Fire, Blood, Explosions: Prototype 2's Over-the-Top Effect

[frag.machine]

Usually I don't cross post tech stuff, but is a quite interest reading about particle systems.

[mh]

I've been using the memory allocation strategy mentioned in that for almost half a year now, and for a lot more than just particles. It rocks.

[frag.machine]

Yeah, i found particularly interesting the way they implemented some basic performance measure in the engine so the artists could find by themselves a compromise between "what I want and what I can".

[leileilol]

I'm surprised they bother to measure overdraw. PS3 really sucks for its sharp frame drops from blending, so that's important