Joe Bird's Forum Posts
| Thread | Post | Date Posted |
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| Eee pc for gaming | Yeah, sad to hear about the lack of Linux support. I had not noticed immediately upon return to the ... read more | 02/02/2008 (12:03 am) |
| Checkers Tutorial still broken in TGB 1.70? | I was able to get a server up and have another computer connect to it over a LAN on 1.6 a few days a... read more | 02/01/2008 (11:57 pm) |
| Garage Games & OpenGL | It is nice to hear of stats like these. I was also pleasantly surprised to see in the thread Gary li... read more | 01/30/2008 (9:53 pm) |
| Eee PC for TGE - Hee Hee | Reviewers found it to be just as responsive under Linux as Windows XP/Live is on many modern laptops... read more | 01/30/2008 (5:21 pm) |
| Garage Games & OpenGL | It is true, OpenGL is not the sole identity of indie developers. I misread your statement as indirec... read more | 01/30/2008 (5:11 pm) |
| Eee PC for TGE - Hee Hee | Based on previous sales Asus expects 3-6 million to be sold this year. [b]Review:[/b] [url]http:... read more | 01/30/2008 (4:14 pm) |
| Garage Games & OpenGL | [i]I don't get the indie = opengl argument.[/i] Well that could be perceived as an ignorant state... read more | 01/30/2008 (4:01 pm) |
| TGB TDN News: Janurary 2008 | Thanks for the update, this is great stuff. I was a t2d early adopter, but just started using it aft... read more | 01/28/2008 (6:44 pm) |
| Design structure question | Each mission should have a rough design of its own, at least so you can figure out the pacing and wh... read more | 01/28/2008 (5:09 pm) |
| 2D Multiplayer Game - What tools do I need? | [i]"When did this business of calling event-based networking become "turn-based" start?"[/i] When... read more | 01/27/2008 (11:10 pm) |
| Unable to access some TDN resources. | I seem to be able to access other TDN areas today, so maybe it was only some website hiccup...... read more | 01/26/2008 (7:41 pm) |
| 2D Multiplayer Game - What tools do I need? | Yes, I ran into the same issue. TGB has networking support for turn-based games. For a realtime-netw... read more | 01/26/2008 (6:32 pm) |
| TGEA VS other Engines | I was actually following Flow3D on the Ogre forums when I was playing around with it. I also own Bli... read more | 01/25/2008 (2:52 am) |
| TGEA VS other Engines | I actually got to play around with Python Ogre last year and even did a few tutorial conversions for... read more | 01/24/2008 (9:39 pm) |
| TGEA VS other Engines | Try NeoAxis, [url]http://www.neoaxisgroup.com/[/url]. It is C#, it uses Ogre3D, is updated every mon... read more | 01/24/2008 (5:13 pm) |
| Silo modeler | I tried Silo 1.4 since version 2 will have some realtime displacement sculpting in it. I think it is... read more | 05/23/2006 (8:48 am) |
| Hexagon 2 is out. | They said on CGTalk they will add more servers for downloads. Also most of the bugs seem to be with ... read more | 04/28/2006 (7:07 pm) |
| Hexagon 2 is out. | So far I have been told you can cancel the Platinum Membership after 1 month. I really do not need a... read more | 04/28/2006 (7:18 am) |
| XSI Softimage support | The XSI Mod Tool has script tools for building Half-Life 2 maps. I saw a video but have not tried th... read more | 02/22/2006 (9:41 pm) |
| Moding: Is it just me or has . . . | I do not think it is a lack of creativity. For the newer engines it just takes what seems like 10 ti... read more | 01/26/2006 (5:43 am) |
| Concept sketches | Looking good! Great work. You have got me itching to work on my character tonight, but I gotta get m... read more | 01/26/2006 (5:16 am) |
| What is acceptable quality for game art? | Personally I think Art Direction would make all the difference. Looking at those pics they do not lo... read more | 01/09/2006 (10:04 am) |
| What 3d modeling tool do you recomend? | I prefer using as few packages as possible as well, which is why I like XSI, no need for plugins, ju... read more | 01/09/2006 (9:37 am) |
| What does the game industry have against innovation? | I think Psychonauts was innovative because it tried to tap into a different market than other XBox d... read more | 01/06/2006 (4:50 am) |
| What do you aim for? | Here is what I currently work at: Background character in a first/third person game without fac... read more | 01/04/2006 (4:40 pm) |
| What 3d modeling tool do you recomend? | If you can get everything done that you need with those apps then there is no need to worry about th... read more | 12/29/2005 (8:56 pm) |
| What 3d modeling tool do you recomend? | Silo and Wings3D are strictly modelers, but they also have some great UV layout tools. I heard about... read more | 12/28/2005 (5:52 pm) |
| What 3d modeling tool do you recomend? | In that case I would take Badguy's advice and perhaps use the $300 to invest in learning materials l... read more | 12/27/2005 (7:22 pm) |
| Criticism on Medieval First Person Combat Game | Blade of Darkness is one of my favorite games and it had a great realtime combat system. There was a... read more | 12/27/2005 (8:20 am) |
| What 3d modeling tool do you recomend? | I would say that if you cannot get the extra $200 to get Softimage|XSI Foundation then go with Blend... read more | 12/27/2005 (7:52 am) |
| Designing a character in-game | An amazing resource, thank you.... read more | 12/26/2005 (4:32 pm) |
| Designing a character in-game | An amazing resource, thank you.... read more | 12/26/2005 (4:27 pm) |
| Designing a character in-game | I would be interested in knowing this as well. I guess you could use blended animation to achieve th... read more | 12/25/2005 (5:02 pm) |
| Complete MMORPG Development Guide | TGE/T2D owner registered as: JoeBird Thank you.... read more | 12/25/2005 (4:41 pm) |
| Why do some developers hate Microsoft so much? | I do not hate Microsoft, but I do dislike monopolies because they slow innovation and increase price... read more | 12/10/2005 (3:02 am) |
| XSI 5 Foundation User Feedback Request | I recommend XSI. For game development I doubt you will exceed the limits of Foundation. Valve uses X... read more | 12/09/2005 (7:56 am) |
| Anyone buy Xbox 360? | I'll be waiting for the PS3. I can only afford one console and as a PC gamer with nice graphics card... read more | 11/27/2005 (3:37 am) |
| Meshes or BPS? | I have been learning level design using UnrealED 3.0 with Unreal Tournament 2004 and it was not long... read more | 11/08/2005 (2:15 pm) |
| What attracts you to Torque? | 1) I would like to support Indie game development as much as possible and prepare for the possibilit... read more | 11/08/2005 (1:41 pm) |
| I need constructor bad.... | Thanks for the info Chris. I remember trying out CShop a while back and doing a few tutorials and I ... read more | 11/02/2005 (12:59 am) |
| I need constructor bad.... | I am hoping that Constructor will eventually allow me to completely map levels, edit terrain, place ... read more | 10/31/2005 (2:33 am) |
| Half-Life 2 HDR -- Why? | I haven't had a chance to download the new level yet, but the technology looks impressive. I think i... read more | 10/31/2005 (2:26 am) |
| Torque vs. Unity for the Mac | Hey Ben, I meant no offense. I am really excited about the tools being developed for Torque. It's re... read more | 10/28/2005 (3:40 am) |
| T2D update review (from 1.0.2 to 1.1 so far) ... and a question | Hey thanks for pointing that out. When I read your post it sounded like you were talking about doing... read more | 10/25/2005 (10:13 pm) |
| Torque vs. Unity for the Mac | Unity looks very designer friendly. Too bad the tools only work on Mac. It reminds me of a stripped ... read more | 10/25/2005 (9:47 pm) |
| T2D update review (from 1.0.2 to 1.1 so far) ... and a question | @Alex Rice: Doing an isometric game, such as an RPG or strategy game in TGE or TSE would involve a m... read more | 10/25/2005 (1:02 am) |
| Softimage XSI 5.0 | Me too. I started with Milkshape, tried a free version of Truespace, tried a friend's copy of Lightw... read more | 09/03/2005 (11:51 pm) |
| Softimage XSI 5.0 | I think just a year or two ago a single Mental Ray license for 3DS Max was going for $1500. With XSI... read more | 09/01/2005 (7:51 am) |
| Softimage XSI 5.0 | Here is a new XSI 5.0 Feature Review by Ed Harriss. Many new additions for game developers. [url]ht... read more | 09/01/2005 (2:45 am) |
| Vue 5 environmental stuff | I also like the idea of being able to do the environment in Vue then coordinate with models and anim... read more | 09/01/2005 (2:22 am) |