Holy shit some of you are dense. It doesn't matter what they use it for or if the information is public or if you've got something to hide or not. NEVER relinquish your rights or allow huge companies to freely read information from you without your permission, regardless of how petty it may...
Raytracing literally traces a line from a pixel on your screen and colors it based on the place in the virtual world that it hits. The downside is that it takes a long time. The upside is once you get it going fast enough to draw at a reasonable framerate, polygons, perfect shadows, draw...
SUCK IT BF2!
Now I can play q4 on both my comps. God I hate nvidia for their bf2/gf4 scam. Knowing carmack's engines too, (they're not just a heightmap vechicle sim) q4 will probably run decently on the gf4 too.
Because he was a nameless character then.
Infuse millions of dollars and all of a sudden you've got a sequel in which he's a named 20's style melodramatic villian and the plot comes complete with oppression and a love interest. :x
*emerges from shadows in a creepy raggedy stagger* Thank you! They didn't believe me! It's so true, source needs detail textures, freaking unreal 1 had them!
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=53080&highlight=detail+textures+unreal...