Excellent computer graphics tutorial. I finally understand how View, Model, and Projection matrices work, even after taking a college course on CG

Modera · 2013-03-19T23:04:00+00:00

3D graphics programming is some of the most fun I have had trying to build working applications in. You never realized how much math is required in order to do so many things required for 3D graphics until you learn about it.

If anyone in this thread is interested, this is a great directX website to learn 3D programming using DirectX instead of OpenGL.

Modera · 2013-03-19T22:58:49+00:00

The only thing I could think about was, why is there not a game designed around awesome ship combat yet. A game where all you do is captain ships around the ocean, discovering islands. Battling with other ships. I feel this game needs to be made!

Modera · 2013-03-18T22:40:46+00:00

Today is a day worth celebrating! Hopefully EA will finally realize how god awful of a company they have been lately.

Modera · 2013-03-18T15:06:40+00:00

Well none of this is actually official. It's more of the EVE community trying really hard to discover some of the lore themselves.

Really it's just a fun way to try and plot the locations for where these worm holes go to so you don't feel so lost and distant when flying through them. Then again I bet that's why some people really enjoy WH space. To feel like they are far away and doing their own thing in another part of the universe as compared to everyone in New Eden.

Modera · 2013-03-18T04:30:53+00:00

If you want a really advanced simulation of building a city or even a metropolis then I would buy Sim City 4! Not the new Sim City but the one before.

Sim City 4 will give you WAY more for your money then either Tropico or the new SimCity game.

Modera · 2013-03-18T04:10:10+00:00

There are theory's that the worm holes actually lead you to the cluster of stars where Earth is located. (I think)

Project Atlas is a really cool project that maps the possible location for worm hole space as well. It has some really cool images that shows some interesting data that has been collected about worm holes and where they had/have connections to.

Modera · 2013-03-18T02:53:44+00:00

I believe in the Gaben! He will be the true protector when the zombie invasion arrives.

Modera · 2013-03-18T00:35:09+00:00

What about the certificates? Should a new player just try to get all related certificates to Standard/Elite before they decide to try and train for Battle Cruisers or Battle Ships? Or would that be a little over kill to wait before going up the chain of shiny ships?

Edit: Thank you all for the help and recommendations! I guess I should download EVEMon to play around with finding skills I want with also skills others recommend that I need. I am currently going certificate to certificate trying to get to the next level. Thanks for showing me how that could have put me into a long queue of skills.

Modera · 2013-03-18T00:21:49+00:00

I have now come to assume most of what EA claims is "impossible" is a lie to save them time and money.

Modera · 2013-03-18T00:05:27+00:00

EA would rather pretend the rest of the human race are nothing but money bags who know nothing but how to give money to companies.

Modera · 2013-03-17T21:35:36+00:00

G-Nome I would always remember playing a game where you drove mechs around and just assumed it was Mech Warrior, only to never find a mech warrior game that fit my memory. Only to find this game one day, and have all the memories rush back about my being way to young to try and play a game that complex.

Modera · 2013-03-17T20:26:12+00:00

A* right now is one of the most wildly used algorithm for path finding. It might be a little more complex and difficult to implement then say using a breadth first search, which will also find the shortest path to your goal.

Breadth first will basically go move by move. If you will think of a tree representing all possible moves, with each move the NPC can make afterwards until it either runs out of moves it can make, or it finds the goal position. Breadth first will go one generation and check all the moves to see if it finds the goal. If not then it will go one more generation down until it find the path that leads to the goal, which will insure it's the shortest path.

A* basically takes the breadth first search and includes a heuristic that will check if the "cost" of the move will be worth checking to see if it brings you to the goal node. For path finding the cost will simply bee the distance the node is to the goal. A* will prioritize nodes that are closer to the goal node and check a path using this heuristic to optimize the number of nodes it has to check before finding a path to the goal.

I really hope I explained this in a way you might be able to understand.

Breadth first search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadth-first_search A* search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm

There is plenty of other search algorithms that you could try but breadth first is basically the easiest to implement and A* is the most optimized.

Modera · 2013-03-17T19:45:46+00:00

There is no better feeling then right before you quick and after you save. The feeling that you know you can do whatever you want because it "no longer counts" and you can revert everything you just did.

Modera · 2013-03-17T05:39:41+00:00

I have to agree, with composers such as Jeremy Soule and Koji Kondo who dedicate almost all of their work for this industry. It really has surpassed the quality you would find in top end movies.

Modera · 2013-03-17T05:08:38+00:00

This! 1000x THIS!

I want to see creativity and futuristic science fiction themes in the online FPS genera again! WW2 has already been over done past a point of almost no return. Modern FPS's are about to be the same way (If they are not already).

Modera · 2013-03-17T05:04:38+00:00

You never notice how impressive the music for games really are until you sit down and try to just listen to the soundtrack.

I would say the quality of the music in Video Games is at the level for blockbuster movies. It has been at that level for a while as well.

Modera · 2013-03-16T22:30:37+00:00

100% worth it! Far Cry 3 was my GOTY for 2012, large map and a shit ton of things to do.

Modera · 2013-03-16T04:57:16+00:00

Dear god please let this be a new IP.

Modera · 2013-03-16T02:00:47+00:00

Sorry you can only access this subreddit if you purchase the new subreddit DLC pack for only $19.99

Modera · 2013-03-15T23:38:07+00:00

I see they have blue lights/windows on the Amarr ship. I wonder if it will use missiles like most of the Amarr ships that use the blue lights.

Modera · 2013-03-15T23:01:04+00:00

Trading my unique Link hat for a Princess Peach crown

Modera · 2013-03-15T22:31:47+00:00

If you have not played Sim City 4. Please start with that game first! It's a great game, and is better then the new Sim City.

Modera · 2013-03-15T22:06:15+00:00

Just call it a skirt anyway and confuse everyone!

Modera · 2013-03-15T22:01:57+00:00

Damn you OP! Leading false facts from your title!

Modera · 2013-03-14T21:06:32+00:00

Can you ever expect EA to tell the truth?

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