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  2. Just finished HP7

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    I read the book yesterday. To be honest, I'm very mixed about my reactions, but I can't express any of them without serious spoilers (in one case, the single biggest spoiler of the book!). Still, much better than some of the earlier ones.

  4. Illustrations & Concepts

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    You should probably recompile the map. When I ran the model_rename script on the map, I recompiled in Linux and got the same problem (I uploaded before I noticed). When I recompiled in Windows (just for the hell of it), it mysteriously disappeared. I don't know for certain, but I think it has to do with how the LAS is being compiled in Linux.

  5. Bioshock stuff

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    Not shadow mapping. Stencil shadows. Different technique. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmack%27s_Reverse#Depth_fail for an overview of the patent issue I'm referring to.

    I know about the damn stencil shadow patent. Creative doesn't own shit on shadow mapping. UE3 uses shadow mapping. Dong ma?

     

    I don't even know if Bioshock uses stencil shadows or something else entirely, I'm just speculating.

    From a literal reading of what Unstoppable wrote, they're not requiring special hardware support. As I already said, they're simply requiring a sound card that works with DirectX 9. Any sound card that works with DirectX 9. And as stated, I find it hard to believe that any sound card which works with Windows will not work with DirectSound. I mean, seriously, they wouldn't sell a single card if that was true. Even Winamp uses DirectSound (sometimes - there are other options as well).

    Doesn't DirectSound have a software path?

     

    Of course they are requiring some hardware support though - I mean, you can't expect to have sound without speakers, for instance. :P And you need some kind of sound card, even if it's just a crappy built-in AC97 chip or whatever. That's true for any sound played on a computer though, not just Bioshock.

    Point: they wouldn't mention something like that. Seriously, just about the only card currently on the market that could remotely describe itself as sound accelerator is the X-Fi, and perhaps a few of the later Audigy cards. Why force an issue like hardware sound support when you can get a more consistent sound with 2% CPU?

  7. Illustrations & Concepts

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    I mostly only keep track of my fellow programmers, and a few admins, like Springheel. I remember Dram and Jdude because of their awesome maps--ones that look very finished, very polished. I have no clue how the current iteration of your map is looking. There might be a lot of good material for Redface, there might not.

     

    The same goes for the rest of the mappers. Bob_arctor probably has some good stuff, for example. I don't know. I haven't really gotten a good idea of what's going on in anyone's maps, besides the aforementioned. Anyone else, I can only judge by the often rare screenshots they provide (like Spitter). The matter simply is that I know from personal experience that Dram and Jdude have great stuff going on--great fodder for Redface. Everyone else I'll have to leave to their own judgement, and that includes you.

     

    Edit: this would probably be much more intelligible if people weren't talking loudly right next to me. <_<

  9. Illustrations & Concepts

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    How about those wallpapers for the mod ? Got some screenshots I can use? What I'd like to do is take a screenshot and basicly paint over it - modify the location, add details, atmosphere, remove the sterile render look etc.

    Dram, Jdude? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take some of those sceenshots! :wub:

  13. Dark Projections

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    But on the other hand, I find it much harder to believe a world that is so different than ours, only to have one or two things randomly be exactly the same. It strikes me as being laziness on the part of the developer, than familiarity.

  14. Dark Projections

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    When it's something based off the month, then yeah, that makes sense. Imagine if a festival is supposed to be on the third full moon of the year (e.g., our Pagans)? Besides, most holidays are based off a date (like Christmas, or Easter), rather than a month (like Thanksgiving).

     

    @Spar: why does it have to be familiar?

  16. Bioshock stuff

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    The X-Fi is just a recommendation; probably not for any technical reason, but just because of an agreement of some kind with Creative. (Maybe they're using that stencil shadow algorithm that Creative has a patent on, like Doom 3 did.)

    Creative doesn't own shit on shadow mapping. I'm wondering why they're requiring hardware support, when it's so easy not to need it at all (easy: write your own sound driver; easier: buy Miles Fast 2D Sound). I'm not particularly fond of the idea of Ken Levine sucking off Creative Labs, much less the mental image.

  18. Dark Projections

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    I was actually going to go with Latin words for the months, just not names--no Augustus, no Julius in my calendar, dammit (I'm fine with gods' names, like Janus)! I'd also like to point out that the system described by Digital Napalm was in use by the Mayans, and lunar months are still in use in the Muslim world today! (What the hell do you think Ramadan is?) The calendar system may not be "familiar," but it's sure as hell real!

  19. Bioshock stuff

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    The only thing I have that meets the recommended setting is the goddamn sound card, and I made a mistake in buying the X-Fi: even today, Creative has absolutely zero support for the card on Linux. What I want to know is why the fuck Bioshock is requiring hardware sound support.

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