Marine Aquarium 3 Rumors and Speculation - Page 2

dhigbee · 08-18-2006, 05:58 PM

Mac version? Pretty please...

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

Tiny Turtle · 08-18-2006, 06:00 PM

Originally posted by dhigbee:

Mac version? Pretty please...

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

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

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

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.

drfish · 08-29-2006, 01:27 PM

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

08-18-2006, 06:00 PM	#22
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Originally posted by dhigbee: Mac version? Pretty please... 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 Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

08-18-2006, 11:32 PM	#23
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,790	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. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-19-2006, 09:52 PM	#25
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,790	Go diving Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-20-2006, 10:44 AM	#26
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	Thank you for taking the time to read this.

08-20-2006, 07:47 PM	#28
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Judging by your avatar you already got your scuba gear on - I'd say you're halfway there already... Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

08-18-2006, 05:58 PM	#21
dhigbee The Snorkeler Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 29	Mac version? Pretty please... (After all, UNIX is supposed to be so easy to code).

08-19-2006, 08:48 PM	#24
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,442	A reef would be nice

08-20-2006, 07:39 PM	#27
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,442	Its a long way to a reef from Edmonton Ab... but I would if I could but I can't

08-22-2006, 05:05 AM	#29
Overlord Registered Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 72	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.

08-22-2006, 07:42 AM	#30
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	I sure hope so. "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

08-24-2006, 12:07 PM	#31
Ian Registered Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	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?

08-25-2006, 04:03 PM	#32
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	As far as 3.0 goes no. There is nothing anywhere at this point other than Jim's computer, in the design stage. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

08-26-2006, 01:48 PM	#33
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Ian, Could you describe the background a wee bit more? What was different? /TT Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

08-29-2006, 11:31 AM	#34
memilm Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: germany Posts: 259	are there some features like zoom/follow fish and more backgrounds/gravel/tanks and switching between like DA?

08-29-2006, 12:18 PM	#35
Highlander Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Antwerp - Belgium Posts: 87	Any BETA screenshots ? Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups !

08-29-2006, 12:22 PM	#36
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,790	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. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-29-2006, 12:47 PM	#37
Highlander Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Antwerp - Belgium Posts: 87	hmmm a screenshot would have been nice dough ..... but ok i wait and wait and wait ...... Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups !

08-29-2006, 01:21 PM	#39
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Wow!!!, I can already tell this is going to be the best ever. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

08-29-2006, 01:27 PM	#40
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,357	Oh snap! That's awesome, I never expected to get any kind of preview, thanks Jim! I don't watch commercials.