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Something like this will surely open the doors to a lot of people not normally in to 3D modeling. And let's face it, Autodesk products are not exactly for newbie's, and yet with this Windows 7 multi-touch technology and some practice, it could very well be, but to be really sure, we will just have to wait and see if it's really that practical. This gives a whole new meaning to "hands-on". This could actually be the start of a new era in the 3D modeling world.
Autodesk recently demonstrated an upcoming version of what I believe is 3D Max, taking advantage of the multi-touch feature that will be found in the next, new version of Microsoft Windows, known for now as "Windows 7". On this video you will see zooming in & out, rotation, polygon deformation and more using just screen touch.
Autodesk's video demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O_rQh7Dbc4
Gee, I wonder if Hammer would work with multi-touch.....
Autodesk's video demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O_rQh7Dbc4
Gee, I wonder if Hammer would work with multi-touch.....
Max can import the dxf from hammer, but its ugly. very ugly. It'd be better to start over.I was also going to say that the .rmf file can be opened up by Crafty, then export it to the .obj format. I am sure most good 3D modeling apps out there can import the .obj format. Now, unless you are looking for something low poly, then I would go with what Rimrook is offering.
When you say you want this converted to a .mdl file, are you talking about, as in the "3D GameStudio" .mdl model format?
Uhmm,....Is it me, or did something in your post did not come out right?.....
Edit: Oh, I see your post is a work in progress. Continue on then.....
Edit: Oh, I see your post is a work in progress. Continue on then.....
I suppose I can view these scam offers as free comedy, because that's what they are, funny to read. I just can't see myself falling for this.
You know, it just occurred to me that for who ever sent those scam PM's to our TWHL inboxes, needed to sign up on TWHL to do so. Now, if any of the admin people here in TWHL can some how track from which TWHL membership these scam messages were sent from, well, a good'ol banning should be slapped to these scammers ASAP.
Heck, even the NBC TV show Nightline had a few reports done on these guys and their tactics.EDIT CORRECTION: Ooops, I goofed up on names here. Nightline is not on NBC, it's on CBS. The TV program that I meant was NBC's "Dateline". Now, both TV shows have coverd this story, but Dateline has done it more times.
Yo Skals, you are not the only one who got an obvious scam PM, check the one I got about a month ago in my TWHL inbox:
EDIT: Here's more info on this type of scam: http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html
FROM: STELLE KOMANANotice how these "West African" jerk-wads use a French Yahoo (yahoo.fr) email account to send this bullshit, not to mention it's also all in capital letters. It's a classic "Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme", also known internationally as "4-1-9". Heck, even the NBC TV show Nightline had a few reports done on these guys and their tactics.
ABIDJAN.IVORY COAST
WEST-AFRICA
TELEPHONE +22502366446
REPLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL : stelle378@yahoo.fr
DEAR ,ONE
I AM DEAF GIRL MY NAME IS STELLE KOMANA THE DAUGHTER OF LATE DR AND MRS ALFRED KOMANA, MY FAHTER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN. THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL. WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 5TH OCTOBER 2005. MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH MARCH 2007 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$12.500.000 (TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A LOCAL BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE. (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT).
I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE
FOLLOWING WAYS :
TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERED TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER KEVIN IS 20 YEARS. TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.
FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.
ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.AND PLEASE DO HURRY TO ASSIST US OUT HERE NOW THAT THIS COUNTRY IS IN POLITICAL CHOAS ,WE URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR KIND ATTENTION. CALL KEVIN +22502366446 REPLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL : stelle378@yahoo.fr
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
STELLE AND KEVIN
EDIT: Here's more info on this type of scam: http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html
Damn, that's a lot more details that I knew about. I did not know DRM was that wide spread.
Hey, anybody here remember back in 2005 (I think), as an effort to control music piracy, Sony started to install this secret, trojan like root kit on some of their music CD's called "DRM"? That really created a storm of fury on people, not to mention lawsuits. Sony was forced to do a big recall of the affected (or infected) CD's and do a public apology. For reference, go here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2092
Well, this relative of mines that started to work recently part-time at this "Sony Store" near where I live, told me that his manager suggested to him that Sony might release a newer, more powerful version of the DRM again, but this time for their future Blu-ray movie titles.
You would think Sony learned their lesson on how bad an idea is to put spyware on their music CD's, but now they "might" do it again in the near future, but this time with movies? I smell a boycott......
Well, this relative of mines that started to work recently part-time at this "Sony Store" near where I live, told me that his manager suggested to him that Sony might release a newer, more powerful version of the DRM again, but this time for their future Blu-ray movie titles.
You would think Sony learned their lesson on how bad an idea is to put spyware on their music CD's, but now they "might" do it again in the near future, but this time with movies? I smell a boycott......
Oh, okay....I see what you are saying now. I pretty much agree with all that. In fact, I myself am a freeware junky when it comes to PC utilities. Why pay for Norton when Avast or AVG can do the same thing for free, right?
and a lot of the free software is better than the bloated, pricey, Windows-recommended ones.Interesting. Can you please elaborate further on this reasoning?
Sounds good to me then. But remember, messing around with the registry can be a tricky thing, only do it if you are really sure about it.
Ooops, about RegShot: I think this will only work if you already have this program installed before the virus attack and any registry changes takes place.
Well Tito, look at the Antivirus scan, just 2 of the most famouse found it as virus. If the best antivirus doesn't find it, I doubt a download manager would do it.Okay then. Try this other thing concerning the registry: "RegShot" is a small utility that allows you to quickly take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one ? done after doing system changes or installing a new software product. The changes report can be produced in text or HTML format and contains a list of all modifications that have taken place between Snapshot1 and Snapshot2. In addition, you can also specify a folder (with subfolders) to be scanned for changes as well. You can download from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot
And there's no irony here. I downloaded a program which was a virus. Ok I got a virus, but I know what the real program does, if not, how can I know if it's real or not?Some download managers can actually scan for any possible viruses to files being downloaded, and tell you if they are corrupted or not. See if you can get one of those.
I'm starting to think I'm the opposite of you now, I don't enjoy as many new games as I think I should, but I love all the oldies.Which reminds me of the old term...."Oldies, but Goodies"
One thing I want to mention about PC security is besides the obvious measures like having windows firewall on and a good anti-virus program like already put forward on this thread, is to also have the "User Account Control" turned on. I can't remember if Windows XP has it, but I know for sure Vista does have it. This security feature is found in your User Accounts folder under Control Panel. By having the UAC on, your PC will be protected by any unauthorized changes, like viruses, trojans, malware and others will do to your system.
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Moral of the story is: never underestimate someone who doesn't know how to use a computer properly.I agree. Viruses and all the other nasty rogue crap like it does not necessarily have to come from these so called "bad websites". It can come from just about any site, anywhere. And people who doesn't know how to use a computer properly as you put it, are the most vulnerable to getting infected.
Here is a quick list of the type of sites you have to be careful of when downloading from, or just even visiting (some are no-brainers):
Porn sites
Warez sites
Bittorrnt sites
Websites from certain countries (Nigeria, Russia, China, Malaysia and a few others)
Any personal blog site that promises you too much and sounds too good.
Any online store that claims to accept credit cards and/or PayPal at first and then when you go to the checkout page, it tells you that their credit card or PayPal system is "off line" and they want you to instead pay them through "Western Union" or a bank wire transfer. - BAD IDEA!!!
These kind of websites that I just mentioned are more often than not loaded with malicious scripts running in the background, and ready to infect your PC, like it or not.
Porn sites
Warez sites
Bittorrnt sites
Websites from certain countries (Nigeria, Russia, China, Malaysia and a few others)
Any personal blog site that promises you too much and sounds too good.
Any online store that claims to accept credit cards and/or PayPal at first and then when you go to the checkout page, it tells you that their credit card or PayPal system is "off line" and they want you to instead pay them through "Western Union" or a bank wire transfer. - BAD IDEA!!!
These kind of websites that I just mentioned are more often than not loaded with malicious scripts running in the background, and ready to infect your PC, like it or not.
snapfiles looks too useful to pass, i'm checking it out myselfThe best thing that I like about Snapfiles.com is that they actually review and grade each and everyone of their listed software from a scale of 1 to 5 stars. They also accompany their grading with a brief explanation which includes the pro's and con's of the program in question. Every type and class of software is in their own category very neatly, but best of all, it is all in two main sections: Freeware and Shareware.
Let me get this straight, it's called "XPantispyware2009"?
Oh man, it sure sounds to me like one of those "malware" programs, they are actually worse than viruses! They are basically trojans on steroids. They pretend to be "good anti-spyware cleaning programs", but in reality they are the worse shit imaginable you could have on your PC! As for that recovery tool you are looking for to get back some of your deleted data, there might be hope for you just yet.
There is this site called "Snapfiles", they have pretty much everything you could ever need. Here is a direct link to their "Data Recovery Tools" category on the freeware section: http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html
Also, if you are looking to get a good, free virus, trojan & malware remover, then you can start here: http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwantispy.html
Oh man, it sure sounds to me like one of those "malware" programs, they are actually worse than viruses! They are basically trojans on steroids. They pretend to be "good anti-spyware cleaning programs", but in reality they are the worse shit imaginable you could have on your PC! As for that recovery tool you are looking for to get back some of your deleted data, there might be hope for you just yet.
There is this site called "Snapfiles", they have pretty much everything you could ever need. Here is a direct link to their "Data Recovery Tools" category on the freeware section: http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html
Also, if you are looking to get a good, free virus, trojan & malware remover, then you can start here: http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwantispy.html
Only to crappy producers, right?Well, I was going to say movie studio executives, but producers are just as bad too.
still, with payday tomorrow i'm wondering what to get now, should I get:Hey, since you mentioned Bioshock, just wanted to let you know that a exclusive debut teaser to Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams, is been put up online a few hours ago: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41898.html
Fracture
Bioshock
Saint's Row 2
It's not really that much to see on the teaser, but something is something.
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/maxpaYea, criticism like that can be a real bitch. Now, with that out of the way, let's see how this movie does in the box office, where it really counts and where it will be decided if it gets a sequel or not. After all, it won't be the first time a lousy movie gets part 2.
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Yep, but I wouldn't compare it with the games. Even the developers have criticised the movie.That bad, uh?....Man, why can't they ever make a good movie based on a video game?!..........And on the other way around,.......have you ever noticed on how much a video game based on a movie tend to suck so much? They tend to have that "rushed" look and feel to them.
I'm not.. or at least I'm hoping not. Max Payne 1 and 2 rock my socks, so I have some faith in Remedy.Have you seen the Max Payne movie yet?
OMG, CRAZY!Indeed.
Fairly impressive tech there, but it seems like a bit of a gimmick to me.I feel the same way too. But you have to remember, this program is still in it's early stages, so there's no telling on how well it could shape up just yet. Now, the official website has this to say about the further development plans on VideoTrace:
Might just be that I love accuracy and close-up fine tuning of everything I build.
We're currently developing further modelling interactions to increase both the power and flexibility of the modelling process. We're working on interactive dense reconstruction, organic shapes, de- and re-linghting for model-based video editing, deformable objects and dynamic scenes, amongst other ideas.
A friend of mines that's an AutoCAD instructor at a local trade school in my home town just told me he might start doing some consultation work soon for some IT firm in Australia called "Australian Centre for Visual Technologies". Anyway, my friend told me that one of the products this company is in the middle of creating is a new 3D modeler which operates in a way I have not seen before. After watching a You Tube video on how this 3D modeler called "VideoTrace" works, I was just simply amazed on how this type of 3D modeling looks so easy to do, yet delivers some spectacular results. Now, this VideoTrace program is still in Beta development, so it's bound to get a lot better before it's full release. I am not going to say much more now, as seeing is believing, better to see the demonstration of VideoTrace with your own eyes:
VideoTrace You Tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vda2RAEuW_g
VideoTrace official web page: http://www.acvt.com.au/research/videotrace/
Note: This kind of reminds me of an old 3D modeler I used to have about 10 years ago called "Canoma" from a now defunct company called MetaCreations, where it let you create 3D models out of scanned photos or drawings.
VideoTrace You Tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vda2RAEuW_g
VideoTrace official web page: http://www.acvt.com.au/research/videotrace/
Note: This kind of reminds me of an old 3D modeler I used to have about 10 years ago called "Canoma" from a now defunct company called MetaCreations, where it let you create 3D models out of scanned photos or drawings.
That's just a weak excuse for cashing in on a dying franchise. Who ever thought it was cool to let Sub-Zero fight Superman needs to get some serious slapping in his face. The game hasn't even got the blood and gore Mortal Kombat is so well-known for.That's why I put a "maybe" on it, I still have doubts about that game.
However, as always, this is down to personal opinion so who the fuck cares right? Play what you like, nobody has the power to tell you not to.Nice comeback,....sounds good to me. I will buy that. Have a nice day, Urbanebula.
The games I'm looking forward too are Diablo 3 and Supreme Commander: Experimentals. They both look like they're gunna kick ass.Supreme Commander: Experimentals...??? DAMN!.....I did not know about that, I definetly need to get that game!
fake. i doubt that some one could even play wow on three pcs at a time and atcually be good.I would like to also think it is fake too, but the truth is, I think it is real. Not only has this story been all over the net already, it's also in the mainstream media as well, like CNN, FOX News & MSNBC. And I hear Wire magazine is going to cover this too on their next issue, as well as PC Gamer. As scary as it might sound, freaks like this "Prepared" guy actually do exist out there.......
... doesn't tito play any good games?Define "good". Oh, and do it without mentioning any actual games, if you can. Anybody can say "your games suck",....anybody.
"Anybody" does not faze me at all.
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Need for Speed: Undercover
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (maybe)
Halo 3: Recon
And always, the newest Madden
Need for Speed: Undercover
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (maybe)
Halo 3: Recon
And always, the newest Madden
I think everyone should print those pics out and put them up on their wall as a constant reminder that if your desk ever ends up looking like that, it's time to shoot yourself.Well, I am glad to see somebody was as dismayed as I was with this. Hey Strider, why don't you try to invite this "Prepared" guy to join TWHL, maybe he could hook us up with some spare laptops for free.
I'm not going to judge someone for playing a little WoW, but 36 accounts?! 36 accounts/copies/whatever of any game is just ridiculous.
Edit: Ooops, double post, my bad. Sorry.....
It all comes down to money of course, some nerds are willing to pay 4 times as much money each month so naturally it's allowed by BlizzardOf course Blizzard is going to allow multiboxing, it's in their best financial interest. They know once people start confronting these multiboxers more frequently, the honest, single character player out there will have no choice but to also become a multiboxer, and therefore remain competitive on equal terms with the other multiboxing players. It will be like an arms race, the best player will not be decided by who has the best gaming skills, but by who has the most simultaneous accounts. And who will benefit the most out of this? Why good'ol Blizzard of course. CACH'ING - CACH'ING - CACH'ING.......
Oke tito nice words ... so why has he freaking 8+ mouses??I have no idea about the need of so many mousses. That hardware setup of his is beyond me, I have not seen anything like it before, other than what I have seen in command & control rooms while I was in the military years ago. Which brings me to a little question: Now that this guy has been brought out wide in the open by the press, I wonder how long till somebody else out there tries to surpass him in the number of simultaneous accounts?
Some game blog site by the name "TecheBlog.com" asked Prepared on how he controls so many characters at once, they stated this:
Its called duel-boxing, its a completely legal hack as far as WoWHQ are concerned due to the fact you need to pay for more than one account. The hack allows you on any computer with any number of screens to run two separate windows and control all players at once with a program like autohotkey.
Its called duel-boxing, its a completely legal hack as far as WoWHQ are concerned due to the fact you need to pay for more than one account. The hack allows you on any computer with any number of screens to run two separate windows and control all players at once with a program like autohotkey.
Hey, any body here knows how he managed to get a 4-way split screen on each of his laptops? Is it a software trick, or some gadget that lets you do that?
What I meant was the massive amount of hardware involved, not to mention all that cash needed to pay to keep this going. Surely you don't find this normal.
I just came across this story, and it just blew my mind away. It's just amazing on how much time some people have on their hands, and in this case, money too. I know Warcraft gamers are one of the most loyal players to their game, but damn,....even this case has to be a bit extreme, even to Warcraft standards. Anyway, here's what I found:
I don't know, but.......is it just me, or is there somthing wrong with this?.......
Gamer juggles over 30 Warcraft charactersHere is what the gaming setup of this "Prepared" looks like:
Meet the mad king of Azeroth.
By Ben Silverman - Yahoo games
Think you play too much World of Warcraft? Compared to "Prepared," you don't. In a case of game addiction gone officially bananas, gaming blog Joystiq reports on what is surely the biggest Warcraft fan of them all. Known only under the moniker "Prepared," the gamer plays a stunning 36 World of Warcraft accounts on 11 different computers...simultaneously. Stemming from a desire to manage raids - large-scale gameplay sessions that typically require the teamwork of multiple players - all by himself, the die-hard gamer seems undaunted by both the financial and lifestyle commitments to such a geeky endeavor. "It costs me exactly $5711 in subscription costs per year with 36 accounts on the 6 month pay schedule," he writes. "Not bad considering I'm looking at it like it's a hobby and there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft." Like yachting, perhaps. And despite the downturn in the economy, Prepared can't wait to get his hands on the upcoming Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. "I lan to be at the store when it opens and will purchase 36 copies of it. With tax, it should be about $1500 for all of them. "Word of Prepared's over-the-top addiction comes on the heels of the annual Blizzcon Convention, a fan-oriented celebration of the games created by Warcraft publisher Blizzard.
Anyone who looks forward to a Halo game must be a virgin.Hey, you forgot to bash the Wii too........
GoW2 looks...well...exactly like the first game. Pfft, consoles are a joke. All they do is cause arguments. I own a 360 and right now I am not looking forward to any of its upcoming games. As for the whole 'PS3 is more powerful' argument, who gives a fuck. All those games are bullshit too.
I'm going to learn C# because I already know C++ and syntax is similar.Then you are going to need a good text book on the subject. Now, I myself just recently purchased a copy of Apress's "Beginning C# 2008: From Novice to Professional". This is a $40.00 hard cover book, but I also got with it an "ebook" version of it (the whole book as a pdf file).
Some site where I can see what libraries does? Like a TWHL entity list but libraries?
Since you seem interested in C#, I will do you a favor and let you and anybody else for that matter download the ebook right from this link: http://66.7.210.142/~virtualh/Apress.Beginning.C.Sharp.2008.From.Novice.to.Professional.Nov.2007.zip
Has anyone noticed how Tito has been posting a lot of threads relevant to no one's interest lately? Just an observation.Well gee, sorry for hurting your sensitivities.
you're kidding, right? That looks terrible.I suppose I should have put it like this from the start: The least worst looking game out of the not so hot Spider-man series franchise. Does it sound better now?
BWAAAAAAAYea, you might be right. Just don't post that on any of the Marvel discussion boards out there, it won't get received well.
Ye it does look like shit.
Mjeh
The awesome, new Web of Shadows trailer is finally out, and I got to tell you, this looks like the best looking Spider-Man game yet: http://www.superherohype.com/news/spider-mannews.php?id=7723
Uhm,....if any body did not yet see the full teaser trailer that Fox removed, apperantly this "fan movie site" has it: http://dbthemovie.com/
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/01/live-aThanks for the backup link, Habboi. Gee, I wonder why the movie's website removed the video trailer that superherohype.com was linking from.....could it have been the massive amount of "two thumbs down" they were getting from the public? I agree with Urbanebula when he said that they could have gone the CG way of doing the movie, at least this way they could have used the original voice cast from the anime. I can see this movie not coming out in theaters and instead it be released direct to DVD as a "B" movie.
ction-dragonball-movie-trailer/
Since your link is dead now.
Look, I will come out and say it, Dragonball (Z & GT) was my favorite anime years ago. Even to this day, I don't think no other anime ever managed to bring out the excitement like this one did. Now with that said, after watching the trailer to the new live action Dragonball movie, I must say I am disappointed. As far as I am concerned, it has very little resemblance to the Dragonball anime and the movie looks too low budget. See for your self: http://www.superherohype.com/news/dragonballnews.php?id=7704
People still watch Doctor Who? Amazing....
I think I will take a risk and put my two cents here. One thing I have notice over the past few years is that some of these big computer brands like Dell, HP and others are not including a physical Windows operating system disk (or recover disk) with their packaged systems. They are instead shipping the computers with their hard drives configured with two separate partitions. One partition, the main one, has the installed operating system all ready to go. The other second, smaller partition has a sort of "virtual disk" version of a normal Windows recover CD. From this "system recover partition" is where you initiate a reformatting of the main partition to re-install everything. I know it sounds a bit confusing, but hey, that's how HP's tech support explained it to me on how to do it when reformatting my PC. Dell does more or less the same thing too.
Oh yea. My guess is, people will start reacting when it actually happens, just like with everything else. But then again, it could be just all bullshit.