Currently, we're finalizing trees and bushes for ARMA2. The biggest problem with vegetation is impact on game performance, so we develop a lot of new techniques on the side of the engine and on the side of LindaStudio as well. We make very deep analysis of performance problems in Armed assault and we find, that the main problem is overdraw in the first 20 meters of the scene. So it means, we needed to optimize the overall surface of trees and bushes and develop some more effective shaders and drawing techniques in the engine to reduce these aspects. So what did we do?

Some "behind the scenes information" about the bug fixing process

ARMA: Armed Assault has been officialy introduced as Game Of The Month featuring TripleHead2Go support on Matrox Surround Gaming website. You can also find there a small "sneak peek" at ARMA2 which supports TripleHead2Go as well. View great screenshots of ARMA and ARMA2 in wide Surround Gaming mode across three screens!

In this blog entry I would like to share with you some experiences of how new technology is being developed for computer games. I hope it will help you to understand the complex and interesting work which is needed for a new feature to be used to its full benefits.