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The Book:
The Gods of War. Introducing TEK: Lord of Battle
created by Christopher Stasheff.
"Mr. Art" wrote:
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> I'll see if I can dig up the book or find the author.
> Is a good read.
>
> Tek wrote:
> >
> > Arthur Flint <mra### [at] chesapeake net> wrote in message
> > news:3ABCF67D.CC0BB2A4@chesapeake.net...
> > > Is that Tek from "Tek: God of War"?
> >
> > Nope :) Never heard of it, where's it from?
> >
> > --
> > Tek
> > http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
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> BTW, you might be interested to know the sky colour is done
semi-accurately,
> it is actually a media effect and the white at the horizon comes about
> because you're looking through more atmosphere (rather than from a
gradient
> pigment). I did this so distant objects faded to blue, like the mountains
> and the clouds
I like it. How did you do the clouds?
Will you be releasing the code for the sky and clouds?
Maybe you should make the rest of the ground have hills so that the contrast
won't be too much with the mountains. Before you add the trees and stuff.
Nekar
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> I like it. How did you do the clouds?
The clouds are "inspired" by Mick Hazelgrove's superb winning entry from
last round. He kindly provided the source code, and so I looked at how he'd
done the clouds. I wrote mine from scratch using a similar technique.
> Will you be releasing the code for the sky and clouds?
I'll release the code for the whole scene when I submit the image to the
competition :)
> Maybe you should make the rest of the ground have hills so that the
contrast
> won't be too much with the mountains. Before you add the trees and stuff.
Too late! Trees added last night.
To be honest I quite like the sharp change to the mountains. I'll play with
hills later on if I get time.
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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
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That's a good point. I was about to do the grass, but I think I'll do some
trees first to get a sense of scale on the ground.
Cheers.
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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
Peter J. Holzer <hjp### [at] hjp at> wrote in message
news:slr### [at] teal h hjp at...
> On 2001-03-24 18:48, redcow <ang### [at] erols com> wrote:
> >
> >Hey I really like the background, those mountains, clouds, and atmosphere
really
> >look cool. I don't think the ground looks all that great -- if you put
in grass
> >blades rather than a flat pigment I think it'd look a whole lot better.
>
> I don't think so. If the fortress is supposed to be lived in (and not a
> toy) you couldn't see individual grass blades from this height. Tiny
> trees would be more like it.
>
> hp
>
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> --
> _ | Peter J. Holzer | All Linux applications run on Solaris,
> |_|_) | Sysadmin WSR | which is our implementation of Linux.
> | | | hjp### [at] wsr ac at |
> __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | -- Scott McNealy, Dec. 2000
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Reminds me of FFIX. Just started playing it.
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David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricy net> ICQ 55354965
My raytracing gallery: http://davidf.faricy.net/
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Me too ;)
I think that's what gave me the idea.
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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricy net> wrote in message
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> Reminds me of FFIX. Just started playing it.
>
> --
> David Fontaine <dav### [at] faricy net> ICQ 55354965
> My raytracing gallery: http://davidf.faricy.net/
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Tek wrote:
> Me too ;)
> I think that's what gave me the idea.
:D
FFVII was an awesome game, but towards the end it kinda dragged on
without much development. powerful plot though, involving game,
atmospheric
i might say FFIX looks better... of what i've seen so far, the graphics
and sound are up a notch, more artistic... but sheer RPG factor will be
hard to match in FFVII
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My raytracing gallery: http://davidf.faricy.net/
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> i might say FFIX looks better... of what i've seen so far, the graphics
> and sound are up a notch, more artistic... but sheer RPG factor will be
> hard to match in FFVII
So far I'd rank FFVII as the best of the three I've played, though I'm now
on disk 2 of FFIX and I'm really starting to like it! Of course, it's hard
to assess these games fairly until you reach the end, so that should take a
couple more months :)
Have you reached Lindblum yet? It's one of the most awe inspiring sights
I've ever seen! Very cool.
BTW, the tops of towers in my image were inspired by Vivi's hat :)
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Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
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> BTW, the tops of towers in my image were inspired by Vivi's hat :)
But they're not bent. <grin>
Mind you, I am of the opinion that in certain ways, FFIX is a huge step
backwards from FFVII.
Followups to povray.off-topic.
Bye for now,
Jamie.
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Tek wrote:
> So far I'd rank FFVII as the best of the three I've played, though I'm now
> on disk 2 of FFIX and I'm really starting to like it! Of course, it's hard
> to assess these games fairly until you reach the end, so that should take a
> couple more months :)
>
> Have you reached Lindblum yet? It's one of the most awe inspiring sights
> I've ever seen! Very cool.
I'm at the evil forest. Only logged about two hours of play so far.
PS: I am typing with only my left hand to try and develop fine motor skills
(being strongly right handed) :o
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My raytracing gallery: http://davidf.faricy.net/
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