Progress?

IXNAY · 05-23-2002, 04:49 AM

Hey Jim I just want to ask how the frehswateraquarium is going? What have you finished to far? I don't want a releasedate...ok maybe I'm going on your nerves with this qustion, then don't reply...

patscarr · 05-23-2002, 04:55 AM

I'm kinda curious too.

James · 05-23-2002, 05:29 AM

A regular progress news update will be appreciated.....
BUT we not putting any presure on u Jim....
we r just curious

Jim Sachs · 05-23-2002, 08:40 AM

Still working on building the background. Like the current Marine Aquarium, it will start out with a 2D background. However, it will have swaying plants, and that is rather difficult.

drfish · 05-23-2002, 09:09 AM

...swaying plants... *grin*

memilm · 05-23-2002, 11:47 PM

That's very nice from you to keep us in touch with the progress of the new screensaver.
Have you some fish species allready done?
Can you tell us something about how many fishes will be allowd to insert into one tank?

patscarr · 05-24-2002, 12:22 AM

Jim, would you say that you are 25, 50, or 75 percent finished?

Jim Sachs · 05-24-2002, 12:46 AM

Nope, can't give a percentage. At any moment, I may run into an obstacle which would mean throwing away everything I've done so far, so I could be at 0% and not know it.

Yellow Tang · 05-24-2002, 02:44 AM

Great answer, Jim. I'll keep it in mind and use it for our customers...

IXNAY · 05-24-2002, 09:12 AM

Hey this swaying plants sounds cool, makes me happy. YEAH

IXNAY · 05-27-2002, 09:31 AM

Hey Jim, how long do you take to create a fish in general? And how many polygons has a fish?
I'm just asking because I modeled a bit for a game in the past...

Socrates · 05-27-2002, 02:41 PM

Plants. Plants. Plants.

Axle · 05-28-2002, 01:01 AM

Heck while we are playing 20 questions, how many poly's does a neon tetra have? They're so tiny and shiny, i cant wait to see how they reflect like the Copperband Butterfly-fish does.

Tiny Turtle · 05-28-2002, 02:39 AM

Yay! That's me and my younger brother: Shiny Turtle

/TT

feldon34 · 05-28-2002, 04:01 AM

The saltwater fish are <cross>~150</cross> 270 polygons.

IXNAY · 05-28-2002, 04:48 AM

WOW, only 150? That's great I think...

Jim Sachs · 05-28-2002, 10:50 AM

All the fish so far are 270 polygons, except the Lionfish, which is 359.

feldon34 · 05-28-2002, 01:09 PM

Oops. See, I'm not all knowing or all seeing.

IXNAY · 05-30-2002, 03:55 AM

Hehe ok, I tried to count them and 150 was nearly impossible

fubarhq · 05-31-2002, 03:19 PM

Jim,

I saw the wishlist and there sure is a variety. Being an aquarist for the past few years and knowing that you usually work out of your own preconceived ideas, what is the basis for the freshwater aquarium livestock? On the title picture above, I see a molly and an "angel?" I take it then it may be safe to presume, it is to be a freshwater aquarium in the traditioanl sense of the word? Neons, mollies, bala sharks, barbs, gouramis, etc. etc.? I see people asking for arowanas and the like, but are we to assume then that this will NOT house cichlids and arowanas or other fish that in a "REAL" freshwater aquarium mixed with the smaller fish would be quite inadvisable and in most cases would render most traditional fish as "meals?" Just asking for a little incite as to the basis for the livestock? You have always seemed to lean towards the livestock in the serene screen being true to the type that could pretty much "hang out" together and with the cvariety of freshwater set-ups one could build (cichlid, discus, goldfish, freshwater brackish?), wondering if you were going to do that again here?

Ok, enough rambling, appreciate the answer in advance.

05-23-2002, 04:49 AM	#1
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	Progress? Hey Jim I just want to ask how the frehswateraquarium is going? What have you finished to far? I don't want a releasedate...ok maybe I'm going on your nerves with this qustion, then don't reply... IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -

05-23-2002, 04:55 AM	#2
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	I'm kinda curious too. Patrick

05-23-2002, 05:29 AM	#3
James Principal Engineer as SDET Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Was in Auckland, New Zealand, Now in Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 1,406	A regular progress news update will be appreciated..... BUT we not putting any presure on u Jim.... we r just curious James C Chen Principal Engineer as SDET, Connected Services HTC Corporation 88 Section 3. Zhongxing Road Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan www.htc.com

05-23-2002, 08:40 AM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Still working on building the background. Like the current Marine Aquarium, it will start out with a 2D background. However, it will have swaying plants, and that is rather difficult. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-23-2002, 09:09 AM	#5
drfish the Doc Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Zeeland, MI Posts: 5,357	...swaying plants... grin I don't watch commercials.

05-23-2002, 11:47 PM	#6
memilm Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: germany Posts: 259	Nice to know about progress That's very nice from you to keep us in touch with the progress of the new screensaver. Have you some fish species allready done? Can you tell us something about how many fishes will be allowd to insert into one tank?

05-24-2002, 12:22 AM	#7
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Jim, would you say that you are 25, 50, or 75 percent finished? Patrick

05-24-2002, 12:46 AM	#8
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Nope, can't give a percentage. At any moment, I may run into an obstacle which would mean throwing away everything I've done so far, so I could be at 0% and not know it. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-24-2002, 02:44 AM	#9
Yellow Tang YT Join Date: Jan 2002 Tournaments Won: 1 Location: Germany Posts: 729	Great answer, Jim. I'll keep it in mind and use it for our customers...

05-24-2002, 09:12 AM	#10
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	Hey this swaying plants sounds cool, makes me happy. YEAH IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -

05-27-2002, 09:31 AM	#11
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	Hey Jim, how long do you take to create a fish in general? And how many polygons has a fish? I'm just asking because I modeled a bit for a game in the past... IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -

05-27-2002, 02:41 PM	#12
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	Plants. Plants. Plants. Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!

05-28-2002, 01:01 AM	#13
Axle Registered Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 59	Heck while we are playing 20 questions, how many poly's does a neon tetra have? They're so tiny and shiny, i cant wait to see how they reflect like the Copperband Butterfly-fish does. Axle Foley Avid User of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-28-2002, 02:39 AM	#14
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Yay! That's me and my younger brother: Shiny Turtle /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.

05-28-2002, 04:01 AM	#15
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	The saltwater fish are <cross>~150</cross> 270 polygons. "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 Last edited by feldon34; 05-28-2002 at 01:11 PM.

05-28-2002, 04:48 AM	#16
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	WOW, only 150? That's great I think... IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -

05-28-2002, 10:50 AM	#17
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	All the fish so far are 270 polygons, except the Lionfish, which is 359. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

05-28-2002, 01:09 PM	#18
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Oops. See, I'm not all knowing or all seeing. "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

05-30-2002, 03:55 AM	#19
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	Hehe ok, I tried to count them and 150 was nearly impossible IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -

05-31-2002, 03:19 PM	#20
fubarhq Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dallas (NYC born & raised) Posts: 12	Your ideas Jim, I saw the wishlist and there sure is a variety. Being an aquarist for the past few years and knowing that you usually work out of your own preconceived ideas, what is the basis for the freshwater aquarium livestock? On the title picture above, I see a molly and an "angel?" I take it then it may be safe to presume, it is to be a freshwater aquarium in the traditioanl sense of the word? Neons, mollies, bala sharks, barbs, gouramis, etc. etc.? I see people asking for arowanas and the like, but are we to assume then that this will NOT house cichlids and arowanas or other fish that in a "REAL" freshwater aquarium mixed with the smaller fish would be quite inadvisable and in most cases would render most traditional fish as "meals?" Just asking for a little incite as to the basis for the livestock? You have always seemed to lean towards the livestock in the serene screen being true to the type that could pretty much "hang out" together and with the cvariety of freshwater set-ups one could build (cichlid, discus, goldfish, freshwater brackish?), wondering if you were going to do that again here? Ok, enough rambling, appreciate the answer in advance. Dave "no one is worthless, you can always be used as a bad example."