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*69 Captain's Blog // Roundtable
Post by splinters // Aug 28, 2007, 8:41am
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As an educator, collaboration is something I wish to explore but in the age group I teach, only exceptional students are proficient in tS (see Stoker, Hemulin and a few others who do not visit here)....so I am looking at other ways of using tS7.5 in my teaching. |
Post by Paul Boland // Aug 28, 2007, 9:41am
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I would like to register a vote for animated texture support via VRay in TrueSpace 7.5. |
Post by roman // Aug 29, 2007, 9:37am
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I suspect the best response is to follow the advice of Buddha and seek the middle way - keep on pushing the collaboration but also balance that with the 'solo artist' aspects of this great software.There will always be a solitary aspect of a true creative process. But we also strive to be recognized for our achievements. When I come up with sometimes with some "creative" concept I often present it to my wife first. She patiently listens to my explanations, often does not say much but in the end I realize that it is this process of explanation which makes the idea truly real to myself. I suspect that is what drives scripters Tuesday meetings as well. |
Post by frootee // Aug 29, 2007, 11:25am
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Roman,
This is one aspect that drives our meetings. Another is to foster learning and growth within the scripting community. There are folks of all levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced that come, and our goal is to get these folks together to share our knowledge so we can all learn. My accomplishment from last night was actually showing Dele something he did NOT know! So if at least one person learned something new, it was all worth it to me.
Thanks for providing a shared space where we can do this.
But what I would request regarding the shared spaces, and trueplay 2.0, is improved voice data management. Last night only a couple people used headphones (I suspect due to the blankout periods: no sound) so I dropped the microphone and started typing like a madman. :)
Thanks,
Froo / Jason |
Post by RAYMAN // Aug 29, 2007, 11:40am
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.....When I come up with sometimes with some "creative" concept I often present it to my wife first. She patiently listens to my explanations, often does not say much but in the end I realize that it is this process of explanation which makes the idea truly real to myself.....
Do you want to tell us that after 123 posts to this thread we should have
asked your wife for some news first ?????? HEHEHEHE:D
If its the process of expanation which makes the the ideas truly real to
yourself be ashured that we are great listeners too !!!! :D
We are not only patient listeners ... we are passionate listeners!!!! :D
All new posts to the new thread "69 Captain´s wife´s blog":D |
Post by frootee // Aug 29, 2007, 4:14pm
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The Bibiana Blog? :p |
Post by RAYMAN // Aug 29, 2007, 4:48pm
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The Bibiana Blog? :p
Well she deserves more than a blog !
She has helped us all very often and that should be said
at this point.Bibiana you are fantastic ! WE thank you !:)
Peter |
Post by instantmovieman // Sep 19, 2007, 2:52pm
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It's been a month since Roman said "The work should take only a few months". Any body seen any screens of the morphing tools for facial animation? Just for the record, for me I would rather see the rest of the character animation tools added before any new export options. I bought this because the focus of the upgrade was character animation. I purchased early and found out after the 30 day return had run out nothing new for lipsync was added. I was also just infomed resently I'm not allowed to sell my copy either ( lesson learned, read the fine print ). So here I go again waiting for an upgrade. I have to say 7.5 is a gaint step forward for TS. I hope 7.6 can finish the rest of the character animation set. |
Post by Jack Edwards // Sep 19, 2007, 4:03pm
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Well we did get a tidbit about possible new/improved PE tools coming for 7.6 from Roman in this thread:
http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/showthread.php?t=4123
-Jack. |
Post by Steinie // Sep 26, 2007, 2:25am
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Tap, Tap, Tap, Is this thing on?...Testing one two three....:rolleyes: |
Post by nowherebrain // Sep 26, 2007, 9:42am
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I'm dying here.....I'm having "Captains Blog" withdraw. |
Post by frootee // Sep 27, 2007, 3:43pm
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Just watched the 2 videos posted in Roman's blog. Nice!
I like the church video; looks like this is a sanctuary in an embattled world. I felt like there was something dark, raging outside the walls. Note that we could not see beyond those walls; only the sanctuary within.
Nice job Marcel!
Froo |
Post by Jack Edwards // Sep 27, 2007, 3:58pm
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I too find it very impressive. This is pro-level work to rival scenes in professional video game titles. I'm really surprised that Marcel hasn't been snapped up by one of the big name studios yet... ;)
TS's realtime tools are VERY impressive. |
Post by jamesmc // Sep 27, 2007, 4:46pm
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Very impressive videos, the leaf one was amazing.
I'm also excited about the changes in 7.6 as quoted by Roman.
"truespace7.6 will introduce vertex animation, morphing tools for facial animation, blendable morph targets as well as new workspace modeling tools and faster speed in modeling. We also aim for more stable and faster workflows with optimized kernel, 2D window manager, widgets, etc. Script editor will expose better access to trueSpace animation and physics simulation functions, thus making it easy to use trueSpace7.6 for commercial quality truePlace2.0 interactive environments. There will be other improvements but I would rather under promise and over deliver unlike some previous posting I made in the past."
Can't wait, but I guess I have to. :) |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Sep 27, 2007, 5:09pm
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Yes, very nice (though I'd like to know just how high end the hardware is to make it look that good and smooth!)
What's got me most excited though is the workflow issues (and UI useability tidying). Roman say's they're not super glorious but I disagree - they will make the program a joy to use again, returning the glamour, as it were.
If some of the irritating bugs get squished along the way I'm gonna be one happy little witch! |
Post by brotherx // Sep 27, 2007, 10:47pm
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I was thinking the same - Roman, what was the hardware used to render this in real-time?? |
Post by Jack Edwards // Sep 28, 2007, 12:00am
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I don't think Parva has anything overly extreme. Probably an 8 series nVidia card though. ;) |
Post by nowherebrain // Sep 28, 2007, 12:02am
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The art is nice, but the ONLY thing I really found interesting is gameSpace2....and that is mostly out of curiosity... |
Post by MadMouse // Sep 28, 2007, 12:18am
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What's got me most excited though is the workflow issues (and UI useability tidying). Roman say's they're not super glorious but I disagree - they will make the program a joy to use again, returning the glamour, as it were. Amen to that sister. I want to use TS again without having to fight it every inch of the way.
Make the car drive nice before you start to fit the fluffy dice!;) :D |
Post by parva // Sep 28, 2007, 12:30am
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what was the hardware used to render this in real-time??
recorded on a quad core machine (q6600) and a geforce 8800gt, but only the gpu is important and the real bottleneck.
3 problems:
- like Roman said the workspace directx engine isn't optimized for speed yet.
- to record animation I used Camtasia, this needs a lot of power
- scripted animations are heavy limited to few objects
I tested it on my laptop with pentium m 1,7 ghz and a ati 600.
Well, :D as long as you don't activate postprocess effects and reduce the trees to 1, it is possible to walk in without jerky movements.
Nevermind, it's great to see that a CG program can do that kind of realtime stuff now.
thanks again all for the comments. |
Post by brotherx // Sep 28, 2007, 1:45am
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recorded on a quad core machine (q6600)
I gotta get me one of those.... |
Post by splinters // Sep 28, 2007, 2:05am
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Very impressed by those images of realtime. Marcel was really turning heads when I was on the Beta team with his realtime experiments but he seems to have taken them to a whole new level recently.
Amazing work.:D |
Post by Leif // Oct 1, 2007, 4:47am
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A sanctuary in a pagan place of worship:)
(from Captain's Blog)
Im so glad us Christians dont need a dedicated place to worship :) |
Post by Methusela // Oct 1, 2007, 5:48am
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Absolutely beautiful work, Marcel. Reminds me very much of some ancient elven ruins from Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion. I love the blending of the texturing with the geometry on the wall growths. And I couldn't finish without mentioning the lighting. Simply amazing, you're an inspiration.
My hiatus (sp?) is nearly over (I say hiatus, 'cos it sounds better than "college gives you LOTS of homework"). So expect stuff from me soon also! :D |
Post by roman // Oct 1, 2007, 10:40am
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recorded on a quad core machine (q6600) and a geforce 8800gt, but only the gpu is important and the real bottleneck.You can buy 8800GTS for $279 and as Marcel says CPU is not important for real time navigation. That is not such a high end system. |
Post by Garion // Oct 1, 2007, 11:03am
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Im so glad us Christians dont need a dedicated place to worship
Neither do us Pagans :cool:
Cheers
Garion |
Post by W!ZARD // Oct 5, 2007, 4:03am
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Neither do us Pagans :cool:
Cheers
Garion
LOL - Needing a dedicated place to worship is like needing a dedicated place to breathe - regardless of who, what or how you worship - IMO of course |
Post by Garion // Oct 5, 2007, 4:27am
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LOL - Needing a dedicated place to worship is like needing a dedicated place to breathe - regardless of who, what or how you worship - IMO of course
hehe Its da troof :D
Getting ready for Samhain here atm, not sure where we shall gather, hope its not as cold as last years, but Scotland is not known for its warm clime ;)
Cheers
Garion |
Post by frootee // Oct 31, 2007, 2:14pm
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Hi folks.
Roman mentioned that they would setup the Haunted House to go live.
It is Live Now in the scriptorium if you want to go there.
All setup and ready to go!
Just turn on your headsets/speakers! MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Happy Halloween!
Froo |
Post by Improv // Oct 31, 2007, 2:33pm
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hehe Its da troof :D
Getting ready for Samhain here atm, not sure where we shall gather, hope its not as cold as last years, but Scotland is not known for its warm clime ;)
Cheers
Garion
That's why gawd invented anoraks, you great tartan lump! :mad:
Oh-no-wait-anoraks were invented so that train spotters would have something cozy and fashionable to wear! :p:banana: |
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