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[Luna]

I made a blog It is mostly about Game Development as I am making a game, but it has (or at least, will have) other stuff too. I already promised to put some things related to trans-humanism in the first post.

Here is the link to the blog, which I think will show the last post first:
http://shaneediary.wordpress.com/

And here is the link to the first post:
http://shaneediary.w...irst-blog-post/

And comment and suggestion will be appreciated

[shadowhawk]

I made a blog It is mostly about Game Development as I am making a game, but it has (or at least, will have) other stuff too. I already promised to put some things related to trans-humanism in the first post.

Here is the link to the blog, which I think will show the last post first:
http://shaneediary.wordpress.com/

And here is the link to the first post:
http://shaneediary.w...irst-blog-post/

And comment and suggestion will be appreciated

Nice, enjoyed reading it.

[Luna]

Thank you Shadowhawk

I actually just finished editing the new post I had about The Settlers, you might have read it while it was still in the works as I revised it with Mimi

[okok]

Hey, that's exciting!
Mimi Luna Engine, i like that .

[Luna]

Here is the newest addition to our engine:



I will write about it later tonight if I have the time.. I have an exam tomorrow and the day after @@..

But for short: Dynamically generated atmosphere, enabling day-night cycle, also have moon and stars at night, beautiful sunsets and sunrises.

[Luna]

We have a hole in the sky when its night time and the stars are on.. uff @@..

[Luna]

I fixed the hole in the sky!

Here is night time:

[Luna]

We added terrain level of detail which allows us to render huge (potentiality infinite once we finish all the code for it) sized landscapes with far far view without reducing performance, speed and quality.

Here is the first prototype photo:



Still quite a bit to do to finish it but the main point is there.

It works by splitting the terrain into segments which have lower level and according to distance and "error" calculation you choose which level of detail to render in real time.

It will also stream data from the hard-drive in a thread and blend between the levels as you move in the terrain, allowing you to go across an infinitely sized world without a loading screen.

This videos shows only some of the concepts of the algorithm: (this isn't our video)

[Luna]

Was just testing it a bit Generated a 16 square kilometer sized land in maybe 30 seconds on debug mode (on release it will take maybe 5 seconds then)


This is so much fun Still need to fix texturing, saving, loading and steaming and then just editing is left and yay!

[AgeVivo]

I am making a game

is there a way to turn it into research against aging?

[Luna]

I am making a game

is there a way to turn it into research against aging?

Well, it can implement storyline concepts to spread acceptance of anti-aging and immortality!

Also, 3D engine could be used for simulations of.. whatever, especially with physics applied.

But hey, it is in the unrelated forums

Edit: Be original! I am sure there is a way, even if not a direct one (simulations or helper) then at least by advocating and money raising If Blizzard gave just 1% of the money it makes per year for Anti Aging Research I think that would be quite a bit...

Edited by Luna, 12 July 2010 - 09:28 PM.

[The Immortalist]

I fixed the hole in the sky!

Here is night time:

Why would you want to fix a hole in the sky?? That could have been some great game content.

*****Secret hiding place.....Hole in the sky!!!!!!!!******

I would love to go into a whole in the sky if I had the chance.

[Luna]

Too late! I fixed it!!!

But I can always put one back.. or even billboards of black holes

I wonder if the interworking team could use the Mimi-Luna Engine in some way?

[The Immortalist]

Do you have any idea's Luna?

btw I was serious about the hole in the sky thing. Can you plz make your game with a special hole in the sky?

Edited by The MILE/The Immortalist, 13 July 2010 - 04:14 PM.

[Luna]

I moved and redisgned my blog!
http://shanee.stdrand.com/

[Ben]

Wow, cool blog!

[Luna]

Had quite a long break from programming as I was adjusting to my new job and heavy university schedules but I got new stuff to show today

Showing the finally finished new terrain editing as I needed to re-do that (creating hills, mountains and forging the landscape) as I changed to a new and better landscape system I described before that can support kilometers and far view distance: (Oh, also showing a cow, sorta)




And here I started working on the object placement and manipulation system, I can place objects from the list and move them around the world, rotate them, scale them etc!

[Luna]

got trees and geometry instancing (technique allowing to render the same model n times without slowing down the program) to work!

Also particles added to the editor (can see kinda fire particle in the first photo)

[JLL]

Did you program the world editor yourselves? It looks pretty professional.

[Luna]

yep, everything is ours. Based on the DirectX API of course.

[Luna]

Decided to start making a web site for the game.. a task I am probably least skilled for

I was wondering if anyone can recommend a cheap webhost and domain that can also accommodate a forum and wordpress blog. Has to be quite cheap but relatively good speed if possible. EU based is a preference.

Other than that I guess it is time for me to work on a web template!

Edited by Luna, 18 September 2010 - 02:35 PM.

[Luna]

Update! Still looking for a good host, thinking either iPage or AwardSpace..

Now for the usual photos.. There are 1866 grass elements in those photos

[Luna]

New blog post at last!
http://mimiluna.awar....uk/blog/?p=154

[Luna]

Some new updates but nothing special .. so much to do, so little time.. revising most of the engine took its toll and still a lot to do...

http://www.twilighte...com/blog/?p=236

Previous posts show some bright news though like my perfect 100 score in the Chemistry part II exam in University happy!

[Luna]

Some new photos from the new menus I been making, oh and the first game's title too

[Luna]

Mimi made a small video:


Still much to do and not much time to do it...

Blog moved to www.twilightempires.com but not updated much recently either.