The War Mage’s Room (tS4, in 2000)

Software Used : trueSpace 4.3, VistaPro 3
 

The second version of this scene (see most recent version for comments - original technical notes for this image are shown below).

Technical Stuff

Although the volumetrics seem like the most obvious change between this and the tS2 version, I think it’s the new materials that make the biggest difference. Some objects that I wasn’t happy with were deleted and replaced with some new items modelled in tS4.3.

The firelight was done using a red area light, coupled with a yellow local light, both using shadowmapped shadows for a soft look.

Another major difference between tS2 and tS4.3 is the speed at which you can develop things, thanks to the area render option and faster rendering. This allowed me to tweak material settings until they were just the way I wanted them!