Carl's Corner :)

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StevieJ wrote: What's that??? Something in "Second Life"???

Yeps, not sure how to go about it with blender but will try.

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims

thing is Blender is supported for sculpt maps unlike TS, mind wiki SL has a list of tutorials for Blender with the software info
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculp...de#Blender

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StevieJ wrote: it would be nice if we were all on the same page with something like TrueSpace and Blender.....learning them together.....and maybe even getting together on collaborations

I used to feel the same way but I have since realized that to do a single high quality project you need people that specialize. Take the scene from King Kong were he throws a tantrum. How long would it take you to create the King Kong model? Then it has to be rigged and deformations applied. How long would that process take? How long do you think it would take you to animate his 3 minute rampage? The scene involves an environment with practical effects as well as live footage of a real human. There are backgrounds that have to be modeled, painted or otherwise generated. There are camera movements, lens selection, depth of field and focus issues. All of these visual elements then have to be composited together. And don't forget all that goes into the sounds and score. If we all concentrate on learning the same things at the same time we will not be able to work together on a single project. The only way for that to work is for each of us to pick an area and get good at it while collaborating on the larger vision. If you were to specialize in rendering, Carl in displacement and textures, Beliria in environments and matte painting and Nidi in Python and setup and then we could get someone to help with animation, compositing, dynamics and sound – we might have a small chance of completing a project. So I think we should all get started.

I even forgot to mention texturing, rendering and dynamics used for the King Kong scene

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ronviers wrote: I used to feel the same way but I have since realized that to do a single high quality project you need people that specialize.

it is an interesting point

Ron, you're certainly right about dividing the labor in a project of that magnitude. I was kinda thinking of starting out on a smaller scale.....like just developing a themed set/group of characters together.....then see if we could sell them. Maybe after we got some good ones, it could be progressed into animation. What do you think???

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Carl wrote: It's the only way to keep him in line Nidi and you can see he enjoys it

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Beliria wrote: Steve thrives on people bashing him around

Excusy?!?

My pleasure..... ..... Hold on.....wha??? LOL....

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Beliria wrote: sculpties

Is that like a 3D bmp map format used by SL and Blender???

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StevieJ wrote: a project of that magnitude

Magnitude!? It was only three minutes.

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StevieJ wrote: What do you think?

In the short term, everything is clear. I need a body of work. For now, producing something, anything, has my complete attention. But on down the road things get a little more schizophrenic. I have imagined a world in my head but there is no story in it. It is populated only by facts and ideas. It is a good place from which to pull characters for modeling but it also draws a bright line under my inability to tell a story of my own. I am better suited and would genuinely enjoy making a small but significant contribution to someone else's vision.

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Nidi wrote: I've just decided to develop my right brain hemisphere, to unleash the hidden artist within me.

Me too.

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Nidi wrote: about 100 years

If you pick a small part of the 3d pipeline and do not allow yourself to become distracted by all the cool things done in other areas it will not take long to get very average.

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Beliria wrote: might take me a while to find software that I can figure out lol! as to OBJ can't seem to find the right one to convert them,

I don't know if this will help [ I haven't checked all 470 odd file formats to see if yours is one ] and you may have to change it from one format to another - this is a handy program for general purposes [ yes it's free LOL ] xnveiw

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Nidi wrote: Ohhh...naughty Steve...

yes he is a problem

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ronviers wrote: I have started putting together my election night playlists.

some intersting choices there

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StevieJ wrote: serious skill just to get those three minutes

That's no joke.

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StevieJ wrote: maybe I can help you with some storylines

Thanks. That part is still undecided. For now I have to focus on making something I am proud of.

One of the thing that irrates me in a lot of games is lack of a real story line or worse still claiming to have a clever story line where when you play it the story is irrelevant to advancing through the game

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Carl wrote: this is a handy program for general purposes [ yes it's free LOL ] xnveiw

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ronviers wrote: What do you mean? Usually the story is just, take that hill or win the race. Even with a good RPG the story is, fight your way to the boss monster and defeat it.

thats exactly what i mean but also games pretend to have a story but it actual doesn't effect the game play at all

it always amazes me the limit of imagination - example an alien world and it looks like Arizona in bright colours

I like the story in the movie 'Groundhog Day'. The character learns the difference between getting what he wants and earning what he gets. Game designers need to watch that movie.
I also like a good revenge story.

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Nidi wrote: well... that's an additional measure for accomplishment...

And don't forget the most important measure of all - groupies.

very early stages of a patchwork filter - stitching isn't working yet at all - long way to go

I love rpg games but I agree to the lack of story a lot of the online style seem to be based on kill the creatures or kill each other. I don't mind killing the critters, as to killing each other not to keen on that.

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ronviers wrote: And don't forget the most important measure of all - groupies.

lol

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Carl wrote: very early stages of a patchwork filter - stitching isn't working yet at all - long way to go

cool, reminds me I wanted to have a bash at making a Mummy like linen texture/filter.

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ronviers wrote: 'Welcome to the Machine'

maybe "Welcome to the washing machine"

Right or Left

I can only see her going in the one direction no matter how hard I try to make her go in the opposite direction

P.S. She goes clockwise for me


P.S.S enlarge to get rid of the ghost lines

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ronviers wrote: All I can see is that she is not wearing pasties

LMAO I think your using your little Head

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ronviers wrote: Do you mean clockwise from the top or from the bottom?

Clockwise is rotating when she is facing you her leg goes right to left you know like the clock on the wall or vice versus for anti-clockwise