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I like the idea, looks like silly sorcery that could end up in a Hellboy comic.

For pre-alpha footage I'm quite impressed. Getting rid of the gunplay is a right choice, all flows more naturally.

About what has been said regarding the possible heating up of that thread, I'm really pleased to see how smooth this exchange is. Bridgeport is full of gentlemen. It indeed shouldn't be so conclusive. That sins -> illnesses argument makes no sense at all. And it's pretty violent for a god of mercy to blame children for their parents' actions. I agree with you in that matter : we can to a certain extent choose what to do with our life but changing your behaviour (like being a thief) and changing your genes isn't the same thing. It would imply magic or a high degree of not yet reached scientific knowledge to change one's genes during his/her lifetime. Also, it is not because being a beggar is a way of life that it's something you necessarily choose.

Thank you !

Very interesting. Is this a memory consuming thing or could it be used for multiple animated textures? I really could picture some lit windows with a sublte animation to simulate the light of a faltering candle just behind them. Working only with powers of 2 would be annoying though.

I just think that these things cannot be placed on the same level. So yes, only some events will overlap. That is very true, science (hopefully) doesn't have all the answers and religion does not necessarily impose a lack of judgement. But a religious judgement cannot apply to a reasonable discussion, and the contrary is true. No scientist will try to rewrite parts of the Bible so they fit the laws of physics. If by religion you mean those who wrote the books and people that do believe, I do agree with you. Most are of good faith and want to do good things around them. Why writing books or starting a territorial quarrel should be reserved to superior beings? Religion is a system that embraces the faith itself but also the administrative, politic and economic sides of a cult. All these things - to create stories, to believe them, unite around moral values they communicate and spread them, use them for control or war - are achievable by simple humans. That "sky father" worshiped by the Indo-European cultures could be the sun, the fertilizing rain - especially in the late Neolithic societies described in the Bible - or just a product of the human imagination. We built the pyramids, we crafted stone blades during the ice age that we aren't able to reproduce today, we tamed fire. All this is for me very simple, humans back then were really good at what they were doing, and they invented gods because of their formidable tendency to explain things and invent stories. We are the superior being. Until aliens land on my backyard !

Getting rid of this corruption problem would be great since it happens quite regularly on my computer.

How does this separation between physical and spiritual condition applies if you can give credit to a mythical extraordinary action because the science does not have 100% of chances to prove it wrong? Aren't you mixing the spiritual and physical domains doing that? So if I read you well, a fair and peaceful interpretation of religions would be an optional helper of morality? I can get along with that.

I'm not sure there is an official standard. The module size used by Sotha in his post on the subject is set up for a castle so that's a good start ( http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/14832-modular-building-technique/) but it could be nice to have a topic on this particular matter so everyone could produce homogeneous modules. I'm very exited by the possibilities this technique can bring. That's how they created the city (and most of the environments) in the latest Thief game so we had plenty of gorgeous gritty places to admire while not being able to jump !

There are a lot of scientists that are religious persons but they clearly separate beliefs from tangible facts. I do not know Einstein's life very well but I doubt he would have let his spirituality get in the way of facts. Science and religion are operating on different levels and can coexist, but not be combined. Filling the gaps of science with religious "facts" that could have happened in a mythical past is a weird thing. It's like trying to write a poem with numbers. That being said, I value the role of morality (eventually religious rooted morality) influencing the work of scientists and I do imagine that faith can give inspiration or will to some of them but that's all. Also, I don't get that concept of greater good you speak of. I'm being a bit of the devil's advocate saying that but Einstein's discoveries have led in an indirect way to the Japan bombings and to our modern, dangerous nuclear industry. For me there is no such thing as the greater good in the sense of a fight for and towards "progress". We're just curious. But maybe I read you wrong and this is just a saying. It sounds like you have all the ingredients for the narrative part of the next Assassin's Creed game !

Your argument makes sense but maybe this question is not to be treated on a rational plane only. I'm pretty sure most religious persons are fully aware that the concept of soul isn't logical, but maybe they do not care and that is fine for me... as long as they're not telling me that dinosaurs didn't existed .

I'm afraid our conscience just vanish when we go. I do find comfort in the idea that, when returning to the ground, we are deconstructed in tiny parts that will be of use for other organisms. The molecules we're made of traveled before our birth and they'll keep traveling beyond our end, it's not a joyful perspective but it's kind of okay to me. And if life does not comes with an inherent meaning, it would be sad not to give it one. It is not pointless as long as you fill it with things you enjoy.

I thought you only used AO to get the details of the leather done, nice painting work then! If you plan to get more familiar with blender, make sure to check the amazing paint option they added recently, it's kind of fun .

Thanks !

That chair keeps getting better and better looking, it somehow reminds me assets from Dishonored quality wise. Being curious about how the collision and shadow meshes are working, I tried to load some of the models .ase files in blender but they only contain the main model. I suppose that collision and shadow ones are into the prefab files. If I'm right, is there a way to open these .pfb files? Edit : I don't see why blender would keep data from previous meshes after the import unless you let it do that. Have you tried messing with the .obj import/export options in the lower left corner of the screen? I'm not sure that panel is visible by default.

The nice fireplace could fit in some noble manor and the overall structure could be a source of inspiration indeed.

Nice. I could be used on an alchemy book or even be engraved on the inventor's guild secret disks, unless there's already an alphabet for that.

I can't help but picture vertically piled up stools "covering" a seam between two walls ! Joking aside, these advances on modular building are very exiting.

Oh boy, what a fail, wanted to correct my latest post and I accidentally reposted it. Sorry guys, feel free to erase this.

Those textures looks great, nice work !

TGA files are working too if I remember well.

Definitely better with the particles ! Also, nice model Epifire.

Not yet, I've received unexpected work from uni that is keeping me rather busy but I hope to release something consistent around mid-august.

Yay, many thanks