Our
products have been used by developers based in North America,
Europe and Asia to create games ranging from first-person
shooters to MMORPGs. In addition, Jupiter has been selected
as the middleware solution for many training simulations
and real-time architectural applications.
3D
Rendering
Jupiter features a DirectX® 9 3D renderer that allows
developers to push more polygons than ever before. The renderer
incorporates a powerful occlusion system for use in world creation
and gives level designers complete control over game world
visibility.
Jupiter’s renderer has been designed to accommodate both
indoor levels and expansive outdoor environments.
Glow Effect
This unique visual effect may be applied to
objects and characters, and is used extensively in TRON® 2.0 to generate the game’s
distinct futuristic look.
Vertex
and Pixel Shaders
Jupiter features an intuitive interface for creating custom
vertex and pixel shaders, including support for bump mapping,
alpha blending, and environment mapping.
Particle
Effects
This system generates enhanced effects for game elements such
as weapon muzzle flashes, explosions, fire, snow, steam, smoke,
dust and debris. A weather system simulating rain and snow
also includes the implementation of volumetric effects.
Water Effects
Jupiter allows developers to create stunning
water effects like those featured in NOLF™ 2. This
system features a polygrid that supports dynamic lighting
as well as Fresnel
reflections and dynamic interaction with models, allowing
characters to leave a wake as they move through water. Designers
also have control over aspects of the simulation that determine
water elements, including current, viscosity, and depth.
Dynamic
Texture Effects
Scripting support within Jupiter delivers custom dynamic texture
effects and allows for a wide variety of custom effects, like
texture panning and scrolling, that can be mapped to the environment
and adapted to game design.
Decal System
Jupiter features a robust decal system that allows level designers
to place a wide variety of localized decals and reduce texture
memory overhead.
Modeling
and Animation Module
Jupiter has a flexible skeletal and vertex animation system
designed to create highly realistic characters and animated
objects. The module includes animation blending for run-time
movement and dynamic animation effects. The vertex animation
system allows developers to create custom animations for objects
such as hair, muscles, and clothing.
Facial Animation
Jupiter’s facial animation system
features Phoneme-based lip-synching with emotion modifiers
that support a wide
range of expressions to bring game characters to life.
Projected
Model Shadows
This effect produces life-like shadows for both characters and
other in-game models. In addition to being displayed on any
surface, projected model shadows can transform naturally with
inflections in the environment to create dramatic shadow effects.
Artificial
Intelligence
This goal-based management system delivers a greater variety
of AI behavior while utilizing a simplified configuration menu.
Developers can execute a variety of AI goals that provide a
level logic/thought that spans several states. Also included
is a 'hint' system used to create more independent behavior
and a greater range of actions as well as a realistic sense/stimulus
simulation that delivers more accurate reaction times and responses
to special circumstances.
Game Object
Manager
Jupiter gives developers access to a text-based system, that
makes it easy to create and manage various game objects such
as gadgets, weapons, and other player controlled models and
objects.
Networking
Module
Jupiter’s networking module has been optimized
to support a wide range of applications and requirements. Current
Jupiter
licensees are developing online games ranging from cooperative
games with a few players to 32 player action games to massively
multiplayer role-playing games.
Physics
Module
Jupiter contains a comprehensive physics system with a stable,
solid platform for performing and assortment of physical events
and responses to game-driven collisions.
Content
Creation Tools
DEdit
World Editor
DEdit
allows level designers to create dynamic 3D environments, worlds,
and levels through one easy-to-use tool, including all structures,
lighting, and textures. The level designer uses DEdit to populate
the world with objects and interactive items. DEdit also includes
a convenient real-time lighting preview feature.
RenderStyles
Editor
RenderStyles
are custom pixel and vertex shaders that are developed within
game code and leverage specific platform capabilities. These
effects range from cartoon shaders to bump mapping. The RenderStyles
editor features a GUI that is used to design and view custom
effects in real time.
ModelEdit
ModelEdit
ensures models will be optimized to interact correctly with
environments and other objects. Artists can also use ModelEdit
to define specific properties, assign texture IDs, attach objects
to models and manipulate animation data.
FxEd
Visual Effects Tool
FxEd
is used to create and modify visual effects. The tool enables
the creation of in-game visual effects without requiring a recompile,
thereby increasing the efficiency of the design and implementation
of special effects.
Command
Editor
The Command Editor is a powerful management
tool that lets developers efficiently create spectacular cinematic
effects and events
with DEdit. By using commands, level designers can set key
frames, start specific cinematic events, and more accurately
place and
time events within the context of the game. In addition, this
tool allows the designer to control camera locations, script
character movements, and trigger a variety of visual effects
as the player’s character interacts with the game’s
environment.
Debugging
Tools
Jupiter includes a convenient in-game debugging tool that delivers
immediate access to data for AI paths, nodes, attributes and
game states, which empowers levels designers to independently
debug a variety of game systems.
Referential
Prefabs
This
system prepares a referential library, making it more efficient
to place prefab objects into environments. This feature also
allows level designers to modify interactive content without
repeating changes to similar objects.
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