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N-patches

Hardware concept

Supports N-patches graphics technology, either as is or with a patch. This causes polygon count to be roughly doubled, smoothing curves and generally making models seem less angular.

12
games
1
platform

Alternate names: RT-patches, ATi TruForm

BorderZone (Windows)
BorderZone
WIN 2005
Unreal Tournament 2003 (Windows)
Unreal Tournament 2003
WIN 2002-10
Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix (Windows)
Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix
WIN 2002-05-21
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (Windows)
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
WIN 2003-05-28
Unreal Tournament (Windows)
Unreal Tournament
WIN 1999-11-30
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Windows)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
WIN 2001-11-19
Soldier of Fortune (Windows)
Soldier of Fortune
WIN 2000-03-29
Command & Conquer: Renegade (Windows)
Command & Conquer: Renegade
WIN 2002-02-25
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Windows)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
WIN 2002-05-07
Serious Sam (Windows)
Serious Sam
WIN 2001-03-23
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Windows)
Unreal Tournament 2004
WIN 2004-03-16
Madden NFL 2004
WIN 2003-08-12
Implied:
* DirectX 8

Related: (3D APIs with tessellation)
* DirectX 11
* OpenGL 4.0
Generally this only subdivided already existing polygons to produce smoother curves.

Often required manual tweaking of a configuration file, or application of an N-patches patch to enable it.

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Games by year

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The first N-patches video game was released on November 30, 1999.

Activision and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 12