I'll second that suggestion to consider OGRE. I am presently developing a game (not my first) and one of the two engines I seriously considered using (and started writing game hooks into) was OGRE. Whilst I didn't end up using it in the end, I would say it is an engine with fantastic potential. My guess is that it will become one of the big players in the Open Source 3D-engine arena.
NB: The reason I passed on it is that I had some hassles interfacing their keyboard/mouse input systems into mine, they weren't too mature when I last tried them. I had no issues whatsoever with the 3D side though.
AP: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?
Lucas: The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. The other movie, it's on VHS, if anybody wants it.... I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore. It's like this is the movie I wanted it to be, and I'm sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be. I'm the one who has to take responsibility for it. I'm the one who has to have everybody throw rocks at me all the time, so at least if they're going to throw rocks at me, they're going to throw rocks at me for something I love rather than something I think is not very good, or at least something I think is not finished.
I think the problem is that we are using rocks that are far, far too small.
Start killing large numbers of your own people and you'll see the changes fairly quickly. Another way is to save the game whilst facing the temple, kill off most of your villagers, and reload. The game will load with the good/neutral temple, which will rapidly change into the evil one. You might not want to do this on a serious game though unless you want to be evil, reloading doesn't seem to restore your alignment. That might have been patched since I last played, or maybe it was a feature.
Part of the strategy was keeping an eye on your opponent. If they were building two levels deep, you either had to rush them or starting building two deep as well. Or three deep, and drop two floods.;)
I tend to steer away from fast-paced action games, but B&W still broke my heart. I bought the game instantly after seeing the screenshots and knowing Molyneux was involved. Populous I and II were incredible games... I can't go wrong, right? That was my first and last impulse purchase of a full-priced game. I wasn't too keen on spending 20 minutes manually and repetitively chucking my people and resources into those darn vortexes at the end of the level. The creatures abilities and intelligence fell well below the expectations set by the pre-release hype. Your (linear) alignment isn't restored properly when you reload a game. I also didn't like casting the same spell over and over and over and over and... B&W does (did?) have a loyal following though, and whilst I suspect I am in the minority, I guess it is reassuring that I am not alone. Having said that I will definitely be checking out Fable. It would be unreasonable to expect someone to produce hits 100% of the time, and besides, being responsible for Populous forgives a lot of sins.;) I will just be sure to check out the demo first this time.
It's not enough that Google are going to reveal some of their code, but people expect them to give away their special return value to main() too? *shakes head sadly*
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I just spent a good minute just trying to pronounce that.
I'll second that suggestion to consider OGRE. I am presently developing a game (not my first) and one of the two engines I seriously considered using (and started writing game hooks into) was OGRE. Whilst I didn't end up using it in the end, I would say it is an engine with fantastic potential. My guess is that it will become one of the big players in the Open Source 3D-engine arena.
NB: The reason I passed on it is that I had some hassles interfacing their keyboard/mouse input systems into mine, they weren't too mature when I last tried them. I had no issues whatsoever with the 3D side though.
Quoteth Lucas and AP:
... I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore. It's like this is the movie I wanted it to be, and I'm sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be. I'm the one who has to take responsibility for it. I'm the one who has to have everybody throw rocks at me all the time, so at least if they're going to throw rocks at me, they're going to throw rocks at me for something I love rather than something I think is not very good, or at least something I think is not finished.
AP: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?
Lucas: The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. The other movie, it's on VHS, if anybody wants it.
I think the problem is that we are using rocks that are far, far too small.
(I still have my originals... bwah hah hah!)
Start killing large numbers of your own people and you'll see the changes fairly quickly. Another way is to save the game whilst facing the temple, kill off most of your villagers, and reload. The game will load with the good/neutral temple, which will rapidly change into the evil one.
You might not want to do this on a serious game though unless you want to be evil, reloading doesn't seem to restore your alignment. That might have been patched since I last played, or maybe it was a feature.
Part of the strategy was keeping an eye on your opponent. If they were building two levels deep, you either had to rush them or starting building two deep as well. Or three deep, and drop two floods. ;)
I tend to steer away from fast-paced action games, but B&W still broke my heart. I bought the game instantly after seeing the screenshots and knowing Molyneux was involved. Populous I and II were incredible games... I can't go wrong, right? That was my first and last impulse purchase of a full-priced game. ;) I will just be sure to check out the demo first this time.
I wasn't too keen on spending 20 minutes manually and repetitively chucking my people and resources into those darn vortexes at the end of the level. The creatures abilities and intelligence fell well below the expectations set by the pre-release hype. Your (linear) alignment isn't restored properly when you reload a game. I also didn't like casting the same spell over and over and over and over and...
B&W does (did?) have a loyal following though, and whilst I suspect I am in the minority, I guess it is reassuring that I am not alone.
Having said that I will definitely be checking out Fable. It would be unreasonable to expect someone to produce hits 100% of the time, and besides, being responsible for Populous forgives a lot of sins.
Which is why the book is 6.5% better than other leading statistics books.
Have you tried rebooting?
*ducks*
It's not enough that Google are going to reveal some of their code, but people expect them to give away their special return value to main() too? *shakes head sadly*