I'm curious as to how this fits into the whole concept of HDR rendering to produce those huge contrasts in the light & dark areas. Does this limit the global contrast availability across the entire mega texture?
Right, I've heard this speech before. Came from Carmack the first time. You missed my point, and maybe his.
EARLIER: Some advance warning about something that is sure to stir up some argument: We should be handing off the masters for all three platforms within a day or two of each other, but they aren't going to show up in stores at the same time. Publishers, distributers, and stores are willing to go out of their way to expedite the arrival of the pc version, but they just won't go to the same amount of trouble for mac and linux boxes.
THE EXECUTABLES FOR ALL PLATFORMS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS. This means that if you want to play on the mac or linux, don't pick up a copy of the pc version and expect to download the other executables.
-------- I think I read it correctly the first time. It's not ID's decision to hold back the Linux, Mac. In their opinion, they're ALL ready to be shipped. Linux / Mac are not being held back because of completion issuses, it's the retailers that are doing it. Anyway, this is more interesting:
I am going to spend more time on some Free Software projects. I have been stealing a few hours here and there to work on the matrox glx project for a while now, and it has been pretty rewarding. People with an interest in the guts of a 3D driver might want to look at the project archives at http://glx.on.openprojects.net/. The web pages aren't very up to date, but the mailing list covers some good techie information.
I've been waiting for this for a long time, and I want nothing more than to see this game go gold. BUT, it's not ready yet. The Windoze version, perhaps. The linux version, nope. Maybe it's the drivers for the vidcard that I've been using, but it's just not even close to the same quality of the Windoze version. Certain textures don't display correctly (The new 'features' that were added). Metalic surfaces and such don't work at all. Perhaps if they get those things worked out before they consider 'pressing' this one, I'd rant less.
Kinesis keyboards (http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/) sells them. All you have to do is execute a three button keystroke and the keyboard automatically remaps itself from Qwerty to Dvorak and vice-versa.
I recently bought the Classic QD model and am very happy with its performance. Originally it was purchased with the thought of learning Dvorak, but my Qwerty typing improved so greatly that I've stuck with it. The keys seem so much closer to your fingers and there is rarely that uncomfortable stretching trying to hit those hard to reach keys. I really didn't see the point in going to Dvorak after seeing the improvement just from the new keyboard. Maybe someday I'll brave it...
If you don't mind spending the money and getting past the initial week learning curve, this is definitely the way to go.
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I'm curious as to how this fits into the whole concept of HDR rendering to produce those huge contrasts in the light & dark areas. Does this limit the global contrast availability across the entire mega texture?
April 1, baby.
After using it for a couple months... I couldn't possibly live without it.
http://www.tcbnetworks.com/strokeit/
Right, I've heard this speech before. Came from Carmack the first time. You missed my point, and maybe his.
EARLIER:
Some advance warning about something that is sure to stir up some argument:
We should be handing off the masters for all three platforms within a day or two of each other, but they aren't going to show up in stores at the same time. Publishers, distributers, and stores are willing to go out of their way to expedite the arrival of the pc version, but they just won't go to the same amount of trouble for mac and linux boxes.
THE EXECUTABLES FOR ALL PLATFORMS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS. This means that if you want to play on the mac or linux, don't pick up a copy of the pc version and expect to download the other executables.
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I think I read it correctly the first time. It's not ID's decision to hold back the Linux, Mac. In their opinion, they're ALL ready to be shipped. Linux / Mac are not being held back because of completion issuses, it's the retailers that are doing it.
Anyway, this is more interesting:
I am going to spend more time on some Free Software projects. I have been stealing a few hours here and there to work on the matrox glx project for a while now, and it has been pretty rewarding. People with an interest in the guts of a 3D driver might want to look at the project archives at http://glx.on.openprojects.net/. The web pages aren't very up to date, but the mailing list covers some good techie information.
I've been waiting for this for a long time, and I want nothing more than to see this game go gold.
BUT, it's not ready yet. The Windoze version, perhaps. The linux version, nope.
Maybe it's the drivers for the vidcard that I've been using, but it's just not even close to the same quality of the Windoze version. Certain textures don't display correctly (The new 'features' that were added). Metalic surfaces and such don't work at all. Perhaps if they get those things worked out before they consider 'pressing' this one, I'd rant less.
Kinesis Pro's all around!
...is to buy a keyboard that can do both.
Kinesis keyboards (http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/) sells them. All you have to do is execute a three button keystroke and the keyboard automatically remaps itself from Qwerty to Dvorak and vice-versa.
I recently bought the Classic QD model and am very happy with its performance. Originally it was purchased with the thought of learning Dvorak, but my Qwerty typing improved so greatly that I've stuck with it. The keys seem so much closer to your fingers and there is rarely that uncomfortable stretching trying to hit those hard to reach keys. I really didn't see the point in going to Dvorak after seeing the improvement just from the new keyboard. Maybe someday I'll brave it...
If you don't mind spending the money and getting past the initial week learning curve, this is definitely the way to go.