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Tom Bampton is a god.

Name:	Jon Frisby
Date Posted:	May 13, 2006
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So I've been freaking out thinking that I wouldn't be able to use the "Fractals" skin, or use Theora videos on any other skin because it looked like there was no way to make Theora video loop without some stuttering as it closed and reopened the file.

Tom Bampton managed to make Theora loop smoothly. Tom is also responsible for developing a patch that lets me asynchronously pre-load audio data for the next skin in advance of actually using it, allowing me to have skin transitions that don't cause the engine to pause, or have dozens of ms of latency.

Tom is my new god. I bow before his superior coding skills.

-JF

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Eric Elwell (May 13, 2006 at 21:47 GMT) Resource Rating: 1

Yeah Tom is pretty OK... it's a great point, so I wanted to give you a rating of 5, but I subtracted 1 point for each time you misspelled "Tim" (as in Tim Aste from Tim Aste's Content Packs). Tough luck, Pal. Next time run a spell check.
Edited on May 13, 2006 21:48 GMT

John Rockefeller (May 13, 2006 at 23:09 GMT)

Holy Troll, Batman!

Tom Bampton (May 13, 2006 at 23:45 GMT)

What powers of smiting do I get? If I dont get to smite people, I dont think I want to be a god ;-)

Anthony Fullmer (May 14, 2006 at 00:07 GMT) Resource Rating: 1

Awesome work Tim Aste, apparently you are getting a cult following on the GG boards! I hope Tim doesnt get mad at Jon for misspelling his name 4 times...

Mark McCoy (May 14, 2006 at 00:15 GMT)

@Tom: I'm not sure this qualifies you as a "god" per se, but you have been granted the power to smite interns. Which is actually pretty useful, since they seem to be multiplying...

Tom Bampton (May 14, 2006 at 00:17 GMT)

Muwahahha! I shall begin by smiting Eric!

Eric Elwell (May 14, 2006 at 00:27 GMT) Resource Rating: 1

I haven't been doing much multiplying lately.... but I'll let you off on addition.... which is almost just as good.

Anton Bursch (May 14, 2006 at 03:15 GMT)

Tom Bampton is the god of what? that is the question. god of the underworld? god of sunshine? god of flowers? god of ponies? god of what? that is the question.

wait... god of... tea?

Jacob Dankovchik (May 14, 2006 at 05:02 GMT)

Quote:
Yeah Tom is pretty OK... it's a great point, so I wanted to give you a rating of 5, but I subtracted 1 point for each time you misspelled "Tim" (as in Tim Aste from Tim Aste's Content Packs). Tough luck, Pal. Next time run a spell check.

I'm not sure if I'm missing something. But who said anything about Tim Aste here? I noticed Tom Bampton's name several times, but no Tim. So.. can someone explain how he misspelled Tim's name and where that attack came from? Im just curious because I just don't get it.

Tom Bampton (May 14, 2006 at 05:04 GMT)

@Jacob,

It's called a Joke. Eric is just not very good at them ;-)

T.

Jesse (Midhir) Liles (May 14, 2006 at 06:30 GMT)

A joke? Deification is no laughing matter. Tom Bless You.

Phil Carlisle (May 14, 2006 at 09:10 GMT)

God of the bong?

Nauris Krauze (May 14, 2006 at 09:55 GMT)

I think I`ll start using "Tom bless you" constantly from now on ;)

Martin Schultz (May 14, 2006 at 10:08 GMT)

A Tom-A-God-Chi? :)

Joseph Euan (May 14, 2006 at 10:16 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

Quote:
Tom Bampton is the god of what? that is the question. god of the underworld? god of sunshine? god of flowers? god of ponies? god of what? that is the question.

I think he's the god of FSM ;)

Chris \"C2\" Byars (May 14, 2006 at 23:11 GMT)

FSM = teh flying spagheti monster ololol!1

Jon Frisby (May 15, 2006 at 02:11 GMT)

I prefer "Finite State Machine" myself. Except that Tom is infinite in his knowledge and understanding. Which would make him the deity of ISMs, not FSMs.

-JF

James Laker (BurNinG) (May 15, 2006 at 08:05 GMT)

Only because the FSM makes you believe he is... Thanx the FSM he gave Tom all those skilllz!

Chris Labombard (May 15, 2006 at 17:38 GMT)

Any plans to release the theora looping fix?

Jon Frisby (May 15, 2006 at 18:51 GMT)

Yep, although it's a *little* quirky.

Since I don't have it as a discrete patch separate from the Theora pause/unpause patch (which itself depends on the audio pause/unpause patch), I'll likely just release a patch that combines all three for the sake of simplicity.

-JF

Jason Davis (Jun 22, 2006 at 13:28 GMT)

Yes, yes yes!! Jon, can't wait to get ahold of that patch. I am dealing with the same flickering with my theora videos while looping. Can't wait!

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