I tried to find some code that wasn't minified to assess the quality of this, and I found some shader code for the sky in the gemini version. The whole shader looks like it was regurgitated verbatim. This wouldn't hold up to licensing scrutiny. Here's a snippet from it:
// wavelength of used primaries, according to preetham
const vec3 lambda = vec3( 680E-9, 550E-9, 450E-9 );
// this pre-calcuation replaces older TotalRayleigh(vec3 lambda) function:
// (8.0 * pow(pi, 3.0) * pow(pow(n, 2.0) - 1.0, 2.0) * (6.0 + 3.0 * pn)) / (3.0 * N * pow(lambda, vec3(4.0)) * (6.0 - 7.0 * pn))
Who's Preetham? Probably one of the copyright holders on this code.
Wow, that makes me want to check it out more thoroughly (if I had the time)
I remember when CS Pro Mod was being made between the transition of CS 1.6, Source, the 1.6 community didn't want to move over to Source, before GO/CS2 came around.
Cool to see what's basically Quake1/doom style but this is a far fetch away from counter-strike. Although if netcode could be imagined and implemented I don't see why making a lower tier Counter-Strike wouldn't be doable. I'd play it if it were the quake style old-graphics version of CS that allowed for skill gaps.
Neat. FYI all the images on the site are TINY - might be a good idea to make add an interactive lightbox to them so we can see them without right-clicking and opening in a new tab.
I tried to find some code that wasn't minified to assess the quality of this, and I found some shader code for the sky in the gemini version. The whole shader looks like it was regurgitated verbatim. This wouldn't hold up to licensing scrutiny. Here's a snippet from it:
Who's Preetham? Probably one of the copyright holders on this code.If you're curious about the source, here's the snapshot:
Codex: https://github.com/stopachka/cscodex Gemini: https://github.com/stopachka/csgemini Claude: https://github.com/stopachka/csclaude
No. A J Preetham: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220720443_A_Practic...
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Wow, that makes me want to check it out more thoroughly (if I had the time)
I remember when CS Pro Mod was being made between the transition of CS 1.6, Source, the 1.6 community didn't want to move over to Source, before GO/CS2 came around.
Cool to see what's basically Quake1/doom style but this is a far fetch away from counter-strike. Although if netcode could be imagined and implemented I don't see why making a lower tier Counter-Strike wouldn't be doable. I'd play it if it were the quake style old-graphics version of CS that allowed for skill gaps.
Great article, love the nostalgic feeling.
Thank you for the kind words : )
Neat. FYI all the images on the site are TINY - might be a good idea to make add an interactive lightbox to them so we can see them without right-clicking and opening in a new tab.
Good idea! Added the PR for it here:
https://github.com/instantdb/instant/pull/2010
Once this lands lightbox should be up. Thank you!
Damn this is cool. Imagine an LLM trained extremely well on something like Unreal Engine.
That's really cool, makes me want to try building a 3d game myself. I've only made 2d ones so far. Personally prefer the gemini version.