I’ve searched for ‘graduate’, ‘thesis’, ‘strategic’, and ‘doctorate’
This was a mod done by a graduate student to see how the action of a FPS could be rendered to give a high level strategic view of the game. Can someone give me a link to the thread? Thanks
the name of the guy is Nate Hoobler…
met him at VIS 2004… nice dude 
http://www.splashdamage.com/index.php?name=pnPHPbb2&file=viewtopic&t=8615
AFAIK he also sent the source to bani… however, I don’t know if he already implemented some of this stuff in etpro
EDIT: damn… once more the SD guys prove that they are faster / better than me… that way I will never get a job there 
ime not shure about this but
i think bani said that from thoes overhead angles his rig gets about 3fps so many people wouldnt be able to use it effectivley. but like i say not sure so u better of askin bani
i have discused this problem with others and have a solution that would alow just about anyone to suport this kind of thing with a very small drop in fps (i predict about 3 to 5). it loses the ability to easily move the camera but has advatages in the performance and the ability to easily implement into the command map + and alow for some to increase the image quailty. If anyone is serious about implemting this and would like to hear my idea how then feel free to contact me