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Marine Aquarium 3.3 Now Available (May 2014): Marine Aquarium 3.3 is available for download for Windows or Mac.

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Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-09-2010, 08:52 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Only by allowing them to say, "I knew him when he... Only by allowing them to say, "I knew him when he was just writing that little Aquarium program!"

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-09-2010, 07:24 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Doh! It would have been so much more effective... Doh! It would have been so much more effective without the mis-spelling. I went back and fixed it. Thanks for the encouragement, Harris. I can't talk about some of the things that are going on,...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-09-2010, 03:39 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Vinz - Yes, MA3 already has higher system... Vinz - Yes, MA3 already has higher system requirements than MA2.6. Even though they are only slightly higher, you'd be surprised at how much flak I get from people with older computers. The thing...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-09-2010, 11:05 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs The only reason Marine Aquarium has been so... The only reason Marine Aquarium has been so successful is that it's a one-man operation. Over the years, major software companies have assembled teams to try to duplicate it. The two largest...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-08-2010, 09:36 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Not doing well at all. Stuck. Not doing well at all. Stuck.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 08-21-2009, 12:37 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs The different species of Clownfish really have... The different species of Clownfish really have different shapes, so they will require several models. Some day.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 08-05-2009, 06:15 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs My resolution is always 1920x1200. My resolution is always 1920x1200.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 08-05-2009, 06:00 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs I've got a rudimentary version of the new Yellow... I've got a rudimentary version of the new Yellow Tang model in the tank and have been doing a lot of experiments with it. There's no movement yet, but I can rotate the model. The first thing I found...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 08-03-2009, 07:13 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs I just hope all the work I'm putting into it... I just hope all the work I'm putting into it actually shows when I get it in the tank. The texture is twice the dimensions of the old one (4X the number of pixels). Part of the realism of the old...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 08-01-2009, 06:22 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Yes, the Yellow Tang is the one I'm working on.... Yes, the Yellow Tang is the one I'm working on. Then the other Tangs, because the movement will be the same. Then the Butterflyfish, because their movement is similar. Then the Triggerfish, then the...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-23-2009, 11:09 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Well, I guess I have to move the gills, now that... Well, I guess I have to move the gills, now that everyone will be watching for it.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-23-2009, 06:08 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs This is still a long way off. I only recently... This is still a long way off. I only recently made a breakthrough which makes it possible at all, and now I'm starting to move from mostly research and experimentation into the WORK (the most dreaded...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-23-2009, 03:59 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs There's seldom anything interesting to see until... There's seldom anything interesting to see until it's all put together. Just a bunch of hexidecimal numbers on the screen with an occasional header. Here's a grab of the screen I happen to be...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-19-2009, 02:42 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Just as an update - I've had a bit of a... Just as an update - I've had a bit of a breakthrough in my search for a way of doing the transparency needed for fins in the new single-object fish models.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-06-2009, 08:43 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs MA3 shares no code with MA2.6, I have to put in... MA3 shares no code with MA2.6, I have to put in every feature from scratch.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-06-2009, 10:33 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs I'm not sure if I want to complicate the fish... I'm not sure if I want to complicate the fish interface with more buttons. I figured if users wanted to repeat fish, they could simply add more of the ones they wanted.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-05-2009, 12:08 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs When Random is on, and the number is set to 30... When Random is on, and the number is set to 30 (yes, that's arbitrary), the program will choose fish at random, trying never to repeat. After chooseing all 28 different ones, it will simply repeat...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-04-2009, 09:01 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs 28. 28.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 07-04-2009, 09:26 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs I'll probably put each one in as I get it done. I'll probably put each one in as I get it done.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 06-23-2009, 11:13 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs That's a good article, and explains my problem... That's a good article, and explains my problem fairly well. Another problem I'll need to deal with is transparency and layers in the body itself. This is very rare in saltwater fish, but will be...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 06-23-2009, 10:11 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Sorry, I didn't quite follow that - I'd need to... Sorry, I didn't quite follow that - I'd need to see an example.

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 06-22-2009, 05:11 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs Windows on a car would be stationary in relation... Windows on a car would be stationary in relation to the car, so there's no reason they can't be a separate sub-object. It's moving parts like fins that cause trouble. If they are separate objects,...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 06-22-2009, 03:09 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs I've always used 4-bits (16 levels) of Alpha for... I've always used 4-bits (16 levels) of Alpha for the fish textures (DXT3). The problem I'm describing has not been much of an issue before, because I've always used a heirarchy of objects within...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 06-22-2009, 01:26 PM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs The transparency is already done in shaders. But... The transparency is already done in shaders. But the shader needs something to work with - a pixel that's already there. Then it blends the new pixel with it using the calculated amount of...

Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 06-22-2009, 11:37 AM

Replies: 92 New Fish Models Views: 59,122 Posted By Jim Sachs That was my original plan with each fish-type... That was my original plan with each fish-type (tangs, triggerfish, etc.), but it turned out that each species had enough differences in the body shape to warrant its own model. What I'm struggling...

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