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#1621 |
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The initial fish in MA3 will be the same as MA2.6. After I re-do those using the new fish model, then I will be adding others. The ones you mentioned are still possibilities.
Jim Sachs
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#1622 |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Maui, HI
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Well, the fish I posted may be rare in aquariums, but you can always take another trip out to Maui
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#1623 |
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cant wait
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups !
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#1624 |
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I'm all for letting the lionfish eat other designated feeder fish. Great video.
Also, I know it would be a really high polygon count, but would a sea dragon be possible? With matching seaweed? ![]() |
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#1625 |
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Location: Southern Oregon
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One problem I've always had to contend with in computer graphics is the believablilty factor. I had planned on a Weedy-Leafy Sea Dragon, but would people accept it as real?
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#1626 |
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One would hope so. There are a lot of wierd creatures in our oceans!
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#1627 |
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Location: Southern Oregon
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I certainly hope not.
Jim Sachs
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#1628 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle
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![]() I'm all for letting the lionfish eat other designated feeder fish. Great video.
Also, I know it would be a really high polygon count, but would a sea dragon be possible? With matching seaweed? ![]() ![]()
Reasons people don't watch Star Trek:
60% - It’s for nerds. 39% - The show’s stupid. 01% - My parents were killed by Klingons and it's still too painful. |
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#1629 |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Las Vegas
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I thought the idea was to make it as realistic as practical, not to help you go to sleep or something.
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#1630 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle
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![]() I thought the idea was to make it as realistic as practical, not to help you go to sleep or something.
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Reasons people don't watch Star Trek:
60% - It’s for nerds. 39% - The show’s stupid. 01% - My parents were killed by Klingons and it's still too painful. |
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#1631 |
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Location: Southern Oregon
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Don't worry, the fish will never eat each other in the SereneScreen Aquarium.
Jim Sachs
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#1632 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle
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![]() Don't worry, the fish will never eat each other in the SereneScreen Aquarium.
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Reasons people don't watch Star Trek:
60% - It’s for nerds. 39% - The show’s stupid. 01% - My parents were killed by Klingons and it's still too painful. |
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#1633 |
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![]() One problem I've always had to contend with in computer graphics is the believablilty factor. I had planned on a Weedy-Leafy Sea Dragon, but would people accept it as real?
![]() In other words, I, for one, vote for including the incredulable and let the buyer "suspend their own disbelief" Jim. ![]()
Praying for a Pufferfish...
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#1634 |
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![]() I've saved the above "photograph" of the Sea Dragon as the wallpaper on my many Macs, but for the life of me, even though I know it's a real photo (as evidenced by the Nat. Geo. credits at the bottom of the pic) it's still very hard to believe it's actually a picture and not CG. I'm going to screw up the quote, but once again, "There is more in Heaven and Earth than exists in your philosophy Heratio (or Watson)."
In other words, I, for one, vote for including the incredulable and let the buyer "suspend their own disbelief" Jim. ![]() ![]() |
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#1635 |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: San Diego
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This time I have to agree with Jim and John. An aquarium should be a good balance of fish, invertebrates and corals. I love sea dragons, but here it would be big, flamboyant and too distracting.
This is a tank, not a reef, and the fish should to interact in harmony, not gobble each other up. That leaves room for plenty of other interesting behaviors, such as schooling, or nibbling algae from the rocks. |
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#1636 |
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Debavocet may be right here. Even when aquariums are housing sea dragons, they are put in their own tanks. The lack of movement in normal behavior may not make them very exciting to watch.
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#1637 |
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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@Jim
Sorry if you answered this earlier: Are there any plans to include an option to use Marine Aquarium 3 as a motion desktop/wallpaper much like DreamScenes in Windows Vista? Would the /p option for .scr files work here? |
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#1638 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
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I'm totally opposed to seeing my artwork coverd by icons and other desktop clutter, so I'll do anything I can to stop it.
Jim Sachs
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#1639 |
The Architect
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle
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![]() I'm totally opposed to seeing my artwork coverd by icons and other desktop clutter, so I'll do anything I can to stop it.
![]() I think I know where you might be coming from. You don't want your beautiful artistic creation messed with, that is why you don't include features that allow the user to change the aquarium background image or put different texture skins on the fish. Icons and desktop clutter on top of a beautiful aquarium simulation is a miserable thing to contemplate. So let me try to dissuade you from reducing the functionality of MA products by doing something technical to make it impossible to use MA as a desktop wallpaper. IMHO you should put more weight on the interests of your customers. Respectfully yours ... - John, who loves to use MA2 as desktop wallpaper on the Mac ![]()
Reasons people don't watch Star Trek:
60% - It’s for nerds. 39% - The show’s stupid. 01% - My parents were killed by Klingons and it's still too painful. |
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#1640 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
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I've made my position clear. Anyone who doesn't like it is free to buy another program, or write their own. Look what's happened to Spore, now that users have been given too much control.
Jim Sachs
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