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Anyone here working on a movie app? OMF is what?... read more 07/26/2002 (7:35 pm)
There is no way I'm paying $59.99 for Warcraft III - Standard Hey, don't feel bad. I remember seeing Harry Potter DVD go for around $50,000 at some online outl... read more 07/25/2002 (3:25 am)
There is no way I'm paying $59.99 for Warcraft III - Standard "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around... read more 07/23/2002 (4:20 am)
There is no way I'm paying $59.99 for Warcraft III - Standard Media influences people, and both sides of this debate are wrong. The industry for not trying to ... read more 07/22/2002 (2:55 pm)
There is no way I'm paying $59.99 for Warcraft III - Standard I'm an idiot? The prices on these games usually drop $10 about 4-6 months following release. At ... read more 07/21/2002 (5:01 pm)
Riddle me this...Tribes Aerial Assault The development team of TAA claims they are using almost none of the original code from Tribes 2, bu... read more 07/20/2002 (4:46 pm)
There is no way I'm paying $59.99 for Warcraft III - Standard Yeah right. Blizzard has choice over if they charge $10 more than anything else out there. Just r... read more 07/20/2002 (4:44 pm)
bsp to rmf\map If you're just learning, you're better off not using the bsp decompilers. Yes, you can patch thin... read more 07/18/2002 (2:55 pm)
3D Audio Problem I'm not using it for explosions, just things emitted from the player. Anyone else know what might... read more 07/15/2002 (11:43 pm)
Light Leakage problem You can notice this problem in the waterworld map, in the underground cement bunker thing. Right ... read more 07/15/2002 (11:41 pm)
AFTERMATH - flaw in the system Fight Club was no worse than The Sum of All Fears. Afterall, which one had an incompetient governmen... read more 07/15/2002 (1:58 pm)
AFTERMATH - flaw in the system There are three groups of teenagers in relation to politics. 1. Apathetic. "So what if anything ... read more 07/15/2002 (4:32 am)
AFTERMATH - flaw in the system Nick, (Anti-Flag) your site says you're fourteen. Sorry for being so hard on you, I thought I was... read more 07/14/2002 (8:07 pm)
AFTERMATH - flaw in the system If you have no feeling for what happened on September 11th, you might want to speak with your school... read more 07/14/2002 (7:52 pm)
AFTERMATH - flaw in the system All this punk rhetoric. Can you please provide a few examples of this corruption that you speak o... read more 07/14/2002 (3:01 pm)
DoP Beta is out!!! :-) I played the demo for a solid hour over the past few days, and I never even saw a mine. Heh, as e... read more 07/14/2002 (4:40 am)
AFTERMATH - flaw in the system Anti-Flag. I wholeheartedly support your desire to leave this country. Now, go pack your bags. ... read more 07/14/2002 (4:26 am)
Newbie MissionEd question Just from experience, level design is changing so much that in a few years there will be very few "l... read more 07/13/2002 (6:17 am)
Dragonball Z MMORPG? Dragonball Z has released previous games. All were horrible games, and sold about four copies combi... read more 07/12/2002 (1:19 am)
Torque for IGF Entry? I've already spoken with the head of the IGF board about six months back. He said the use of Torq... read more 07/09/2002 (12:25 pm)
Classes I'm for a holy group. Something like angels and spirits... yes, I have begun to play Magic Online. ... read more 07/09/2002 (1:42 am)
Online GG Master Server Monitor Cool stuff, although at one time it reported 3 servers were running Realm Wars but when I logged in ... read more 07/08/2002 (3:35 am)
Gras School for Game Developers Digipen and Full Sail are good? I personally wouldn't want to work alongside someone who never took ... read more 07/07/2002 (9:48 pm)
GG and Game Developer Magazine Game Developer Magazine is strange. Three times I've filled out the request for a free subscripti... read more 07/07/2002 (2:20 pm)
The RW Storyline..... Like Tribes, just provide enough backstory to make things coherent. Why are we here? Why are we fi... read more 07/06/2002 (4:37 am)
RW Logo Idea I look at the image and I can hear the sound of swords clanking. Very Blizzard-ish, and very cool. ... read more 07/05/2002 (4:10 am)
New programmer needs advice please :) VB is nice because it builds self-esteem with coding. None of this "I spent 10 hours and all I ge... read more 07/05/2002 (4:07 am)
Creating Area portals Try wireframe mode by pressing F9 a few times. Stand inside the building and look out towards the p... read more 06/30/2002 (2:29 pm)
Best way to make heightmaps? Blur works good, as does noise. All you have to do is know how the heightmap is turned into a ter... read more 06/30/2002 (2:01 pm)
Team creation I don't know, but I've seen very few 3d modelers who can crank out decent looking levels. Still, ... read more 06/30/2002 (1:54 pm)
I must be allergic to idiots Advertisement I meant as in news bites. "Best game of the year!" - PC Gamer "Only game to own!" ... read more 06/27/2002 (2:50 pm)
I must be allergic to idiots Lol, good ol' Savant. I actually knew him once, but I wonder what he's doing running that web site.... read more 06/26/2002 (10:51 am)
are there going to be humans in realm wars? I don't see how humans could NOT be in Realm Wars. I mean, elves, orcs, goblins, maybe undead... ... read more 06/26/2002 (12:39 am)
Why would I play this? What brought this thread back from the dead? I see no editing to the posts, nor new responses but i... read more 06/25/2002 (8:22 pm)
Portals I'm not sure what effect you're talking about (I never saw that one), but are you sure it's dynamic?... read more 06/24/2002 (7:27 pm)
warcraft3 engine? Blizzard has never been known for supporting it's editing community beyond supplying rather simplist... read more 06/24/2002 (7:23 pm)
a couple of things I can see you have some important questions, but I don't understand them enough to give an answer. ... read more 06/23/2002 (10:36 pm)
Reflective/metallic textures, help please? Don't know, but I don't see a reason to be making for an even more complex directory structure. W... read more 06/23/2002 (10:32 pm)
Ugh, this sucks... The harder the lesson, the less like you'll forget it. Yes, I've lost a resource in the same way ... read more 06/23/2002 (2:58 pm)
Tribes 2 Environment maps Environment reflections aren't dynamic, at least not in the Torque engine. You specify what textu... read more 06/23/2002 (2:51 pm)
did anyone think of?... Elder Scrolls (Morrowind being most recent), System Shock, a few of the D&D Games. It's been trie... read more 06/23/2002 (2:45 pm)
Reflective/metallic textures, help please? Currently you have to add the texture's environment map via the functions in script listed above, an... read more 06/23/2002 (5:22 am)
recoding bugs I don't think demos record changes in editor states, that meaning all resources loaded will be that ... read more 06/21/2002 (1:53 am)
I Specialize in Female Character Design Lol, don't worry. That discussion about Stevie Case had nothing to do with you. You have talent... read more 06/15/2002 (11:51 pm)
I Specialize in Female Character Design She went from John Romero's girlfriend to level designer for Diakatana to doing 2d artwork and then ... read more 06/15/2002 (3:27 pm)
Getting Started...................Riiight :P I've used the latter two sites when just starting out, and learned a good deal. Also, a great sta... read more 06/15/2002 (2:21 pm)
I Specialize in Female Character Design Just keep your eyes peeled if you're looking for a real job. You can't expect people to find you,... read more 06/15/2002 (2:16 pm)
I Specialize in Female Character Design Full-time/part-time work concept art? Good luck with that, you have the talents but I don't know ... read more 06/14/2002 (3:34 pm)
Biting the Bullet Can we call Matthew Fairfax, Matthew and me Matt? Or something to differentiate? I feel like a... read more 06/13/2002 (4:40 pm)
Biting the Bullet My offer wasn't meant to be attractive. If I want to have artwork, I want it to look nice. Chance... read more 06/13/2002 (2:34 am)