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I liked The Division 2 for it's pretty close version of DC for this same reason. Obviously sans societal collapse etc.

dijit 4y ago
Woo! I worked on that game. We actually took GIS data from the real DC and modelled the world. So the map should be very close to accurate. The Division 1 was handcrafted, so we cut a lot of the world away that wasn’t interesting, small alley ways and such. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to hear that you enjoyed the work that went in.
- ZeroCool2u 4y ago
  My friends and I spent a good chunk of time playing that game right after we all finished college and moved away for jobs. One of us actually moved to DC and playing The Division 2 actually helped him learn the area! Really fun game, your work is much appreciated!
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- solardev 4y ago
  Really enjoyed Division 2! Having visited DC during the Last Administration, your apocalypse was much nicer :) On the GIS side of things, didn't Ubi team up with some European nonprofit to make other real world locale into games for educational purposes? Can't remember the details, but I used to work for a museum and my boss wanted us to do something like that. And I was like that'd be nice, but we're not Ubi. It would be awesome to read about your production pipeline, like did you go from drone footage to photogrammetry to dozens of artists manually fixing things, or? Was there much ML involved?
  - dijit 4y ago
    No ML. We templated some common architecture patterns and placed things in the world. I wish I could show you our internal demonstrations of it. Basically we would plot the map in snowdrop using GIS, then raise cuboids from the shapes on the map. Then we would manually try to match google street view with something in our template library, and modify the object to match reality. It was a very manual process, but we based the map on the real thing so distances should be 1:1.
    - solardev 4y ago
      That's awesome. The results were terrific and fun. Thanks for your work on that!
    - cronix 4y ago
      I've recently taken up photogrammetry mapping with my drone. I'm quite amazed at the textured 3d output you can get from that by capturing buildings just by flying around them. I imagine it won't be too long that we just fly a drone over a city and entirely map it in 3d with very high resolution and detail. It's accurate to within a few feet unless you use RTK and ground stations which can bring you within centimeter accuracy. Lidar is also making things easier/cheaper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrpKFV0odg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrpKFV0odg
      - solardev 4y ago
        Why does every YouTube video start with a loud "WHAT'S GOING ON GUYS!!!" lol
  - callahad 4y ago
    > didn't Ubi team up with some European nonprofit to make other real world locale into games for educational purposes? You're likely thinking of the Discovery Tour line derived from Assassin's Creed. https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/assassins-creed/discovery-tour https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/assassins-creed/discovery... "[F]reely roam Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt and the Viking Age to learn more about their history and daily life. Students, teachers, non-gamers, and players can discover these eras at their own pace, or embark on guided tours and stories curated by historians and experts."
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Why are small alleyways not interesting in a shooter? Many area to hide. Though perhaps it would stimulate camping, but I wouldn't call them 'not interesting' :) I didn't find The Division too interesting, just couldn't get into it. I also don't really understand why they keep going on with that Tom Clancy label. The guy's been dead for almost a decade. If they feel the need to badge his name all over it, it feels like it's just B-content and they need to stick such labels on it to sell it. I think his early books were pretty good but the later series were just drivel IMO. I don't think he even wrote them himself.
NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
I live downtown in Manhattan: the "Gangs of New York" update on that title was interesting to play... First thing I did was go find my condo building with a mountain of trash piled up against the door. Some of the geography has been futzed with for gameplay purposes, which was incredibly confusing as someone who could navigate the area without a map!

Woo! I worked on that game. We actually took GIS data from the real DC and modelled the world. So the map should be very close to accurate. The Division 1 was handcrafted, so we cut a lot of the world away that wasn’t interesting, small alley ways and such. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to hear that you enjoyed the work that went in.

ZeroCool2u 4y ago
My friends and I spent a good chunk of time playing that game right after we all finished college and moved away for jobs. One of us actually moved to DC and playing The Division 2 actually helped him learn the area! Really fun game, your work is much appreciated!
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solardev 4y ago
Really enjoyed Division 2! Having visited DC during the Last Administration, your apocalypse was much nicer :) On the GIS side of things, didn't Ubi team up with some European nonprofit to make other real world locale into games for educational purposes? Can't remember the details, but I used to work for a museum and my boss wanted us to do something like that. And I was like that'd be nice, but we're not Ubi. It would be awesome to read about your production pipeline, like did you go from drone footage to photogrammetry to dozens of artists manually fixing things, or? Was there much ML involved?
- dijit 4y ago
  No ML. We templated some common architecture patterns and placed things in the world. I wish I could show you our internal demonstrations of it. Basically we would plot the map in snowdrop using GIS, then raise cuboids from the shapes on the map. Then we would manually try to match google street view with something in our template library, and modify the object to match reality. It was a very manual process, but we based the map on the real thing so distances should be 1:1.
  - solardev 4y ago
    That's awesome. The results were terrific and fun. Thanks for your work on that!
  - cronix 4y ago
    I've recently taken up photogrammetry mapping with my drone. I'm quite amazed at the textured 3d output you can get from that by capturing buildings just by flying around them. I imagine it won't be too long that we just fly a drone over a city and entirely map it in 3d with very high resolution and detail. It's accurate to within a few feet unless you use RTK and ground stations which can bring you within centimeter accuracy. Lidar is also making things easier/cheaper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrpKFV0odg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrpKFV0odg
    - solardev 4y ago
      Why does every YouTube video start with a loud "WHAT'S GOING ON GUYS!!!" lol
- callahad 4y ago
  > didn't Ubi team up with some European nonprofit to make other real world locale into games for educational purposes? You're likely thinking of the Discovery Tour line derived from Assassin's Creed. https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/assassins-creed/discovery-tour https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/assassins-creed/discovery... "[F]reely roam Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt and the Viking Age to learn more about their history and daily life. Students, teachers, non-gamers, and players can discover these eras at their own pace, or embark on guided tours and stories curated by historians and experts."
GekkePrutser 4y ago
Why are small alleyways not interesting in a shooter? Many area to hide. Though perhaps it would stimulate camping, but I wouldn't call them 'not interesting' :) I didn't find The Division too interesting, just couldn't get into it. I also don't really understand why they keep going on with that Tom Clancy label. The guy's been dead for almost a decade. If they feel the need to badge his name all over it, it feels like it's just B-content and they need to stick such labels on it to sell it. I think his early books were pretty good but the later series were just drivel IMO. I don't think he even wrote them himself.

NovemberWhiskey 4y ago

I live downtown in Manhattan: the "Gangs of New York" update on that title was interesting to play... First thing I did was go find my condo building with a mountain of trash piled up against the door. Some of the geography has been futzed with for gameplay purposes, which was incredibly confusing as someone who could navigate the area without a map!