I don't know if anyone has mentioned it already, but there is RenderDrive ( http://www.art.co.uk/products.ihtml?page=rdriveove rview ). They are renderman compatible.
They definitely need to do something to hide the roof! Maybe line it with reflective screen and have a projector in the centre that projects a sky map to it? Of course, I don't want to know what kind of light source you'd need. Would be a bit tricky to match the projection with the roof geometry, but can think of some cool thinks to do.
I had the feeling before, that maybe CELL will be a PowerPC with (several?) custom vector coprocessors. For PS2 compatibility they could just use the PStwo chipset, so they don't depend on MIPS. And I think they already announced that PS1 compatibility will either not happen, or be a software emulation. But in general I think this is BS. Neither Microsoft or Sony are so stupid that they don't recognize a similar. What is most likely is that Sony just uses IBM's manufacturing plans. And I couldn't really think of many reasons to change the core architecture from MIPS to Power. Sony already has toolchains for MIPS, and their engineers (and all licensees!) have a lot of experience with that.
I found they solved the problem of a 3D swordfight battle quite well. You could attack in all directions, use the environment, and reliably block enemy attacks. Of course, you can complete all battles just with button mashing. In The Warrior Within, he calls a woman a bitch. Is that a sign of quality?
I'm not really convinced the new style is the right way to go. I really enjoyed Sands of Time, but I only bought it after seeing a friend play it. All the trailers and screenshots were comparably boring. SoT was T rated, and the violence was on a level that I wouldn't be terribly worried if younger kids played it. Now explain to me, how do they expect to gain bigger sales by limiting their audience to "M"ature gamers? Don't give me the "average gamer is 28 years" shit, that's were most people stop playing games, and start worrying about families and mortgages.
Get some students of the professor's course to type them into LaTeX. Give them some points they'd otherwise get for homework. a) Publication quality DVI/PS/PDF files b) The student can deepen their knowledge of the topic Everyone happy. Used to work like this at the university I went to. And you may be even lucky that some student typed these notes in for himself.
I stopped doing overtime after several events in my project that made me question the reasons I had for doing them. Was my best decision ever! When I leave work it is still light outside, I can relax at home, sleep well, forget about the problems for a while, and continue work the next morning with fresh energy. There is absolutely no reason to do it, if the game is not near completion and in testing. And then I don't have a problem putting in the extra time.
You can get eprom/flash/ram based USB controllers that handle all USB communication and provide a some I/O ports. Similar to the PIC. By the way, nothing beats the Competition Pro!
I really liked Paper Mario. It's really a pity that it arrived so late in the N64's lifespan, it really deserves a bigger audience. It would be nice if more games would be re-released on Gamecube. What about Sin & Punishment?
As another comment said, you could just butcher the first one that matches. Who decides that one cat is more valueable than the other ? If you "repair" your cat at the cost of another cat, I feel that it isn't seen as a living beeing, but as a thing. And in the end, a cat isn't afraid of death. It is your egoism to keep something that you own.
I can't believe it. I've been playing around with the c64 and 2600 idea for ages, but didn't have the means to actually do it. And these people did it. It's so cool.
It's a great way to keep those old arcade game alive - an emulator is only - well- an emulation. The original PCBs age over time and may get unusuble and unrepearable if any custom circuits die completly and become unavailable. Using FPGAs is a great way to keep exactly the same hardware around.
(And to all those #@!&-ers who ask "why bother?": BECAUSE THEY CAN !)
It's a shame that Slashdot actually links to this software. Id software and John Carmack have been very supportive of the community, ignoring reverse engineering even though their licenses don't allow it and giving a lot of information about the technologies. All you should NEED until the game is released are screenshots and the movies. So don't spoil it for you and others.
I remember when the remakes for Atari and Amiga were made, that they couldn't make a version for PC, because IBM bought the rights to port it to the PCjr. I don't know if the rights are available again...
I'd think it's a problem in every language nowadays.
We use english technical terms in german, and the german translation sounds a bit stupid sometimes.
So what ? Science used latin technical terms before...
Just thinking, how much of an ATARI VCS you could get on a modern FPGA... CPU+IO+Video+RAM on one chip and maybe an external DAC to make the video signal.
Would be cool...
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As easy as that. There are enough open-source databases, nothing stops you from setting up a simple example application.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it already, but there is RenderDrive ( http://www.art.co.uk/products.ihtml?page=rdriveove rview ). They are renderman compatible.
They definitely need to do something to hide the roof! Maybe line it with reflective screen and have a projector in the centre that projects a sky map to it? Of course, I don't want to know what kind of light source you'd need.
Would be a bit tricky to match the projection with the roof geometry, but can think of some cool thinks to do.
I had the feeling before, that maybe CELL will be a PowerPC with (several?) custom vector coprocessors.
For PS2 compatibility they could just use the PStwo chipset, so they don't depend on MIPS. And I think they already announced that PS1 compatibility will either not happen, or be a software emulation.
But in general I think this is BS. Neither Microsoft or Sony are so stupid that they don't recognize a similar. What is most likely is that Sony just uses IBM's manufacturing plans.
And I couldn't really think of many reasons to change the core architecture from MIPS to Power. Sony already has toolchains for MIPS, and their engineers (and all licensees!) have a lot of experience with that.
I found they solved the problem of a 3D swordfight battle quite well. You could attack in all directions, use the environment, and reliably block enemy attacks. Of course, you can complete all battles just with button mashing.
In The Warrior Within, he calls a woman a bitch.
Is that a sign of quality?
I'm not really convinced the new style is the right way to go. I really enjoyed Sands of Time, but I only bought it after seeing a friend play it. All the trailers and screenshots were comparably boring.
SoT was T rated, and the violence was on a level that I wouldn't be terribly worried if younger kids played it. Now explain to me, how do they expect to gain bigger sales by limiting their audience to "M"ature gamers?
Don't give me the "average gamer is 28 years" shit, that's were most people stop playing games, and start worrying about families and mortgages.
Of course the applications are a bit dodgy... cooling soldiers or getting more performance out of athletes.
Get some students of the professor's course to type them into LaTeX. Give them some points they'd otherwise get for homework.
a) Publication quality DVI/PS/PDF files
b) The student can deepen their knowledge of the topic
Everyone happy. Used to work like this at the university I went to. And you may be even lucky that some student typed these notes in for himself.
I stopped doing overtime after several events in my project that made me question the reasons I had for doing them. Was my best decision ever!
When I leave work it is still light outside, I can relax at home, sleep well, forget about the problems for a while, and continue work the next morning with fresh energy.
There is absolutely no reason to do it, if the game is not near completion and in testing. And then I don't have a problem putting in the extra time.
You can get eprom/flash/ram based USB controllers that handle all USB communication and provide a some I/O ports. Similar to the PIC.
By the way, nothing beats the Competition Pro!
I really liked Paper Mario. It's really a pity that it arrived so late in the N64's lifespan, it really deserves a bigger audience.
It would be nice if more games would be re-released on Gamecube. What about Sin & Punishment?
heres the thread:i c.php?t=1 9540
http://www.dcemulation.com/phpBB/viewtop
this is off-topic... but after the disappointment of MGS2 I expected the subtitle to be "MGS3 - Trouser Snake".
MAYA PLE - personal learning edition. Gives you all features, but puts watermarks on everything.
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(code = pronounced Kot = german for excrement )
Sorry, classic german joke for computer beginners...
As another comment said, you could just butcher the first one that matches. Who decides that one cat is more valueable than the other ?
If you "repair" your cat at the cost of another cat, I feel that it isn't seen as a living beeing, but as a thing.
And in the end, a cat isn't afraid of death. It is your egoism to keep something that you own.
I can't believe it. I've been playing around with the c64 and 2600 idea for ages, but didn't have the means to actually do it. And these people did it. It's so cool.
It's a great way to keep those old arcade game alive - an emulator is only - well- an emulation. The original PCBs age over time and may get unusuble and unrepearable if any custom circuits die completly and become unavailable. Using FPGAs is a great way to keep exactly the same hardware around.
(And to all those #@!&-ers who ask "why bother?": BECAUSE THEY CAN !)
Tiscali provides internet by call. Should be others.
It's a shame that Slashdot actually links to this software. Id software and John Carmack have been very supportive of the community, ignoring reverse engineering even though their licenses don't allow it and giving a lot of information about the technologies. All you should NEED until the game is released are screenshots and the movies. So don't spoil it for you and others.
I remember when the remakes for Atari and Amiga were made, that they couldn't make a version for PC, because IBM bought the rights to port it to the PCjr.
I don't know if the rights are available again...
So what ? People use Quake 3 to benchmark new cards. It's like the energy cpu manufacturers spend on optimising fortran and c compilers for SPEC...
The nice thing in german is, that almost anything is spelled as you pronounce it, and you can pronounce most stuff from just reading it.
I made a fool of myself from trying to pronounce "Leicester" not long ago...
I'd translate "eigen-" as "self-", but I'm not sure if this is really meant that way, and not the name of some famous mathematician...
I'd think it's a problem in every language nowadays.
We use english technical terms in german, and the german translation sounds a bit stupid sometimes.
So what ? Science used latin technical terms before...
... what they are advertising. Linux has more variation ? Windows has less freedom ?
Just thinking, how much of an ATARI VCS you could get on a modern FPGA... CPU+IO+Video+RAM on one chip and maybe an external DAC to make the video signal. Would be cool...