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#1 |
Sage
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: West Hills, CA
Posts: 1,529
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Still the best Aquarium around.
I was in CompUSA yesterday and they were showing some other aquarium program on all their monitors (don't remember the name). The 3D was very nice on it. It had a moving anemone. The fish looked pretty good. And if you were to screen cap it I'm sure it would be amazing.
BUT. Big BUT here. The fish movements were HIDEOUS. Ruined the whole thing. All it did was remind me to come home and fire up the widescreen MA2 which I hadn't done in a while. This, BTW has been the difference between Sachs and Prolific's Sachs-based-Engine spin offs. A lot of people out there can do good 3d modeling. Some of them can even get the lighting and arrangement to look pretty decent. But NO ONE has pulled the whole package together like the Marine and Goldfish aquariums. No one else seems to aproach it as art. So on that note. Get me a 3d Saltwater background damnit. ![]()
Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!
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#2 |
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Michigan
Posts: 65
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'Still the best Aquarium around'
Amen to that! |
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#3 |
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lancashire, UK
Posts: 7,854
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I don't think you will get many disagreeing with that around here!
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#4 |
Smilie Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lebanon, PA
Posts: 4,725
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Got that right.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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#5 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Socrates - The 3D background is not on hold. I'm working on it right now.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#6 |
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lancashire, UK
Posts: 7,854
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Morgan/Michael, - can you ban him from playing any more games?
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#7 |
Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2000
![]() Location: Tennessee
Posts: 9,725
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I was thinking of putting him on a point system. 60 minutes in the arcade should be worth 1 new fish. Right now he owes us 26 new fish.
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Michael
Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & Gallery DVD Collection |
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#8 |
Registered
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lancashire, UK
Posts: 7,854
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How about, an afternoon with Candy, Mario and Ron, - once the BG is done!
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#9 |
Sage
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: West Hills, CA
Posts: 1,529
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![]() Socrates - The 3D background is not on hold. I'm working on it right now.
![]() Sweet. I have trouble keeping up. Not enough time lately.
Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!
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#10 |
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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![]() How about, an afternoon with Candy, Mario and Ron, - once the BG is done!
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#11 |
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Miami, Florida
Posts: 29
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This thread should be merged with the one I started Dec 15. Its name is: "Saw anemone + clown fish today" where I think I am quite alone defending the superiority (by far) of the MA2 over other competitiors. My guess is that the people who cannot tell the difference do not have experience with real reef aquariums. They tend to think that all fish swim the same way. They should know better.
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#12 |
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 10
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I've been playing around with the beta version of Dream Aquarium and I have to say, it's very impressive, even at an early stage.
There is a discussion on it here. Nothing like a bit of healthy competition ![]() PS: Apologies if I shouldn't post about MA competitors here, but I've seen others do it so assumed it was ok. |
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#13 |
Forum Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 10,939
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I'll have to read that topic you linked to. 12 pages so far.
We've got a good discussion of Dream Aquarium here in the Other Screen Savers part of our forum including posts by its author (only 4 pages so far). ![]()
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman |
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#14 |
Sage
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: West Hills, CA
Posts: 1,529
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Oy. That one is pretty nice.
Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!
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#15 |
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 41
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It is the best ever.
But just only two new fishs keep us waiting more than half year, it becomes not the best. I don't know when can I see the 3d background. Two years is reasonable. |
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#16 |
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Miami, Florida
Posts: 29
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Yeah! I guess the background must have motion to make the scene more believable. In that sense the Dream Aquarium is more realistic to watch. Also, the winner is the depth perspective it has by changing the size of the fish from foreground to background. When they come out with the reef tank, I'll buy it. It is clear they can make the anemone move and live rocks live.
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