Marine Aquarium 3 Rumors and Speculation - Page 94

Jim Sachs · 08-24-2008, 03:43 PM

Whether it's compatible with older OS X will be up to Jim O'Connor, who is doing the Mac translation.

As for a 32-meg card, I wouldn't count on it. After all, the whole reason for MA3 is to take advantage of the hardware advancements that have ocurred since v2.6 came out.

(I have tried it on my old Sony Vaio with a 32-meg SiS chip, and it did run at 800x600x16, but with a low frame rate of about 20 fps.)

patscarr · 08-24-2008, 09:01 PM

Wow!

This thread has recently passed the 2 year mark! Jav's first post was 08-17-2006! I remember last year about this time we were hoping for an MA3 Christmas present. Will we get it this year?

Jim Sachs · 08-24-2008, 09:29 PM

Oh, Pat - Everyone knows you're one of the Alpha testers and have had it since last December

cohiba420 · 08-24-2008, 09:51 PM

ah... envy...

Ralph · 08-24-2008, 10:00 PM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

Oh, Pat - Everyone knows you're one of the Alpha testers and have had it since last December

But without a fish picker...

and cheesy music

Jim Sachs · 08-24-2008, 10:19 PM

Fishpicker and cheesy music coming right up.

rizorido · 08-25-2008, 02:28 AM

Jim, can i be a beta tester too?

Thanks a lot !

Rizo

Mith · 08-25-2008, 10:46 AM

Originally posted by rizorido:

Jim, can i be a beta tester too?

Thanks a lot !

Rizo

Do you know the secret handshake???

ESHIREY · 08-25-2008, 11:15 AM

drfish · 08-25-2008, 11:48 AM

Are you sure that counts as a "handshake" smiley? Looks borderline to me... *ducks*

ESHIREY · 08-25-2008, 07:59 PM

Some of the other ones I had wouldn't be nice on here.

Mith · 08-26-2008, 01:18 AM

Originally posted by ESHIREY:

Some of the other ones I had wouldn't be nice on here.

+1 LOL

Jim Sachs · 08-26-2008, 02:01 AM

Just spent two days trying to figure out why one of my variables couldn't be seen by all the functions in my program. I finally asked Edgar, and he told me. Back to forward progress.

Yodelking · 08-26-2008, 09:49 AM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs:

Just spent two days trying to figure out why one of my variables couldn't be seen by all the functions in my program. I finally asked Edgar, and he told me. Back to forward progress.

Thanks for sharing the progress... Nice to see it's getting close to beta.

Jim Sachs · 08-27-2008, 01:59 PM

Got most of the bugs in the new interface fixed, but I've decided to slightly re-think the logic of how it will work. The way I have it now, there is a chart of all the fish, and you can click on each one. Once clicked, you can increase or decrease the number of that type of fish in the tank. You can also include it in the random mix. There is a separate control to set the number of random fish.

It gets a bit confusing when a bunch of fish have been included as random possibilites, but the number of random fish is zero. Or, the number of random fish might be greater than zero, but no fish have been marked for possible inclusion.

I'm thinking of approaching from the opposite angle - a fish is assumed to be available for the Random mix unless it's specifically disabled. The Random generator would chose first from those fish which are not specifically chosen, but are not disabled. If it runs out of those, it would start duplicating fish.

cjmaddy · 08-27-2008, 03:49 PM

Good thinking, 99....

..... BTW, - Have you seen it yet? ..... Is it/are they, as good as the originals?

Jim Sachs · 08-27-2008, 04:50 PM

No and no.

cjmaddy · 08-27-2008, 04:57 PM

..... Mmmm ... Thought so!

Tiny Turtle · 08-27-2008, 05:12 PM

Am I the only one thinking the topic of the fish picker design should be in a red thread?

cjmaddy · 08-27-2008, 05:53 PM

Good thinking, Chief....

08-24-2008, 03:43 PM	#1861
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Whether it's compatible with older OS X will be up to Jim O'Connor, who is doing the Mac translation. As for a 32-meg card, I wouldn't count on it. After all, the whole reason for MA3 is to take advantage of the hardware advancements that have ocurred since v2.6 came out. (I have tried it on my old Sony Vaio with a 32-meg SiS chip, and it did run at 800x600x16, but with a low frame rate of about 20 fps.) Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-24-2008, 09:01 PM	#1862
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Wow! This thread has recently passed the 2 year mark! Jav's first post was 08-17-2006! I remember last year about this time we were hoping for an MA3 Christmas present. Will we get it this year? Patrick

08-24-2008, 09:29 PM	#1863
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Oh, Pat - Everyone knows you're one of the Alpha testers and have had it since last December Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-24-2008, 10:19 PM	#1866
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Fishpicker and cheesy music coming right up. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-25-2008, 11:48 AM	#1870
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,357	Are you sure that counts as a "handshake" smiley? Looks borderline to me... ducks I don't watch commercials.

08-24-2008, 09:51 PM	#1864
cohiba420 Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Posts: 63	ah... envy...

08-24-2008, 10:00 PM	#1865
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,443	Originally posted by Jim Sachs: Oh, Pat - Everyone knows you're one of the Alpha testers and have had it since last December But without a fish picker... and cheesy music

08-25-2008, 02:28 AM	#1867
rizorido Registered Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4	Jim, can i be a beta tester too? Thanks a lot ! Rizo

08-25-2008, 10:46 AM	#1868
Mith Registered Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 140	Originally posted by rizorido: Jim, can i be a beta tester too? Thanks a lot ! Rizo Do you know the secret handshake???

08-25-2008, 11:15 AM	#1869
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725

08-25-2008, 07:59 PM	#1871
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	Some of the other ones I had wouldn't be nice on here.

08-26-2008, 01:18 AM	#1872
Mith Registered Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 140	Originally posted by ESHIREY: Some of the other ones I had wouldn't be nice on here. +1 LOL

08-26-2008, 02:01 AM	#1873
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Just spent two days trying to figure out why one of my variables couldn't be seen by all the functions in my program. I finally asked Edgar, and he told me. Back to forward progress. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-26-2008, 09:49 AM	#1874
Yodelking yodeler Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Staffanstorp, Sweden Posts: 294	Originally posted by Jim Sachs: Just spent two days trying to figure out why one of my variables couldn't be seen by all the functions in my program. I finally asked Edgar, and he told me. Back to forward progress. Thanks for sharing the progress... Nice to see it's getting close to beta. Yodelking - För god att kolsyra!

08-27-2008, 01:59 PM	#1875
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Got most of the bugs in the new interface fixed, but I've decided to slightly re-think the logic of how it will work. The way I have it now, there is a chart of all the fish, and you can click on each one. Once clicked, you can increase or decrease the number of that type of fish in the tank. You can also include it in the random mix. There is a separate control to set the number of random fish. It gets a bit confusing when a bunch of fish have been included as random possibilites, but the number of random fish is zero. Or, the number of random fish might be greater than zero, but no fish have been marked for possible inclusion. I'm thinking of approaching from the opposite angle - a fish is assumed to be available for the Random mix unless it's specifically disabled. The Random generator would chose first from those fish which are not specifically chosen, but are not disabled. If it runs out of those, it would start duplicating fish. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-27-2008, 03:49 PM	#1876
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Good thinking, 99.... ..... BTW, - Have you seen it yet? ..... Is it/are they, as good as the originals?

08-27-2008, 04:50 PM	#1877
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	No and no. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-27-2008, 04:57 PM	#1878
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	..... Mmmm ... Thought so!

08-27-2008, 05:12 PM	#1879
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Am I the only one thinking the topic of the fish picker design should be in a red thread? Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

08-27-2008, 05:53 PM	#1880
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Good thinking, Chief....