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Factorio that you can touch

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mitxela · 1790352088 · focus · HN ↗
Remember that Factorio does not release its 3D models. Everything in the game is a 2D render of a 3D model, which is why the game uses so much VRAM.
1. gizmo686 · 1790352902 · focus · HN ↗
  As far as the game in concerned, the sprites are all just 2D assets. The fact that those assets came from a 3d model during development has no effect on performance. They also do manual post-processing on most of the 2D renders.
  <a href="https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-146" rel="nofollow">https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-146
  1. mitxela · 1790357412 · focus · HN ↗
    Literally what I just said
    xboxnolifes · 1790359850 · focus · HN ↗
    Your wording can easily be read as them shipping 3d models and rendering them as 2d at runtime. It's a weird way to say the game is made up of 2d assets.
    officeplant · 1790362989 · focus · HN ↗
    The post had me wondering if factorio had done like [1]Prodeus did where it's all 3D models, but by default is viewed as 2D sprite animations.
    [1]<a href="https://www.prodeusgame.com/website/index.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.prodeusgame.com/website/index.php
    zamadatix · 1790367485 · focus · HN ↗
    I wish that were the case, then they'd have released the (original) 3D models!

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