Splinter cell conviction lighting?

malcolm

Anyone know what the tech is for lighting splinter cell conviction? I saw the live demo at pax and it looked really good. I heard somewhere it was all dynamically lit so hence my surprise that it looked that good.

Ark

Do a search for LEAD engine. I think its a modified Unreal 2.0 engine that Ubisoft modified for the SC series.
Pretty sure most of its dynamic, although i still think some of it looks baked, like the AO effect they have going.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,688047/Splinter-Cell-Conviction-New-engine-details-and-features/News/

malcolm

Agreed, the ao looks too high res to be screen space, they have some nice soft dynamic shadows though.