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Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 12-04-2004, 11:59 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Minn - if you wonder if you are enlightened,... Minn - if you wonder if you are enlightened, then you are. The idea would never cross the "mind" of a blockhead.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 12-03-2004, 07:22 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Sorry for the rant, but it's a pet peeve of mine... Sorry for the rant, but it's a pet peeve of mine - blockheads causing the end of civilization. My wife is a Labor & Delivery nurse at a County hospital and nearly every one of her patients is a...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 12-03-2004, 02:57 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Minn - If you come from a large family of... Minn - If you come from a large family of enlightened people, I salute you. You've done your bit for our side :) There are no blockheads on the Forum, since to participate you'd have to be able...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 12-03-2004, 11:17 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs A couple of years ago, I took a bus tour of... A couple of years ago, I took a bus tour of England, and didn't really have the impression of overcrowding. Scotland, the Lakes Country, Wales - there always seemed to be miles of beautiful...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 12-02-2004, 10:59 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Sure, it's funny - and we do love you Brits for... Sure, it's funny - and we do love you Brits for sticking by us even when we're wrong - but this one cuts pretty close to the Forum's "no political comments" rule. With this country more deeply...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-09-2004, 10:19 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Thanks, but I think I'm too old to learn a new... Thanks, but I think I'm too old to learn a new language :)

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-08-2004, 11:21 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs jleslie - Thanks for the suggestions, the... jleslie - Thanks for the suggestions, the movement items are all planned. Collision - this is the single most difficult piece of programming. The "extended rod" system you talk about is...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-08-2004, 03:20 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Thanks, Ed. Thanks, Ed.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-08-2004, 01:03 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs I just remembered another question from Ad_Enough... I just remembered another question from Ad_Enough a page or so back. It was regarding the 3D background, and whether further work would be needed on the fish movement. Every byte of the current...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-07-2004, 10:58 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs As far as making money from a hobby, there's... As far as making money from a hobby, there's certainly no contradiction there. My neighbor makes Chinese pottery. Some of these he sells. For a long time I made most of my money from buying and...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-07-2004, 10:35 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Yes, all of that is correct. The two... Yes, all of that is correct. The two animation techniques you described apply to 3D objects. There is a third type of animation, traditional 2D cel animation. This consists of having many...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-06-2004, 07:09 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Sergio - Yes, the idea is to just have one... Sergio - Yes, the idea is to just have one object, and move the points. (OK, two objects - it's still better to have the eyes separate.) Yes, I know that most computer games use separate objects...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 10-01-2004, 12:06 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Currently, the parts of the fish are handled... Currently, the parts of the fish are handled separately. This worked fine 4 years ago when 1024x768 was state-of-the-art, but as more and more people acquired 2000+ pixel systems, it was becoming...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 09-30-2004, 11:29 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Morgan and I have been in touch by Private... Morgan and I have been in touch by Private Message. He may try his hand at creating a converter. What he needs is an original Lightwave object, and mock-up of what the final .X file would look like...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 09-30-2004, 10:05 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Sergio - no I'm not exagerating. The... Sergio - no I'm not exagerating. The differences between this Aquarium and all the rest are very subtle, but they make all the difference in the world. What makes Halle Berry so much more...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 09-29-2004, 11:07 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Edgar - Will's converter doesn't handle... Edgar - Will's converter doesn't handle sub-objects. It throws all the points into one root-level object. Sergio - As Edgar says, the DX format can contain anything you want it to. The reader...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 09-29-2004, 09:14 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs I use Lightwave 8. Yes, the Selection Sets... I use Lightwave 8. Yes, the Selection Sets are what are important to me. I need for these points to be retained in the .X file, in exactly the same order they were originally selected. It's...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 09-28-2004, 10:10 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Sergiales - Thanks for perking up this... Sergiales - Thanks for perking up this thread. By they way, both you and Tiny are so skilled in English that no one here would even guess that it's not your first language. I've got a busy day...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 09-27-2004, 10:13 AM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Although I have considered going back to the... Although I have considered going back to the Marine tank, I'm immediately faced with the same problem - coming up with a better way of transforming Lightwave objects to DirectX objects. I can't...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 2 for Windows Archive 09-26-2004, 07:44 PM

Replies: 133 Can we Have a WIP Thread? Views: 60,012 Posted By Jim Sachs Well, that's one of the problems, making it... Well, that's one of the problems, making it interesting enough to rival the saltwater tank. One way I had planned to do this was to have much more extensive fish movement. My old method of creating...

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