Call of Duty 5: Technical Roundup - Revision history

Zeroy: /* Fire, particle effects, and physics */

2010-07-16T16:20:13Z

Fire, particle effects, and physics

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	== Fire, particle effects, and physics ==		== Fire, particle effects, and physics ==

			'''They are powerfully enhanced through threading and new algorithms.'''<br>

	~~They are powerfully enhanced through threading and new algorithms.<br>~~		The high-resolution, high-frame rate objectives for Call of Duty: World at War put considerable demands on the target platforms, an area where the benefits of multi-core processing become evident. In an interview with PC Games Hardware, '''Cesar Stastny''', Director of Tools and Libraries at Treyarch, commented on the strong push toward the multi-threading of applications. “Game developers are among the lucky ones that had to start doing this [multi-threading] earlier,” Stastny said. “We have been developing games for the past three years for multi-processors. We learned a lot of lessons that other software developers have yet to go through.<br>

	The high-resolution, high-frame rate objectives for Call of Duty*: World at War put considerable demands on the target platforms, an area where the benefits of multi-core processing become evident. In an interview with PC Games Hardware, '''Cesar Stastny''', Director of Tools and Libraries at Treyarch, commented on the strong push toward the multi-threading of applications. “Game developers are among the lucky ones that had to start doing this [multi-threading] earlier,” Stastny said. “We have been developing games for the past three years for multi-processors. We learned a lot of lessons that other software developers have yet to go through.<br>

	== Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Fragged ==		== Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Fragged ==

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Intro

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	== Intro ==		== Intro ==

	The target is in the sights: Take an enduring game franchise and create a new release that keeps gamers roundly entertained while exploiting the latest PC platform advances. To that end, a seasoned cross-platform development team at Treyarch, experienced in the genre of multiplayer shooters, approached Call of Duty: World at War with a distinct mission: Release the PC and console versions, through the publisher Activision, on the same date and with comparable features. Boasting a track record that includes Spiderman 1 ~~and~~ 2 and over five years of simultaneous cross-platform releases, the Treyarch development team had the chops to pull off this latest release.<br>		The target is in the sights: Take an enduring game franchise and create a new release that keeps gamers roundly entertained while exploiting the latest PC platform advances. To that end, a seasoned cross-platform development team at Treyarch, experienced in the genre of multiplayer shooters, approached Call of Duty: World at War with a distinct mission: Release the PC and console versions, through the publisher Activision, on the same date and with comparable features. Boasting a track record that includes Spiderman 1 & 2 and over five years of simultaneous cross-platform releases, the Treyarch development team had the chops to pull off this latest release.<br>


	== Fire, particle effects, and physics ==		== Fire, particle effects, and physics ==

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First Person Insights into Development

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	'''Adam:''' We wanted the PC version to match or exceed the game experience on the console. PC gamers who invest in better CPUs and GPUs will get higher resolutions (1650x1080, 1980x1200) and higher frame rates than are possible on the consoles. We believe the PC platform’s ability to scale in both areas allows PC gamers to realize improved, more realistic gameplay.I have been building software on Intel hardware since the early days of personal computing. It is always exciting to see what we can achieve with their continually evolving techchnology.<br>		'''Adam:''' We wanted the PC version to match or exceed the game experience on the console. PC gamers who invest in better CPUs and GPUs will get higher resolutions (1650x1080, 1980x1200) and higher frame rates than are possible on the consoles. We believe the PC platform’s ability to scale in both areas allows PC gamers to realize improved, more realistic gameplay.I have been building software on Intel hardware since the early days of personal computing. It is always exciting to see what we can achieve with their continually evolving techchnology.<br>
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	<font color="orange">''- Cesar Stastny, Director of Tools and Libraries, Treyarch''</font>		<font color="orange">''- Cesar Stastny, Director of Tools and Libraries, Treyarch''</font>

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2010-07-16T16:16:42Z

First Person Insights into Development

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	'''Adam:''' We wanted the PC version to match or exceed the game experience on the console. PC gamers who invest in better CPUs and GPUs will get higher resolutions (1650x1080, 1980x1200) and higher frame rates than are possible on the consoles. We believe the PC platform’s ability to scale in both areas allows PC gamers to realize improved, more realistic gameplay.I have been building software on Intel hardware since the early days of personal computing. It is always exciting to see what we can achieve with their continually evolving techchnology.<br>		'''Adam:''' We wanted the PC version to match or exceed the game experience on the console. PC gamers who invest in better CPUs and GPUs will get higher resolutions (1650x1080, 1980x1200) and higher frame rates than are possible on the consoles. We believe the PC platform’s ability to scale in both areas allows PC gamers to realize improved, more realistic gameplay.I have been building software on Intel hardware since the early days of personal computing. It is always exciting to see what we can achieve with their continually evolving techchnology.<br>

	''- Cesar Stastny, Director of Tools and Libraries, Treyarch''		<font color="orange">''- Cesar Stastny, Director of Tools and Libraries, Treyarch''</font>

	'''Visual Adrenaline:''' Which tools did you use to complete the product development and optimization?<br>		'''Visual Adrenaline:''' Which tools did you use to complete the product development and optimization?<br>

Zeroy: /* First Person Insights into Development */

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First Person Insights into Development

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	'''Adam:''' The biggest challenges we faced when implementing co-op were network traffic and the fact that one player’s machine doubles as the server. Our multiplayer game comes with a dedicated server that can be run on a virtualized server at hosting companies. This unloads the players’ machines from computing the game state. But for co-op we had to use the machine that is hosting the match to run both the client and the server. Also, co-op maps are much larger than the multiplayer maps because they are actually the same as our single-player campaign maps. A lot of scripting events happen in these maps, which increases the load on the server as well as on the network layer. To reduce the impact on the server, we moved some of the scripting to the client. To some degree, this is possible because of the availability of more cores and more threads, providing additional headroom without compromising gameplay action.<br>		'''Adam:''' The biggest challenges we faced when implementing co-op were network traffic and the fact that one player’s machine doubles as the server. Our multiplayer game comes with a dedicated server that can be run on a virtualized server at hosting companies. This unloads the players’ machines from computing the game state. But for co-op we had to use the machine that is hosting the match to run both the client and the server. Also, co-op maps are much larger than the multiplayer maps because they are actually the same as our single-player campaign maps. A lot of scripting events happen in these maps, which increases the load on the server as well as on the network layer. To reduce the impact on the server, we moved some of the scripting to the client. To some degree, this is possible because of the availability of more cores and more threads, providing additional headroom without compromising gameplay action.<br>

	Visual Adrenaline: What were your programming objectives for the release of Call of Duty: World at War? What new technologies did you exploit?<br>		'''Visual Adrenaline:''' What were your programming objectives for the release of Call of Duty: World at War? What new technologies did you exploit?<br>

	'''Adam:''' We wanted the PC version to match or exceed the game experience on the console. PC gamers who invest in better CPUs and GPUs will get higher resolutions (1650x1080, 1980x1200) and higher frame rates than are possible on the consoles. We believe the PC platform’s ability to scale in both areas allows PC gamers to realize improved, more realistic gameplay.<br>		'''Adam:''' We wanted the PC version to match or exceed the game experience on the console. PC gamers who invest in better CPUs and GPUs will get higher resolutions (1650x1080, 1980x1200) and higher frame rates than are possible on the consoles. We believe the PC platform’s ability to scale in both areas allows PC gamers to realize improved, more realistic gameplay.I have been building software on Intel hardware since the early days of personal computing. It is always exciting to see what we can achieve with their continually evolving techchnology.<br>

	~~I have been building software on Intel hardware since the early days of personal computing. It is always exciting to see what we can achieve with their continually evolving techchnology.<br>~~		''- Cesar Stastny, Director of Tools and Libraries, Treyarch''

	~~<pre>~~- Cesar Stastny, Director of Tools and Libraries, Treyarch~~</pre>~~

	'''Visual Adrenaline:''' Which tools did you use to complete the product development and optimization?<br>		'''Visual Adrenaline:''' Which tools did you use to complete the product development and optimization?<br>
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	”Kornelia is feeling positive about the Call of Duty: World at War release. “We have great features on the PC,” she said, “that make it easier for you to find servers that your friends and clan mates are playing on. I like that the multiplayer game mode settings on the PC have all of the options that appear on the Xbox* 360 version. Capture the flag . . . need I say more? Nazi Zombies mesmerized everyone at our office. Even people that were working on different titles were playing it for hours on end (after their regular work day, of course).”<br>		”Kornelia is feeling positive about the Call of Duty: World at War release. “We have great features on the PC,” she said, “that make it easier for you to find servers that your friends and clan mates are playing on. I like that the multiplayer game mode settings on the PC have all of the options that appear on the Xbox* 360 version. Capture the flag . . . need I say more? Nazi Zombies mesmerized everyone at our office. Even people that were working on different titles were playing it for hours on end (after their regular work day, of course).”<br>


	== Gaming Trends and Future Developments ==		== Gaming Trends and Future Developments ==

Zeroy: /* Developing Call of Duty */

2010-07-16T16:15:08Z

Developing Call of Duty

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	The core development team producing Call of Duty: World at War has a storied history dating back to an earlier company called Grey Matter, which produced the perennial favorite Castle Wolfenstein for the PC, as well as another popular PC video game, King Pin, in the late ‘90s. The team also created an expansion pack for Call of Duty 1 called United Offensive, which is widely considered the highest-rated expansion pack in game history.<br>		The core development team producing Call of Duty: World at War has a storied history dating back to an earlier company called Grey Matter, which produced the perennial favorite Castle Wolfenstein for the PC, as well as another popular PC video game, King Pin, in the late ‘90s. The team also created an expansion pack for Call of Duty 1 called United Offensive, which is widely considered the highest-rated expansion pack in game history.<br>

	This same team, after regrouping under the name Treyarch, has not rested on its laurels, despite having produced some of the most popular first-person shooters (FPS) in the history of gaming, including Return to Castle Wolfenstein*, which is still played today. Having devoted nearly two years to Call of Duty: World at War, Treyarch has focused its hard-won expertise on raising the reality quotient and packing this latest release with features that make the most of an advanced technology platform.<br>		This same team, after regrouping under the name Treyarch, has not rested on its laurels, despite having produced some of the most popular first-person shooters (FPS) in the history of gaming, including Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which is still played today. Having devoted nearly two years to Call of Duty: World at War, Treyarch has focused its hard-won expertise on raising the reality quotient and packing this latest release with features that make the most of an advanced technology platform.<br>

	== First Person Insights into Development ==		== First Person Insights into Development ==

Zeroy: /* Developing Call of Duty */

2010-07-16T16:14:46Z

Developing Call of Duty

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	== Developing Call of Duty ==		== Developing Call of Duty ==

	The core development team producing Call of Duty: World at War has a storied history dating back to an earlier company called Grey Matter, which produced the perennial favorite Castle Wolfenstein for the PC, as well as another popular PC video game, King Pin*, in the late ‘90s. The team also created an expansion pack for Call of Duty 1 called United Offensive, which is widely considered the highest-rated expansion pack in game history.<br>		The core development team producing Call of Duty: World at War has a storied history dating back to an earlier company called Grey Matter, which produced the perennial favorite Castle Wolfenstein for the PC, as well as another popular PC video game, King Pin, in the late ‘90s. The team also created an expansion pack for Call of Duty 1 called United Offensive, which is widely considered the highest-rated expansion pack in game history.<br>

	This same team, after regrouping under the name Treyarch, has not rested on its laurels, despite having produced some of the most popular first-person shooters (FPS) in the history of gaming, including Return to Castle Wolfenstein*, which is still played today. Having devoted nearly two years to Call of Duty: World at War, Treyarch has focused its hard-won expertise on raising the reality quotient and packing this latest release with features that make the most of an advanced technology platform.<br>		This same team, after regrouping under the name Treyarch, has not rested on its laurels, despite having produced some of the most popular first-person shooters (FPS) in the history of gaming, including Return to Castle Wolfenstein*, which is still played today. Having devoted nearly two years to Call of Duty: World at War, Treyarch has focused its hard-won expertise on raising the reality quotient and packing this latest release with features that make the most of an advanced technology platform.<br>


	== First Person Insights into Development ==		== First Person Insights into Development ==

Zeroy: /* Fire, particle effects, and physics */

2010-07-16T16:14:32Z

Fire, particle effects, and physics

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	They are powerfully enhanced through threading and new algorithms.<br>		They are powerfully enhanced through threading and new algorithms.<br>

	The high-resolution, high-frame rate objectives for Call of Duty*: World at War put considerable demands on the target platforms, an area where the benefits of multi-core processing become evident. In an interview with PC Games Hardware, Cesar Stastny, Director of Tools and Libraries at Treyarch, commented on the strong push toward the multi-threading of applications. “Game developers are among the lucky ones that had to start doing this [multi-threading] earlier,” Stastny said. “We have been developing games for the past three years for multi-processors. We learned a lot of lessons that other software developers have yet to go through.<br>		The high-resolution, high-frame rate objectives for Call of Duty*: World at War put considerable demands on the target platforms, an area where the benefits of multi-core processing become evident. In an interview with PC Games Hardware, '''Cesar Stastny''', Director of Tools and Libraries at Treyarch, commented on the strong push toward the multi-threading of applications. “Game developers are among the lucky ones that had to start doing this [multi-threading] earlier,” Stastny said. “We have been developing games for the past three years for multi-processors. We learned a lot of lessons that other software developers have yet to go through.<br>


	== Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Fragged ==		== Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Fragged ==

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	<font size="4"><font color="yellow"><center>'''Latest Call of Duty Release Breaks New Ground and Uses Cores Wisely'''</center></font></font><br><br>		<font size="4"><font color="yellow"><center>'''Latest Call of Duty Release Breaks New Ground and Uses Cores Wisely'''</center></font></font><br><br>

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