May 23, 2006
MGS2 is calling its siren call. I must not play. Playing is the productivity killer. Playing is the big death that brings total procrastination.
As much as I dislike dune, that's a cool quote :).
As much as I dislike dune, that's a cool quote :).
May 22, 2006
Metal Gear Solid stole my life, dumped my girlfriend, kicked my dog and punched my mum.
I still can't stop playing :(.
I still can't stop playing :(.
May 21, 2006
I've traced my problem to an issue with my camera class - specifically with its LookAt function, not correctly setting up the views of the patches. I'm currently rewriting it to use a up/right/forward vector notation, instead of amounts to rotate around each axis x/y/z.
Nothing else really to report…
Nothing else really to report…
May 20, 2006
I'm getting some weird results:
It seems some diffuse values are getting lost along the way I know that they are being calculated correctly, but something's going awry.
Other than that, it's looking OK. I've changed to a simpler scene for now, and there are two cubes which you can almost see casting …
It seems some diffuse values are getting lost along the way I know that they are being calculated correctly, but something's going awry.
Other than that, it's looking OK. I've changed to a simpler scene for now, and there are two cubes which you can almost see casting …
May 18, 2006
I've gotten started on my radiosity renderer. I've still got things to fix that I know about, and probably things to fix that I don't know about, but it's starting to shape up. I'll maybe do some more work on it tomorrow, but I'm busy moving some stuff to my new flat so things might be sketchy.
(Xvi…
(Xvi…
May 17, 2006
I feel bad about my developer journal having no actual developing in it, so I've started work on my radiosity system. We'll see how far I actually get. I have a before shot for you (linked to a movie):
(XviD 2.8Mb)
I'm away to start work now then. Hopefully I'll have more dev-related updates in the f…
(XviD 2.8Mb)
I'm away to start work now then. Hopefully I'll have more dev-related updates in the f…
May 16, 2006
I'm losing track of how often Bond has sex per film in these early films. It must be at least 5 to 10 times. That's not exactly family values there, is it?
Not only that, but there have been several times when he's virtually raped girls. By that I mean them struggling and resisting, before finally '…
Not only that, but there have been several times when he's virtually raped girls. By that I mean them struggling and resisting, before finally '…
May 15, 2006
Woo! My exams are now completely over! I had Comp. Sci. today, and I have a pretty good feeling about it. I don't get my marks back for a few months yet though, probably.
Hopefully soon I can get back to cool programming and stuff. However tonight I'm occupied with reinstalling my Gentoo with a plai…
Hopefully soon I can get back to cool programming and stuff. However tonight I'm occupied with reinstalling my Gentoo with a plai…
May 14, 2006
I was reading a lounge post (no link, you can probably find it easily enough), and I noticed that someone said that devmaster.net was a home for people who got banned from gamedev, where they could flame and be idiots to their heart's content. It's also not the first time I've heard the opinion esp…
May 13, 2006
I haven't been doing any coding. So sue me.
I watched Commando today, and I was amazed. I didn't think films were actually that bad. I mean, I don't think they even tried to raise it above the bar. I spent about 70% of the film paying attention to stuff I was doing on my other monitor, and I still m…
I watched Commando today, and I was amazed. I didn't think films were actually that bad. I mean, I don't think they even tried to raise it above the bar. I spent about 70% of the film paying attention to stuff I was doing on my other monitor, and I still m…
May 11, 2006
I haven't been coding today. I went to an exam and just kind of relaxed the rest of the day. It's nice not to be doing anything in particular.
I watched the trailer for Super Smash Brothers: Brawl for Wii/Gamecube, and it looks pretty cool. The addition of Solid Snake as a playable character inspire…
I watched the trailer for Super Smash Brothers: Brawl for Wii/Gamecube, and it looks pretty cool. The addition of Solid Snake as a playable character inspire…
May 09, 2006
Well I fixed my skeletal animation system. No screenies, animation doesn't come out too well in them. I might do skinning later but it's not necessary now. I'm going to have to see if I can get some better performance out of the system, because it's disappointingly slow right now, even though I'm u…
May 07, 2006
OK here's my current plan, slightly changed from last post:
* Finish off skeletal animation. This has been a thorn in my side for a while, just can't get it right (I've done it before, but I can't get it working and every time I go back to it I have less drive to fix it).
* Polish, polish, polish. Se…
* Finish off skeletal animation. This has been a thorn in my side for a while, just can't get it right (I've done it before, but I can't get it working and every time I go back to it I have less drive to fix it).
* Polish, polish, polish. Se…
May 06, 2006
Well, one of my friends who had a look over my design suggested a change to the way I structured messages between modules, but it seems a fairly solid design other than that.
If anyone has a large codebase which they've just kind of thought out and coded, even if it works fine, I advise you to write…
If anyone has a large codebase which they've just kind of thought out and coded, even if it works fine, I advise you to write…
May 05, 2006
I was out all of yesterday (friday) doing exams and frying doughnuts. I made 39 doughnuts in all, I'll probably upload some photos later today (saturday) - it took ages and I'm exhausted.
Here's the engine explanation I typed out. It's fairly stream-of-consciousness and conversational, but it's hope…
Here's the engine explanation I typed out. It's fairly stream-of-consciousness and conversational, but it's hope…
May 04, 2006
.. and today I'm trying even some content!
I'm currently writing out a semi-indepth explanation of how my engine all fits together. I'll maybe post it here once I've got it written up to see what you guys think. I'm also going to try my hand at drawing some important-looking diagrams!
In other news I…
I'm currently writing out a semi-indepth explanation of how my engine all fits together. I'll maybe post it here once I've got it written up to see what you guys think. I'm also going to try my hand at drawing some important-looking diagrams!
In other news I…
January 26, 2006
(apologies for the shitty photoshop, I couldn't be bothered spending wasting hours on it.
Well, it's official in my mind, the english language is truly dead. Maybe it's been dead for a while and I haven't noticed, I don't know.
I realised in a computing lecture today. I was sitting with my friends, a…
January 09, 2006
Well the engine base is about done now. I've got most of my old code moved over, the things I haven't move over I'm planning on rewriting. The only really interesting thing I've done since (aka screenshot worthy) is my new texture filtering/generation stuff:
That's generated from the wood texture on…
That's generated from the wood texture on…
January 02, 2006
I finally decided to make use of the holidays and I've sat down to redesign my 'engine'. I hate the word because it's so vague and meaningless, but at the same time it's the easiest way to describe what I'm talking about. It's just a set of classes that are common throughout my demos/games.
Firstly …
Firstly …
December 16, 2005
Well it's been a while since my last update. Seeing as I wasn't doing much coding I decided not to bore anyone with a personal update but now I'm back doing coding again so I thought I'd write something about what I'm doing.
One of my fascinations is the chinese game of Go. The article is a good int…
One of my fascinations is the chinese game of Go. The article is a good int…
November 17, 2005
The final image I submitted was this:
I'm pretty happy with it, although I have no idea what the images are like that anyone else has submitted. We shall see what happens I guess.
I'm pretty happy with it, although I have no idea what the images are like that anyone else has submitted. We shall see what happens I guess.
November 16, 2005
Well advancing on from my cube last time I decided to make myself a tree. After a couple of silly mistakes which I really shouldn't have made I ended up with this:
HMm, it could use a little colour though. That's easy enough, make a linear scale from 0 at the bottom to 1 at the leaves and interpolat…
HMm, it could use a little colour though. That's easy enough, make a linear scale from 0 at the bottom to 1 at the leaves and interpolat…
November 15, 2005
Well today I received a check in the mail and a complimentary copy of More OpenGL Game Programming BUY ME!.
It's pretty cool, the Authors' names are listed on the back page, and their bios are on a page just inside the cover. Props to Dave and all the other Authors for getting this all finished, it …
It's pretty cool, the Authors' names are listed on the back page, and their bios are on a page just inside the cover. Props to Dave and all the other Authors for getting this all finished, it …
November 03, 2005
Well it looks like I'm getting a replacement graphics card in a few weeks from the manufacturer. However I was thinking that seeing as I'm getting a new mobo + cpu, I should sell my replacement and get a PCI-E card.
So, if anyone is in reach of Edinburgh and would like a brand new untouched Leadtek …
So, if anyone is in reach of Edinburgh and would like a brand new untouched Leadtek …
October 25, 2005
Looks like I have a temporary solution, at least until I get a replacement. A friend had a spare PCI TNT2. So it doesn't run fast, or do dual-monitors, but it's cool to the touch and that's enough for me :).
I don't know exactly how long it will take. Given that I can't find 6800 Ultras on sale in t…
I don't know exactly how long it will take. Given that I can't find 6800 Ultras on sale in t…
October 23, 2005
Well it looks like my graphics card is broken. I noticed some corruption in Q3:
And I decided to check it in windows in case it wasn't my software setup on linux. Same thing in halo on windows. On a thought, I checked the temperature on the card.
129 degrees celsius.
That is quite hot.
Well anyway I so…
And I decided to check it in windows in case it wasn't my software setup on linux. Same thing in halo on windows. On a thought, I checked the temperature on the card.
129 degrees celsius.
That is quite hot.
Well anyway I so…
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