Dreamcast/PSP either. Kill them with fire I say.Low Poly Bowser looks like a mix between angry birds and a Conker's Bad Fur Day version, but underdeveloped.
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alabtrosMyster
Member
The grass and sand/rocks are too shiny it looks strange.
Also, patching high resolution textures on such low poly environments it not always such a good idea... but it obviously does look better in some ways, it would be nice if it felt like a coherent whole.
Also, patching high resolution textures on such low poly environments it not always such a good idea... but it obviously does look better in some ways, it would be nice if it felt like a coherent whole.
SF Kosmo
Banned
The plasticky materials are obviously a design choice to look like retro CGI, but it's true that the environments low poly geometry is at odds with what they're going for.
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cinnamonandgravy
Member
would love switch 3 to feature super high poly + RT remakes of all n64 games.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
NO. Just play the PC port at 60fps.
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Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
Doesnt look as good as the last of us 2
Kiddo Cabbusses
Member
Too bad Nintendo couldn't even bump up the res or framerate right in their little emulation boxes.
Did Zelda have a lot of that SGI workstation pre-rendered CG to base such off of? I mostly remember anime art being used for promotional material.
SCB3
Member
yea Widescreen alone would've been great, the N64 games being stuck at 20fps, sometimes sucks
lostinblue
Banned
apart from the pre-rendered backdrops, not really.
But it did have better character models and slightly better textures at some point during development:
Hat is more rounded detailed and long, probably didn't help framerate.
There's certainly an aesthetic they could go for that even OoT 3D failed to capture. But it's a lot of work and a fine line to walk.
They would have to improve everything but make artistic choices look dated against more modern Zeldas, as they should be.
01011001
Banned
yeah, they try to replicate the promo CGI, and those were VERY MUCH of their age and just straight up ugly as shit...
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lostinblue
Banned
He's referring to the low poly models as "render 64", not the "render 96" pretty ones.
ClosBSAS
Member
Oh sorry, i was speaking more in terms of a PC port with rtx, ultrawide, you know...all the bells and whistles.