Also try http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/ - Very cheap, fast and reliable. You can grab 20GB b/w with 850MB space and all the added extras for $5.00 per month.
There is a very nice project that I have been following recently that shows off the Doom 3 engine. A large group of people have been creating an outdoor scene, alot like Trafalgar square. Currently it has a Day-night cycle script, door interaction and some nice catapult physics. It runs suprisingly well for something that curently has almost no optimisations.
For those that are interested, you can find the project here: The D3CDIT Project
The latest Test-Build Video can be found here: Latest Video
And finally, for those that wish to try it out for themselves, the latest build can be found here: Latest Build
Engine-wise Doom 3 has a superior lighting/shadow model using stencil shadows which work well for indoor environments. I've heard that the engine can also use shadowmaps too, but I not too sure about that. I believe Half-life 2 uses static lighting (lightmaps) for geometry and dynamic lighting (shadowmaps) for dynamic objects such as NPCs, objects you can move etc.
It will be quite interesting to see what developers will squeeze out of the D3 engine, such as Quake 4 being developed by Raven.
Anyway it shouldn't be long now until Carmack releases some tech previews of his next engine. According to his site , Armadillo Aerospace, the engine has already gone into production use. He is like some sort of coding machine!
The gold edition avaliable to download off steam is $89.95, but that package is for the real fanboys who want half-life 2 posters, the strategy guide, soundtrack cd, hat, collector's box, postcard and some other goodies.
Wonder how much that badboy would cost to ship to the UK.
I think it is made by him. Heres a quote from the guy who made Shareaza on the forums, its from a post that explains the features from Shareaza 2:
"I also put in a button which links to my new social / community / chat / P2P radio streaming project Mercora. Basically the entire "buddylist" concept which keeps coming up around here. I felt this deserved its own project rather than trying to put everything into Shareaza"
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The scripting system in Doom 3 is pretty powerful and flexible.
For those that are interested, you can find the project here:
The D3CDIT Project
The latest Test-Build Video can be found here:
Latest Video
And finally, for those that wish to try it out for themselves, the latest build can be found here:
Latest Build
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I quite like Half-life 2. Although I was expecting an in-depth story there was plenty of action which kept me satisfied.
The game was was shorter than I expected, but has a good replay value.
It will be quite interesting to see what developers will squeeze out of the D3 engine, such as Quake 4 being developed by Raven.
Anyway it shouldn't be long now until Carmack releases some tech previews of his next engine. According to his site , Armadillo Aerospace, the engine has already gone into production use. He is like some sort of coding machine!
Yeah, I think Steam emulators have already been created allowing the user to play HL2 single player without having to go through steam.
The gold edition avaliable to download off steam is $89.95, but that package is for the real fanboys who want half-life 2 posters, the strategy guide, soundtrack cd, hat, collector's box, postcard and some other goodies. Wonder how much that badboy would cost to ship to the UK.
Gah, not The Rock. They should cast Mr. T - "I pity the imp, crazy fool"
"I also put in a button which links to my new social / community / chat / P2P radio streaming project Mercora. Basically the entire "buddylist" concept which keeps coming up around here. I felt this deserved its own project rather than trying to put everything into Shareaza"
I dunno. I don't think the program contains Ad-ware or spyware though. Perhaps they are just decent people ;D