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Geek Culture / TGC Newsletter Issue 39 is out

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 1st Apr 2006 23:38
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Hi all,



Issue 39 of the TGC newsletter is now out! It's quite a packed issue. Sporting a new design it includes features on Dark Physics (with screen shots!), Dark A.I., two great tutorials, loads of DBPro DLLs, Forum Chatter, PlayBasic news, a competition to win a PC (uk only), and quite a bit more besides.

http://www.thegamecreators.com/data/newsletter/newsletter_issue_39.html

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Rich

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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 1st Apr 2006 23:46
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Thankee kindly sir, I've been waitin' for this!

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BatVink
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 00:04
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I like the new look, compact and bijou.

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Chris Franklin
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Damm why did i use the fpsc trial already if i had have known there was a compo then i would have waited Great read still

Theme park simulator wip
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=71731&b=8
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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 00:26
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Very good newsletter


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Benjamin
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Yeah, good newsletter. And thanks for the mention.

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Peter H
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 01:28
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great newsletter!

not to be nitpicky but you might want to change the third link in the physics section...

the third " [ view full pic ]." links to the second picture... it should be
"http://www.thegamecreators.com/g/newsletter/issue39/physx_s3.jpg"

oh, and congratulations on your forum "vetern"cy scraggle

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 01:39 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2006 01:40
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Yes, new format is much better..


Missing Info About PlayBasic V1.28 from News letter 39
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=75671&b=20


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Saikoro
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 07:18 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2006 07:39
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Good job, kudos on the new design. Looks much better on my Hotmail account.

EDIT: Also nice to see you delivering the newsletter this month.

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Dave J
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 08:38
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And you actually linked directly to it, this time - Bravo!


"Computers are useless, they can only give you answers."
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Philip
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 13:27
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I prefer the new look as well.

Cheer if you like bears! Cheer if you like jam sandwiches!
Quote of the week: "I highly recommend Philip's Vector Tutorials" (RiiDii)
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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2006 17:35 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2006 18:21
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Wow, that one poll on the main page was just a trick, wasn't it? Make us think one thing is coming out, then give it all to us. It's insane...

World Class Physics - here soon
AI - here soon, apparently
Shaders and effects - A new DLL, coming soon
New IDE - Well, I'm suspicious, but John Y keeps talking about Synergy...

I forget what else there was. Tutorials? Those are ongoing. Batvink and Grant Clark always teach me something I should have already known. I always start out thinking "I can do that already", then they show me a better way.

Good stuff. Now can we get a plugin that allows us to use DBP to create a hot virtual woman? DarkBabez, perhaps? Or, DarkBooty might would work better. Hey, whatever works. With realistic physics, the possibilities are endless...

Keep it up TGC!


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Ulric
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Nice issue...interesting info, great design!!!

A pity this PhysX plugins comes now...it seems the "3D cloth and particules" plugin I bought a couple of months ago won't be needed anymore. Dear TGC, do you plan a special saving for customers who bought the other plugins before buying PhysX?

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Saikoro
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@ Philip - Kudos on inspiring the DarkAI. Looks like its gonna turn out to be one heck of a tool to use.

And the meek shall inherit the Earth...
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eer' we go again with the Grant Smith thing again. lol top issue rich


Cheers, Grant Clark. lol.

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Cash Curtis II
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Oh, I'm a jerk and I didn't even mean to be!!!
So, that's been done before? Why did I do that? Oh, the shame...


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anyone else think that the destroying the cloth thing is amazingly awsome? if you look closely the cloth has even torn at the top edges :o, i assume there like joints that break off at certain angles or something, and i hope to see lots of kickass tech demos when it comes out , maybe if you get some rings of fire with cars flying through them and watching the flames move as the cars brush past and things .

Halowed are the ori.
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Pincho Paxton
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Bullfighting....I see bullfighting!!!

It all looks cool! I Like the full page spread website. My cruddy Tiscali webpage shrinks everything into a box.

So who has tested the new update?

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Pincho Paxton
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Double post to make the little box blue!!!

I found the tutorial on using spinning boxes for paths very interesting. I haven't heard of that approach before. Or making limbs from the boxes............ very interesting!

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What about the Treemagik G3 news?! we've heard nothing!

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I heard alien codec sold the tree magik programs to TGC which means that there might not be a G3...

I am DarkEternity (DE for short) OWNER OF ANIRE!!!
We are looking for a coder, modelers etc
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Scraggle
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Posted: 12th Apr 2006 17:31
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It seems I am a 'vetern' whatever one of those is


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BatVink
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Posted: 12th Apr 2006 18:35 Edited at: 12th Apr 2006 18:36
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A vetern is a reference to ex-armed forces personnel who have appeared alongside Chris Tarrant. A very specific reference, I know, but totally true.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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The cloth is actually quite simple, if you press (i think its b) in Novodex Rocket, you can see it is jointed boxes with stress points and a mesh put over the top. Very clever.


At least farting ferrets are better than stinky stoats.
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Quote: "A vetern is a reference to ex-armed forces personnel who have appeared alongside Chris Tarrant"


Ok, now I understand

and here was me thinking that it was some kind of jug that veternarians use.


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