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dhigbee 08-18-2006 05:58 PM

Mac version? Pretty please... :D

(After all, UNIX is supposed to be so easy to code).

Tiny Turtle 08-18-2006 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhigbee
Mac version? Pretty please... :D

Can't see why not. Jim has to finish the PC version first though so that a coupkle of other Jims (no, really) have something to convert to the Mac platform.

/Tiny Both Pretty & Pleasing

Jim Sachs 08-18-2006 11:32 PM

That's right. Jim O'Connor is the Mac guy. If he's interested in converting it, the job is probably his.

Jav - I haven't really thought too much about the number of fish available at any one time, but it should be significantly higher than the current number because the tank is bigger and the collision detection should be better. The z-depth of the tank will be a little deeper, but there's not any real advantage to making it very deep. The fish get too small when they are far away, there's more stuff to hide behind, there would be more 3D objects to slow down the frame rate. If it gets too deep, it's no longer an aquarium, it's a reef.

Ralph 08-19-2006 08:48 PM

A reef would be nice:)

Jim Sachs 08-19-2006 09:52 PM

Go diving :)

ESHIREY 08-20-2006 10:44 AM

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_19.gif

Ralph 08-20-2006 07:39 PM

Its a long way to a reef from Edmonton Ab... but I would if I could but I can't:sad:

Tiny Turtle 08-20-2006 07:47 PM

Judging by your avatar you already got your scuba gear on - I'd say you're halfway there already... :)

Overlord 08-22-2006 05:05 AM

Didn't see this question anywhere yet so I'll throw it out there. Will we receive the registration numbers for 3.0 shortly before it is finished? Seems that the rollout for 2.6 did not go quite as smooth as expected.

feldon34 08-22-2006 07:42 AM

I sure hope so.

Ian 08-24-2006 12:07 PM

I was in a department store in Edinburgh last week, they had on all of their PCs on display what appeared to be Marine Aquarium, but it had a different background to 2.x.

Could this have been a beta version? Are there any betas out there, or pre-installed OEM demos?

Jav400 08-25-2006 04:03 PM

As far as 3.0 goes no. There is nothing anywhere at this point other than Jim's computer, in the design stage.

Tiny Turtle 08-26-2006 01:48 PM

Ian,
Could you describe the background a wee bit more? What was different?

/TT

memilm 08-29-2006 11:31 AM

are there some features like zoom/follow fish and more backgrounds/gravel/tanks and switching between like DA?

Highlander 08-29-2006 12:18 PM

Any BETA screenshots ?

Jim Sachs 08-29-2006 12:22 PM

No to both questions. There will be one very wide tank, and the camera will be able to pan back and forth, maintaining the same distance and perpendicular angle from the tank. I'm working right at the outer edge of what's possible here, and if you want to follow the fish or change camera angles while maintaining realism, then you'll have to wait for the holodeck of the Enterprise in the 23rd century.

Highlander 08-29-2006 12:47 PM

hmmm a screenshot would have been nice dough ..... but ok i wait and wait and wait ......

Jim Sachs 08-29-2006 01:07 PM

2 Attachment(s)
OK, here are two screenshots of what I'm working on right now. Welcome to my world.

Jav400 08-29-2006 01:21 PM

Wow!!!, I can already tell this is going to be the best ever. :D

drfish 08-29-2006 01:27 PM

Oh snap! That's awesome, I never expected to get any kind of preview, thanks Jim! :)


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