This video presentation steps through the process of the procedural building and siege weapon destruction for the Microsoft game: Age of Empires II Definitive Edition, using a tool we created within Houdini FX.Our tool took advantage of Houdini’s ability to create complex simulated effects using constraints on our 3D geometry and parameters isolating various construction materials that make up the look of the model. These materials were flagged to crumble, fracture and collapse at various staggered times and then were rendered out 360 degrees as sprites for each frame of destruction.

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This is the brand new trailer released by the X-Tended - Terran Conflict Team for their upcoming mod.

The X-Tended - Terran Conflict is a complete overhaul of Egosoft's game, X³: Terran Conflict. Featuring a completely new ship & weapon balance, numerous gameplay enhancements, streamlined ways to manage your assets, dozens of new weapons, wares, missiles, ships, new missions, a completelynew map and a setting that is faithful to the official lore laid out by the books and games, X-Tended - Terran Conflict is easily one of the most extensive modifications ever created for a game of the X-Series.

X-Tended - Terran Conflict has been released on December 20th 2010.

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Topic on Egosoft.com
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=293490 (EN)
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=293489 (DE)

Website
http://www.thexuniverse.com/

Forums
http://www.thexuniverse.com/forums/142-X-Tended-Terran-Conflict-for-X%C2%B3-Terran-Conflict (EN)
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