|
Re: 99H quite a bit faster than 99G
Just as an update for anyone who's wondering how/where this poll has gone, Jim is proceeding with the DirectX 8 rewrite (.99H was a bump in the road to give us some more fish while he continues work on the big update).
After that, I'm guessing the 3D background will be next. It IS happening!
Jim ultimately plans (As revealed in the chatroom) to have 2 entire screenfuls of 3D coral (which introduces the possibly of turning on more than 7 fish at one time) and the 'camera' will slowly pan from left to right. Not only will this look really cool (you CAN lock the camera if you want--I think) but it will really bring out the 3D effect. Jim said he's done some early tests/experiments and it looks really phenomenal. The fish already look unreal with the 3D shutter glasses, with the background, the illusion should be complete!
Jim is putting all of these things in the Aquarium:
-3D moving coral (sea anemones that sway in the water)
-Mandarinfish, Lionfish (listed separately because of how difficult they are)
-Coral Shrimp
-Free swimming Octopus (about the size of the Regal Tang) that changes color and squirts ink
-One or more semi-transparent fish species (for the rabid freshwater fish fanatics who want something similar)
-More fish of course
Jim has expressed sincere interest in putting these things in the Aquarium:
-Sea Horses
-a Shark or two
-An Eel poking out of the coral reef
-A free-swimming ribbon Eel
-Cleaner Wrasse
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman
|