▁also ▁supports ▁the ▁games ▁N AM ▁and ▁W W II ▁G I , ▁as ▁ED u ke ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁code ▁to ▁those ▁games . ▁▁ ▁Pol ym er ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁an ▁OpenGL ▁sh ader ▁model ▁ 3 . 0 ▁render er ▁was ▁revealed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁developed ▁for ▁ED u ke 3 2 , ▁named ▁Pol ym er ▁to ▁distinguish ▁from ▁Ken ▁Silver man ' s ▁Pol ym ost . ▁At ▁first ▁it ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁April ▁F ools ' ▁jo ke , ▁but ▁the ▁render er ▁was ▁later ▁made ▁public . ▁It ▁allows ▁for ▁more ▁modern ▁effects ▁such ▁as ▁real - time ▁dynamic ▁colored ▁light ing ▁and ▁shadow ▁mapping , ▁spec ular ▁and ▁normal ▁mapping , ▁and ▁other ▁sh ader - based ▁features ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁features ▁added ▁to ▁Pol ym ost ▁over ▁the ▁years . ▁Although ▁Pol ym er ▁is ▁completely ▁us able , ▁it ▁is ▁techn ically ▁incomplete ▁and ▁un optim ised , ▁and ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁development . ▁The ▁developers ▁of ▁ED u ke 3 2 ▁have ▁stated ▁that ▁once ▁Pol ym er ▁has ▁been ▁re written ▁for ▁speed , ▁it ▁will ▁supp lant ▁Pol ym ost ▁completely , ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁superior ▁render er , ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁made ▁to ▁look ▁identical ▁to ▁Pol ym ost . ▁▁ ▁Other ▁game ▁ports ▁▁ ▁The ▁Sh adow ▁War rior ▁source ▁code ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0