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Clams Progress
The clams are coming along pretty well. I've got the shells opening and closing, and am adding the blue "meat" now. Spent a few hours last night chasing a bug in which only the right half of the shells showed up on the screen. Finally tracked it down to a "2" which should have been a "1" buried deep in the .x file. That's the problem with having to hand-craft these model files. If only there were a proper Lightwave plugin which would save .x files with all the hierachy and custom surface normals intact.
It sure helps having an actual clamshell for reference.
Jim Sachs
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Great news. Many thanks.
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Hang on, that clam isn't blue?? (I never got the whole blue thing, does anyone have any pictures of the sort of blue clams MA3 is based on?)
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The "meat" of the clam is blue (or green, or purple). It retracts when the shell is closed. They can close fairly rapidly when brushed by a fish, then open slowly.
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![]() Hang on, that clam isn't blue?? (I never got the whole blue thing, does anyone have any pictures of the sort of blue clams MA3 is based on?)John
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So, any timetable on the clam beta release?
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![]() Finally tracked it down to a "2" which should have been a "1" buried deep in the .x file. That's the problem with having to hand-craft these model files. If only there were a proper Lightwave plugin which would save .x files with all the hierachy and custom surface normals intact.
![]() Have you reached out to any in the Lightwave community with such a request?
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Many times. No one but me seems to use Lightwave for DirectX development. They are all doing movies.
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So the next project is MA3 the Movie, the sequel to Finding Nemo.
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Can't wait Jim
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The movie is kinda the whole point...!
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Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!
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The clams are coming along slowly. I had a bit of a setback when my first try at animating the mantle (the blue part) failed. The "teeth" of the shell kept chopping through it. I'm re-designing the mantle now.
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Okay, I now get the blue clam thing and feel a tiny bit slow. The sides of the clams are beigey-greenish but hardly visible at all. The blue stuff is the inside which is sticking out much more than I expected and not looking all that inside-of-clam-ish (looks hard, not soft). It looked like blue shell to me, hence my confusion...
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I am still confused. Perhaps the final version will clarify matters.
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Ahhh... I see! - or rather I do now but I didn't!
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The green and blue part would be considered part of the meat of the clam.
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If the green and blue bits are the insides it is little wonder the shells were "chopping through" them.
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I had always assumed that everyone had seen clams, knew how they worked, and would be very critical if I didn't get the movement exactly right. Now I see that it will be more of an educational experience for most.
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Since when has knowing anything about movement ever been a prerequisite for criticism?
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