They're ugly because the concept of procedurals isn't so hot. In essence you're trying to reconstruct an image based on mathematical formulas. In theory it's great because you can have detail at any resolution. In practice, they're not that realistic, they're easy to spot, and the algorithm tends to only look convincing at certain sizes. You get a lot more mileage out of using actual photographs for textures. When you use procedurals, it's like back in the original Playstation days when all the games pretty much looked the same.
With that said, in answering your question another solution popped into mind: Vector-based textures. (I'd like to pause here and thank you for asking for clarification of what I meant instead of just arguing...) I've always wondered why we can't use something like Illustrator to generate textures and get the benefits of the smaller file sizes it uses, as well as the near-infinite resolution it provides. You still have the issue of things looking the same, but you have a lot more flexibility to create a style that you wouldn't have with procedurals.
One thing that isn't often considered is that we all use multi-tasking OS's and sometimes whatever app you're using to work is the bottleneck. If your work program is spending 2 minutes doing a file save, where's the harm in doing a little shoe shopping while you're waiting?
He didn't say it wasn't awesome, he said it'd be more interesting if it was found on another planet. And, guess what... he's right!
It's really cool that we can find life thriving in extreme environments in diverse ways here on this planet. It really gets the imagination going! But those lifeforms moved in after sufficiently growing in a more habitable place. The dice can be rolled a lot more often here on Earth than on Europa or any other body.
It's neat, but it's not 'awesome' until we see this life somewhere besides Earth.
It amazes me that people don't believe there's no life elsewhere in the universe when we're still discovering it in new forms here at home...
In fairness to the people you're criticizing: The life that has evolved into these extreme locations had a nice comfortable eco system to support it on the way there. There's a big difference between life moving into that environment and life originating from it.
My apologies, I hit 'submit' too fast. Here's the missing sentence:
Wrong. Nintendo made it part of the system. Kinect is an add-on. All of the Wii games natively use the controller. Kinect and Playstation Move require custom built games for a much smaller market of players.
Again, I apologize, that's what I get for trying to get posts out in-between file saves at work.
What the Wii Remote added to the GameCube, what Kinect adds to the Xbox 360...
Wrong. Nintendo made it part of the system. Kinect is an add-on. What Nintendo did was very different and everybody's been playing catch-up ever since. That's where the term 'revolutionary' comes in.
No, Microsoft and Sony beat Nintendo to the next-generation console while Nintendo released an updated GameCube. Wii is to GameCube as Game Boy Color is to Game Boy or PSP-3000 is to PSP-1000: much the same hardware with higher clock speed, more RAM, and some new I/O.
... but in reality they really loved it because they got free burned copies of games from their friends...
Oh, please. This was 1999. Nobody but a herd of nerds had CD burners and broadband connections. 'Most people you know', which I'd be willing to bet could be counted on one hand, did not represent a large group of people.
Meanwhile, Sega needed to produce 10 million more DC units to compete against the 'Toy Story in real-time PS2'and didn't have the funds for it. Their reserves were tapped dry by trying to support several ailing consoles. The president of Sega at the time even returned his ~$70 million worth of stock, not something you hear of in the states.
The 'piracy killed the Dreamcast' myth keeps turning up despite numerous corrections and the fact that many of DC's games sold over a million copies.
I use it. I move from project to project and meet new people along the way. We used to use LinkedIn but Facebook just sort of won, probably because people have fun posting funny stories.
I've found work that was as have a number of my colleagues. I've had a few good laughs along the way, too.
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They're ugly because the concept of procedurals isn't so hot. In essence you're trying to reconstruct an image based on mathematical formulas. In theory it's great because you can have detail at any resolution. In practice, they're not that realistic, they're easy to spot, and the algorithm tends to only look convincing at certain sizes. You get a lot more mileage out of using actual photographs for textures. When you use procedurals, it's like back in the original Playstation days when all the games pretty much looked the same.
With that said, in answering your question another solution popped into mind: Vector-based textures. (I'd like to pause here and thank you for asking for clarification of what I meant instead of just arguing...) I've always wondered why we can't use something like Illustrator to generate textures and get the benefits of the smaller file sizes it uses, as well as the near-infinite resolution it provides. You still have the issue of things looking the same, but you have a lot more flexibility to create a style that you wouldn't have with procedurals.
I hope at least one of those ISN'T included so I can be modded insightful for bitching about it on every Android story.
Right, but that doesn't address what I said. Procedurals are ugly, that's why we don't use them.
.. and an ugly game.
Sarcasm noted. So show us the >0 economic harm it caused.
It's not just an operating system... it's a way of life.
Yeah but the oath of celibacy is a deal breaker for me...
One thing that isn't often considered is that we all use multi-tasking OS's and sometimes whatever app you're using to work is the bottleneck. If your work program is spending 2 minutes doing a file save, where's the harm in doing a little shoe shopping while you're waiting?
No. None of us really uses Linux. We just say that to look cool.
It'd be a lot more expensive to design, build, and maintain. It's not just comfort, it's safety.
He didn't say it wasn't awesome, he said it'd be more interesting if it was found on another planet. And, guess what... he's right!
It's really cool that we can find life thriving in extreme environments in diverse ways here on this planet. It really gets the imagination going! But those lifeforms moved in after sufficiently growing in a more habitable place. The dice can be rolled a lot more often here on Earth than on Europa or any other body.
It's neat, but it's not 'awesome' until we see this life somewhere besides Earth.
No... Don't you understand?
This is bigger than NASA's ammouncement...
THE INTERNET AGREED ON SOMETHING!
Heh. Remember the last time that happened? When the Playstation 3 launched?
Ah, so you often go to eat somewhere, eat a partial meal, then walk out without paying?
No but there are videos on YouTube I'd like to see. Go look up the phrase 'no free lunch'.
Oh? Why is that?
How long before I can get the address 255.255.255.255? I wanna set up a website called 'endoftheinternet.com'!
Wrong movie. A more appropriate quote would be: "I love you." "I know."
Does it look like an iPad when a tief looks through your window?
Just put a Gateway 2000 sticker on it.
Then one can treat the Wii as a bundle of an OC'd GameCube and a Wii Remote...
Mm, no, they cannot. Again, sum of its parts. Bundles do not a native feature make.
It amazes me that people don't believe there's no life elsewhere in the universe when we're still discovering it in new forms here at home...
In fairness to the people you're criticizing: The life that has evolved into these extreme locations had a nice comfortable eco system to support it on the way there. There's a big difference between life moving into that environment and life originating from it.
My apologies, I hit 'submit' too fast. Here's the missing sentence:
Wrong. Nintendo made it part of the system. Kinect is an add-on. All of the Wii games natively use the controller. Kinect and Playstation Move require custom built games for a much smaller market of players.
Again, I apologize, that's what I get for trying to get posts out in-between file saves at work.
What the Wii Remote added to the GameCube, what Kinect adds to the Xbox 360...
Wrong. Nintendo made it part of the system. Kinect is an add-on. What Nintendo did was very different and everybody's been playing catch-up ever since. That's where the term 'revolutionary' comes in.
You're not getting my point. You're not evaluting the sum of its parts.
No, Microsoft and Sony beat Nintendo to the next-generation console while Nintendo released an updated GameCube. Wii is to GameCube as Game Boy Color is to Game Boy or PSP-3000 is to PSP-1000: much the same hardware with higher clock speed, more RAM, and some new I/O.
Try playing one.
... but in reality they really loved it because they got free burned copies of games from their friends...
Oh, please. This was 1999. Nobody but a herd of nerds had CD burners and broadband connections. 'Most people you know', which I'd be willing to bet could be counted on one hand, did not represent a large group of people.
Meanwhile, Sega needed to produce 10 million more DC units to compete against the 'Toy Story in real-time PS2'and didn't have the funds for it. Their reserves were tapped dry by trying to support several ailing consoles. The president of Sega at the time even returned his ~$70 million worth of stock, not something you hear of in the states.
The 'piracy killed the Dreamcast' myth keeps turning up despite numerous corrections and the fact that many of DC's games sold over a million copies.
I use it. I move from project to project and meet new people along the way. We used to use LinkedIn but Facebook just sort of won, probably because people have fun posting funny stories.
I've found work that was as have a number of my colleagues. I've had a few good laughs along the way, too.