Carl's Corner :)

Just checked it out.....and looks great!!! I didn't know you were making mechs..... I've been bouncing an idea around to develop an online mech game based on concepts started by PS "Armored Core" and PC "Mech Warrior".....and set it up similar to how "World of Warcraft" online has been done.....which has become a "huge" $,$$$,$$$.$$-making business.....

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ronviers wrote: I would need a full time biologist to care for it though.

It's not bad if you do freshwater fish.....but doing saltwater fish has alot more to it.....

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ronviers wrote: And I know that by "great" you mean funny looking.

Not at all.....

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ronviers wrote: What are mechs?

Mechanical Characters.....Mechanical Warriors.....

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ronviers wrote: I guess I could hire my biologist a squad of cheerleaders to driver her the care for them harder.

You can read online how to set up a freshwater or saltwater tank.....might seem overwhelming at first.....but not bad once you understand everything and get going with it.....

nope, no tornados here this time. we've had a couple here in the past, though, one fairly large not more than a half mile from my house. it's really quite true what they say it sounds like, a large frieght train at full speed. we had another come up the river, smaller and it didnt quite touch down. it stayed at treetop level and literally mowed the top of the trees off on one bank. aint tornado alley fun

those are cool, ron! how many hours are wrapped up in those, including the training/learning time?

having briefly, very, very briefly toyed with 3d creation, i can only imagine the time spent

it was years ago, ron. i think it was Blender i played with on a demo or free version or something. was over 10 years ago. the most 3d i've done since is in the wolfenstein ET game editor, making shapes, and scenes and such. kinda primitive by the standards of maya or something like that.

i've toyed with lots of things over the years, including max studio, various game editors, music editors, wave editors, geo map importing, and various other novelties i've done ascii 3d mapping, which is quite interesting, though completely primitive by today's standards, but did use a bump map for terrain height editing. my computer days go back to about 1971 or 72 and playing with mainframes and the first trs 80's so, i've been playing around with this stuff for a while

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Carl wrote: more detail

Too soon. I probably should not have even posted it but I'm desperate to have output again.

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Carl wrote: they getting worse with climate change

IMO they appear to be getting more randomly distributed but not worse.

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Carl wrote: screen shot

I strongly recomend FastStone Capture utility. It is free and compatible with Vista. You can download it here. I use it constantly and never have had a problem with it. It allows screen caps by marquee or lasso. It probably does more but that's all I use it for.

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Carl wrote: I ment my picture was blurry

Yes. I will try to make it better next time but it's just a rig.

looks like its not free $19.95 us

how did you capture the video of your maya screen

How do you like Vista so far? Have you found a compelling reason for me to upgrade?

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ronviers wrote: Sorry about that

it's the though that counts

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ronviers wrote: easy. I was also dreading posting something on youtube but it was also a breeze.

I've never done it - there is so much stuff on there lots of thing must never get seen

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ronviers wrote: How do you like Vista so far? Have you found a compelling reason for me to upgrade?

I got torn to shreds last time I said I liked it LOL, and the little nigglies seem to have been fixed so I do like it over xp - one conplaint the search doesn't seem to find alot of things for instance screen shot - came up with nothing and no mention of snipping tool there are things better than xp as in the header [which i will attach example ] which as you can click any part make iteasier to move around and back track etc - the folder and open windows that show thumd nails is handy as quick reference [ and looks nice ] - the switch between window is also handy - it has a better backup system than xp and lets face it is prettier - I like it , is there enough reason to update probly as more programs etc are designed specificly for vista advances, and as it is more user friendly and of course prettier - oh and your tablet is much more intergrated by a long shot over xp.................... this is only my opinion and without all the techno knowledge

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Carl wrote: tablet is much more intergrated

That's interesting. In what way?
I think you're right about it getting much better as new apps take advantage of it's features. I look forward to having it on my next system.


Here is the new one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFYfB99Qb8

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Carl wrote: the bone between the knee cap and ankle [ lower leg ] appears to bend in a small arc

Very observant! This is a cartoony rig. All the limbs including torso allow for unrealistic stretching and compression. This allows for the model to be pulled away from the bones for exaggerated movement. Not only can the arms, legs and spine be any length but they can be move far away from the bones. It is much more difficult to build cartoony rigs than realistic ones so I thought that would be a good place for me to start.

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Carl wrote: super cool then

Thank you.

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Carl wrote: are you planning to do a full animation in an enviroment

Maybe someday. For now I am only learning to do the animation I need to in order to test the rigs and models and maybe do a high quality walk cycle (to sell them) but that's about it. I want to get to modeling and texturing as soon as I can so that means doing the minimum rigging and animation for now. The thing is I enjoy animation much more than rigging so it would be easy for me to do nothing else but I want to stick to my plan.

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Carl wrote: is still open

I'm counting on it. I just hope I can need them before we get old and crazy. (crazier)

So many people use zbrush for texturing. Have you looked at that?

I love this game video of "Armored Core".....and can't wait until games reach this level of quality.....which will happen in the next few years.....

Sometimes they put something like a 12 second "Esurance" promo in front of it.....but maximize the screen and watch the whole thing.....I think it's excellent!!!

http://www.gamespot.com/video/928203/...oplayerpop?

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StevieJ wrote: watch the whole thing

I can't seem to get it to play, even the esurance video. I don't know what the problem is.

carl, i dont know if tornados are getting worse in the u.s. or not. i do know they're getting more attention. lots of storm chasers out there any more and everyone and his brother has either a digital camera or digital camcorder, so we're SEEING a lot more tornado reports, but that doesnt necessarily mean more tonados than in the past.

and thanks for that faststone link, ron. i downloaded it. it IS free, carl. but you can donate $19.95 for a free lifetime update license.

you've linked to that video before, steve. maybe we shld play a bit of mech warrior IV

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Kraellin wrote: you've linked to that video before, steve.

Yeah, I'm totally enthused with it as a glimpse of what is to come.....

Ron, maybe try this link......

http://www.gamespot.com/video/928203/...ay-movie-1

Yeah, nothing that an FF metalhead couldn't handle.....

Oh, if you still didn't see it, you can also try downloading and playing it from this link.....

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/ar...e=gameplay

Yeah, huge fan of the game concept.....but the graphics are still lacking.....which will change with time.....which is why I like that video so much.....

I thought it would also be neat to get everyone together and form our own 'guild' in "World of Warcraft Online".....but as you know, it's way too addictive and time consuming.....

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ronviers wrote: I want games to look like the first five minutes of 'The Two Towers' where the Balrog and Gandalf are fighting as they fall.

I thought the game video was very similar to that graphic quality.....and will be a substantial leap to get there from where games are now. You also gotta remember that those movie scenes are moving viewer "perspectives" on 2D images taken from 3D modeling (some also are 2D renders that look 3D).....and then bluescreen overlays (actually subtractive) are used to put in the "real" images.....

Just saying hello to you all at the corner Hope things are going well for you. I'm taking a break from making filters and checking out more how it all works

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StevieJ wrote: 50 feet.....

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ronviers wrote: zbrush for texturing

no nothing, have look

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Kraellin wrote: faststone link,

as part of vista - snipper which does all the same things I've found - they have hidden a few things in vista which aren't obvious to find

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Kraellin wrote: i do know they're getting more attention. lots of storm chasers out there any more and everyone and his brother has either a digital camera or digital camcorder, so we're SEEING a lot more tornado reports, but that doesnt necessarily mean more tonados than in the past.

accsess/awareness level and the lust for dramatic news you could be right

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StevieJ wrote: actually subtractive

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StevieJ wrote: "real"

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StevieJ wrote: it's way too addictive

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StevieJ wrote: metalhead

Hey I had to quote you about something

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Lady Fayre wrote: Just saying hello

A big hello to you too