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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Dark clouds and cloud write

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Kezzla
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Posted: 3rd Feb 2011 12:44
hello,
Im interested in getting the dark clouds plugin, it seems pretty cool, and i see there is a cloud pack bundling dark clouds and cloud write for a discounted price.

I would like to know what benifite cloud write provides beyond dark clouds abilities.

it seems from reading the writeup that dark clouds simulates realistic realtime clouds and atmosphere, whereas cloud write seems to be more of a skybox maker.

is this assumption correct?

Im just curious because the cost is $49 vs $70
and id rather not spend an extra 20 dollars for something I do not need.

I just dont want to get dark clouds and then learn that cloud write does something amazing and end up buying them both seperatly

it just seems to me that dark clouds trumps cloud write unless there is something Im not aware of.

any advice or input will be greatly appreciated.

kezzla

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baxslash
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Posted: 3rd Feb 2011 14:14
CloudWright makes sky textures using the same system DarkCLOUDS uses so it's quicker to load but static so yes your assumption is correct.

DarkCLOUDS takes a while to load each time you start your game but other than that works pretty well.

Be aware that DC makes a 2D image and pastes it to the backdrop so if you have objects (like planes) they won't fly through the clouds.

Kezzla
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Posted: 4th Feb 2011 00:28
Cool, thanks for clearing that up.
I think im gonna go with dark clouds and skip the package.
Not that cloudwrite isn't good, i just don't need it.

Thankyou baxslash

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baxslash
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Posted: 4th Feb 2011 11:26
My pleasure!

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