Marine 3.0 beta yet? - Page 2

ESHIREY · 09-12-2007, 11:39 AM

hahahahaha

dspDrew · 09-26-2007, 05:22 PM

Please tell me this version is going to have dual screen support (unique for each monitor)..

Anybody know?

feldon34 · 09-26-2007, 06:58 PM

dspDrew,

Welcome to the forums!

The background will extend over both monitors, showing something different on each monitor, with fish swimming from screen to screen.

ESHIREY · 09-27-2007, 12:23 PM

dspDrew · 10-15-2007, 10:22 PM

Thanks guys, can't wait for this version to come out

enigma63941 · 10-16-2007, 01:08 AM

Hmmmm..its November now right? Almost end of the year? Do I see a beta on the horizon?

Jim Sachs · 10-16-2007, 03:09 PM

It's still October here in Oregon.

ESHIREY · 10-16-2007, 04:31 PM

hahahahahaha same here.

enigma63941 · 10-16-2007, 06:22 PM

By Jims standards we should have one anytime now..and I do mean ANYTIME. Tomorrow, next year..as long as it comes out right

ESHIREY · 10-16-2007, 10:59 PM

That's right.

PaulsPics · 10-24-2007, 08:17 AM

Just having a look see to see if anythings developed as yet and more importantly to keep in touch from Sydney down here.
yes as mentioned above , Christmas is almost here and it would be such a nice one to unwrap a new updated fish tank or even just an addition to the MAT tank, meanwhile time and tide etc etc , and my hair groweth white and suitable for a father Christmas. Maybe Grandpa will get something new to show the yougsters in the 'puter tank' . hope the beta works well and a release is pending . Thanks Jim , for the years of the fish screens .
pAUL Downunder

Jim Sachs · 10-24-2007, 08:51 AM

I'm back to working on MA3 full-time now that the big move from California to Oregon is over. Forward progress is being made.

ESHIREY · 10-24-2007, 01:18 PM

That's real good news.

Yellow Tang · 10-25-2007, 03:08 AM

It's still october!

Jim Sachs · 10-25-2007, 09:59 AM

Well, I can say right now that nothing significant will be happening before the end of the month. I'm currently stuck in the busy-work of reversing every texture used by the fish. The old program needed the images to be upside-down, while the new one uses rightside-up textures. I spent the last few days getting the first fish working in the new tank, finding a lot of changes that have to be made to each fish. It took me a while to realize that the eyes and fins were not moving because when you use shaders you are responsible for manually supplying all the transformations for objects; the parts are not automatically multiplied by the World Matrix or their local matrices. Ha, ha - more technical details than you need to know?

Anyway, one fish is now happily swimming around a rather blank tank. In fact, right THROUGH the few objects that are there, since there is no collision-avoidance yet.

cjmaddy · 10-25-2007, 11:11 AM

Sounds like still a long way to go! - But thanks for the update, Jim. It's nice to hear about progress, (or even lack of!). Much better than hearing nothing at all.... Thanks!

ESHIREY · 10-25-2007, 11:21 AM

In the past I had to put different things together and found out each time after the first one (which was the hardest) the other ones came a lot faster. I think Jim will have the same luck. After one hard one the others will come faster. Keep it up Jim. We all have faith in you that it will come easier for you.

Yellow Tang · 10-26-2007, 03:20 AM

Which fish? Is is yellow?

patscarr · 10-26-2007, 04:25 AM

Thanks for the great update, Jim!

feldon34 · 10-26-2007, 07:03 AM

Well the Yellow Tang is Jim's favorite fish in the tank -- to my knowledge.

09-12-2007, 11:39 AM	#21
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	hahahahaha Thank you for taking the time to read this.

09-26-2007, 06:58 PM	#23
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	dspDrew, Welcome to the forums! The background will extend over both monitors, showing something different on each monitor, with fish swimming from screen to screen. "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

09-27-2007, 12:23 PM	#24
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	Thank you for taking the time to read this.

10-16-2007, 03:09 PM	#27
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,771	It's still October here in Oregon. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-16-2007, 04:31 PM	#28
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	hahahahahaha same here. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

09-26-2007, 05:22 PM	#22
dspDrew Registered Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1	Please tell me this version is going to have dual screen support (unique for each monitor).. Anybody know?

10-15-2007, 10:22 PM	#25
dspDrew Registered Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1	Thanks guys, can't wait for this version to come out

10-16-2007, 01:08 AM	#26
enigma63941 Registered Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 247	Hmmmm..its November now right? Almost end of the year? Do I see a beta on the horizon?

10-16-2007, 06:22 PM	#29
enigma63941 Registered Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 247	By Jims standards we should have one anytime now..and I do mean ANYTIME. Tomorrow, next year..as long as it comes out right

10-16-2007, 10:59 PM	#30
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	That's right. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

10-24-2007, 08:17 AM	#31
PaulsPics Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 71	Just having a look see to see if anythings developed as yet and more importantly to keep in touch from Sydney down here. yes as mentioned above , Christmas is almost here and it would be such a nice one to unwrap a new updated fish tank or even just an addition to the MAT tank, meanwhile time and tide etc etc , and my hair groweth white and suitable for a father Christmas. Maybe Grandpa will get something new to show the yougsters in the 'puter tank' . hope the beta works well and a release is pending . Thanks Jim , for the years of the fish screens . pAUL Downunder Paul

10-24-2007, 08:51 AM	#32
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,771	I'm back to working on MA3 full-time now that the big move from California to Oregon is over. Forward progress is being made. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-24-2007, 01:18 PM	#33
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	That's real good news. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

10-25-2007, 03:08 AM	#34
Yellow Tang YT Join Date: Jan 2002 Tournaments Won: 1 Location: Germany Posts: 729	It's still october!

10-25-2007, 09:59 AM	#35
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,771	Well, I can say right now that nothing significant will be happening before the end of the month. I'm currently stuck in the busy-work of reversing every texture used by the fish. The old program needed the images to be upside-down, while the new one uses rightside-up textures. I spent the last few days getting the first fish working in the new tank, finding a lot of changes that have to be made to each fish. It took me a while to realize that the eyes and fins were not moving because when you use shaders you are responsible for manually supplying all the transformations for objects; the parts are not automatically multiplied by the World Matrix or their local matrices. Ha, ha - more technical details than you need to know? Anyway, one fish is now happily swimming around a rather blank tank. In fact, right THROUGH the few objects that are there, since there is no collision-avoidance yet. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-25-2007, 11:11 AM	#36
cjmaddy Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 7,854	Sounds like still a long way to go! - But thanks for the update, Jim. It's nice to hear about progress, (or even lack of!). Much better than hearing nothing at all.... Thanks!

10-25-2007, 11:21 AM	#37
ESHIREY Smilie Dragon Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lebanon, PA Posts: 4,725	In the past I had to put different things together and found out each time after the first one (which was the hardest) the other ones came a lot faster. I think Jim will have the same luck. After one hard one the others will come faster. Keep it up Jim. We all have faith in you that it will come easier for you. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

10-26-2007, 03:20 AM	#38
Yellow Tang YT Join Date: Jan 2002 Tournaments Won: 1 Location: Germany Posts: 729	Which fish? Is is yellow?

10-26-2007, 04:25 AM	#39
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,454	Thanks for the great update, Jim! Patrick

10-26-2007, 07:03 AM	#40
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Well the Yellow Tang is Jim's favorite fish in the tank -- to my knowledge. "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