And the Winner Is... (January 24, 2021)

ChrisReid

Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
Last year had plenty of low points, but Wing Commander fans persevered throughout the dark times and still managed to do some amazing things. We were able to pick out ten of them for special recognition, and Wingnuts have spent the last several weeks voting on which should take the top honors. It's always slightly painful to deem one or two the winners, since all of the nominees and more do such great things for the community, but it's usually clear that a few bubble up to the top.




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This time around, our winner for Fan Project of the Year is AI/Neural Net Enhanced Wing Commander Videos! ODVS managed to successfully create what was one thought impossible, an extremely faithful upscaling of the original games' low res footage into HD quality. By mastering a handful of advanced AI/neural net tools, the process creates detail where none was present to boost the footage. He's completed full passes on WC3, WC4 and WCP, and the latter two can be integrated into the games themselves. Someday WC3 may be possible as well. Continued work looks to push things even further into the 4K/60Hz realm with even better tools and processing. Grab them for yourself here!


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Original update published on January 24, 2021
 
Congrats ODVS!!!! Also a congrats goes out to out Stinger for WCDX as the runner up and all the other great Wing Commander projects out there! You all really made 2020 special and gave us hope and something to look forward to in this strange time. Thank you! :p
 
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