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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><b>A New Look RuneScape: Part 1</b></h3>
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<p>The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words, which is why we decided to first announce RuneScape's new detail mode with a couple of screenshots. If you have not seen them yet, check out the '<a href="../../../services.runescape.com/m%3dnews/newsitem2635-2.html?id=1218">An Image of the Future</a>' and the '<a href="../../../services.runescape.com/m%3dnews/newsitem9237.html?id=1230">An Image of the Not-Too-Distant Future</a>' newsposts. The pictures in this <a href="dev_diary-2.html">Development Diary</a> (part one of two) will continue to do most of the talking, but if you'd like to know everything about how this graphical update pushes the boundaries of Java-based online games, read on...</p>
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<p>The story of this graphic update project began a year and a half ago, and who better to ask about it than Lead Developer, <span class="mod">Andrew Gower</span>: <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>We've considered a hardware-rendered version of RuneScape a number of times in the past, but it was only two years ago that we felt Java was mature enough.<2E></span> We knew the things we wanted <20> textures, shadows, lighting, fullscreen <20> and it seemed the right time to start, as <span class="mod">Andrew</span> continues: <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>I tasked the <span class="team">Tools</span> team to run a feasibility study to verify if it was possible to do what we wanted to do.<2E></span></p>
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<p><span class="mod">Mod Nick</span>, Head of <span class="team">Tools</span>, says, <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>It wasn't long before it became apparent that we wanted to do this, needed to do this to move forward and, more importantly,</span> could <span class="quote">do this, so it became my team's main focus.<2E></span> The <span class="team">Tools</span> team, which develops and maintains all of Jagex's in-house development software, then went about this study. They had to be very thorough, so spent around nine months researching things like how possible all of the features we wanted were, how we would do them, how they'd fit together, etc. <span class="mod">Mod Nick</span> says, <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>The feasibility study had to cover everything we wanted to achieve; we didn't start any work on the game's engine until we could prove, 100%, that nothing would stop us.<2E></span></p>
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<p>It wasn't just the <span class="team">Tools</span> team that was bolstered for this project: <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>I was brought on to the project when it went into full development, concepting all the areas, and worked with <span class="team">Tools</span> on how this project was actually going to work,<2C></span> says <span class="team">Graphics</span>' <span class="mod">Mod Farley</span>. He continues with, <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>The actual development work wasn't too hard. The main problem was the sheer size of the task: how to manage over 32,000 assets, all those map squares, etc.<2E></span> It was clear from the size of the project that the <span class="team">Graphics</span> team would need new resources, so it could work on this graphical improvement while looking after all of its existing responsibilities.</p>
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<p><span class="mod">Mod Farley</span> says, <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>We brought in a team of almost 30 artists, giving opportunities to people new to the games industry, a lot of them straight out of university...they've really risen to the task.<2E></span> Initially, we considered that a project of this scale might require more artists, but those we got proved to be so efficient and prolific, there was no need. <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>Some of them had limited experience, but they've all proven themselves. Some are now even running parts of the project on their own,<2C></span> says <span class="mod">Mod Farley</span>. That <span class="team">Graphics</span> project team, with the support of the <span class="team">Tools</span> team, have put nine months of development into RuneScape's new look, for a total project length of eighteen months.</p>
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<p>The first and perhaps most obvious improvement is that everything in RuneScape has been given a texture. In the other detail modes, most surfaces are simply shaded, as textures require more memory, something that we have to be very strict with to make RuneScape run through Java in a browser. <span class="mod">Mod Farley</span> says, <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>For example, previously, a brown surface could have been depicting mud, wood or clay, its actual substance only being derivable from context, but with textures, it's easy to tell apart a muddy path, wood flooring or a clay object at a glance.<2E></span></p>
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<p>The way we implement textures in RuneScape is slightly different from the norm as, even though PC graphics cards can deal with textures, they still need to be downloaded by the RuneScape game client. As textures can have large file sizes, they would take too long to download. <span class="mod">Mod Nick</span> explains the process: <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>The <span class="team">Graphics</span> team create textures in an editor, which then converts it into a series of instructions at a fraction of the file size. Instead of the game downloading a texture, it's recreated on the player's computer from that series of instructions, as and when it's needed. This is called procedural texturing.<2E></span> Texturing is not the only thing we do procedurally, which is what has allowed us to keep the experience of playing RuneScape in the new detail mode the same as it currently is (e.g. a comparable loading time after the initial download and no extra steps required).</p>
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<p>Textures add a lot to the game, creating a more realistic and immersive environment, but one of the other enhancements related to texturing is better blending. You'll be able to see in all the screenshots that the areas where surfaces meet is less pronounced and more natural. <span class="mod">Mod Farley</span> says, <span class="quote"><EFBFBD>Previously, paths had very hard edges, which showed up how we built the world. Now, with softer path blending, things look more organic.<2E></span></p>
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<p>Before, everything was just flat colour, so we've had to introduce a greater variety of ground types to avoid over repetition. Blending has been implemented to allow both underlay and overlay textures too, for instance allowing a grass texture to be placed over a mud texture. The combined effect can be quite subtle and just looks natural. <span class="quote">"If something just looks and feels right, if you don't notice these things after the initial 'Wow!', then that's real success,"</span> says <span class="mod">Mod Nick</span>.</p>
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