How did they make this grass/foliage?

JordanN

So I recently came across this game (Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission Las Vegum) and was impressed by all the foliage in the first level.

The game itself is old, so it was made around the limitations of non-shader consoles (i.e PS2).

It starts at around 20 seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfV-MUBPWw0&feature=player_detailpage#t=18

It's also hard to see, but I think there's also a LOD system in place (i.e the grass fades in and out of view depending on how close you are to it).

DireWolf

Looks like the good ol' planes crossing, with their normals all pointing in the same direction.

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/GrassTechnique

Here's some sample. You can sort of tell they're planes. http://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/plant-tree/grass/cattail-grass-texture

With some creative placement you can hide the planes really well. http://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/plant-tree/grass/grass-texture

RN

I believe there's a depth-sorting problem near the character's foot.



It's common with alpha-blended 3D graphics.