next week comes the Finalrelease Gamecore 2.0

GameCore Features

Now to the fun stuff - while a good part of the Release Candidate cycle has been to identify bugs and issues with the release, a huge amount of effort has gone into adding and improving the functionality and capability of the engine. Our internal dev team has also gone through a full commercial release cycle with a game for a client, which always helps spur bug fixes and feature improvements ;} Either way, everyone gets to enjoy the benefits of these improvements.

New Features
OpenGL / No Shader Renderer

Ideal for those that are targeting lower-end hardware, the new OpenGL 'No Shader' (or Fixed Function) renderer allows you to create GameCore titles that literally have not a line of DirectX code. While some of the advanced features aren't available in this version, those of you looking for the largest possible hardware base for your games now have a solution.

Configurable / layered post-processing filters

While previously we had a couple of post-filters hard-coded into the engine (Namely 32 bit HDR / Bloom), we have now added a layered / stackable filter system that allows you to add any number of filters to your scenes, some of which can be seen in the image slideshow on the site's new front page.

Some of the new Post filters that are bundled with the engine:

- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
- 64 bit True HDR / Bloom (with full 64 bit rendering / lighting)
- Monochromatic filter (for sepia / B&W scenes) Can also be stacked with other filters to produce a pretty good night-vision look ;}
- Thermal
- Film Grain
- Depth of Field

And more will likely be coming down the pipe as well.

Another benefit of the layered post filters is that each is comprised of a stand-alone set of shaders, so it 'should' be fairly straightforward for users to create your own custom effects as desired.

Final 2.0 Release Date?

We're aiming for Monday, April 20th. Hopefully all goes according to plan and it's not in Valve time ;P

Anyways, that's about it for now. Don't want to spoil all of the surprises.

where are the link
and you know
is possible upgrade from the beyondvirtual license?

The price 250$ is little hight compared to Unity Indie that i bought.

I have some preferences for Unity Indie :
- only one editor with panels properties for everything.
- Unity script is lot more easy than Angel scripting.
- Powerfull terrain management by the engine (web demo)

And customers don't like a lot when a 3D engine is left for dead during some months (Beyond virtual thread in 3DGS forums)!
Who can say them that gamecore 2 will not be abandonned
by authors or for months months in this year ?

Is there a demo like Unity showing if the engine have some power scene management ?

Why not putting like Unity some 30 days demo of the engine and editors also ?
All thinsg have a demo, we can't trust some engine without testing it first !
Somebody must be fool to buy something without trying a trial version

Upgrade from BV is possible, but not really worth it in my opinion. I did the mistake to buy it, and still wait for a useful version ...

URL has changed, Forum link leads to nirvana, Manual still unbelievable incomplete and cumbersome to follow, and you talk about the final release again? Hmm. You guys are crazy

Money drives the world

gamecore site is moved, for bv/gc1 owner is update to 2.0 for free.

http://www.gamecore3d.com

gamecore site is moved, for bv/gc1 owner is update to 2.0 for free.
Curious about how will react people that have paid to update their old BV1 version ?

You can find model trees,lants or houses everywhere on the Net and for free also ,so :
if GameCore have as fast workflow terrain as Unity , it would take only one hour to make such island demo !

why not making an island demo also to show if Gamecore have power for scene management ?
(Unity island demo runs really smoothly even on a low PC spec : a laptop i have)

So, where are you seeing that it was released? I can not see it. And I can only find the GameCore_RC21.exe version to download.

It is not released yet. This is just another anouncement that it will be released shortly

I'm slightly concerned they seem to be cutting a few things from the indie version for the pro version like HDR. But otherwise GameCore's slowly evolving into a good bit of kit.