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Geek Culture / TGC Newsletter - Issue 42

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 03:54
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Hi all,

Ok, so you're going to read about the newsletter being released here on the forum first, rather than have it appear in your mailbox, thanks to bloody Microsofts bCentral service. It has been 'broken' all evening, and I'm fed-up waiting for them to fix it so I can send the issue out as it's now 1.50am in the morning

So anyway, the issue is uploaded and you're all welcome to read it now!



This month we've got features on eXtends, Dark Lights, Dark Physics and new product updates for Dark A.I., DBPro 6.2 and 3D World Studio. Lee also felt he'd like to write an article, so this month we've got the first of what I've dubbed the 'pyramid-head' articles (read it and you'll see why), as well as a superb piece from BatVink on Project Management, and a great conclusion to Grant's Arcade Environments series.

Read it all here.

I simply didn't have time to get the banner voting thing sorted, sorry, so I will announce that early next week. But otherwise, everything we wanted to get in this month is there.

Cheers,

Rich (who thought tonights Dr. Who episode was AWESOME btw!)

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Steve J
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 03:55 Edited at: 2nd Jul 2006 04:08
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Looks awesome!

edit: I like alien Codecs layout more than TGC's!

edit2: I am suprised again rich! You didnt make alien codec compliant. Needs the / at the end of the <link> tag for css include

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Zone Chicken
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 04:01 Edited at: 2nd Jul 2006 04:04
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WOW TGC!!

I had given up hope of getting the updates to Plant Life and TreeMagik since you obviously where not obligated after you purchased Aliencodec
Quote: "now upgrade to the latest versions (with all the bundled extras) completely free of charge"
that is great news.

Thank you.

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 04:06
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No problem, we had always planned to do that - we just didn't have time to until this week!

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Frozen Flame
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 04:09
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lol i saw this by typing the url in about 30 minutes ago. nice read

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hyrichter
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Awesome as always, Rich. I was going to ask you guys about Google Sketchup, but you're already ahead of me.

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MikeS
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 04:29
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Great job Rich and all other contributors, been looking forward to this all day.



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Wandering Swordsman
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 05:32
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The 'July Newsletter (Issue 42)' Link at the top of the forum doesn't work:


Forum Error Message:


EXE hacking, Winch Style! Cool!
Dark Explorer can change DBC Icons!?

Looks like a lot of great Apps on Winch's site.

TGC Newsletter - Issue 42:
Quote: "Mappy DLL for DarkBASIC Professional"

Isn't Mappy the same format Omega Basic can use?

Yet again, coolness!

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I carry a sword in one hand,
a gun in the other...
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Frozen Flame
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 07:09
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yea the last 2 numbers are switched, should be 25 not 52.

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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 09:35
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Thanks Rich.

Very good Neswletter.

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Darth Vader
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Excellent! Oh my gosh I always look forward to the first of the month! But now there is so much I have to buy!
Ahhhhh!!!


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Jess T
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 11:16
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Nice newsletter

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UDun
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Interesting newsletter. Good work. There is a lot of great plugins for DBP.

And thanks to Paul Johnston Thanks to have listen to my feedback about Dark AI.

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BatVink
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 13:34 Edited at: 2nd Jul 2006 13:36
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Too much information.
Must...stop...head...exploding.





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Nicholas Thompson
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what a fantastic newsletter! Very good read. Good news about TreeMagik too - I just noticed I had G2 and its up to G3 so I assume thats the free upgrade?

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Philip
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 15:44
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Great newsletter as ever but I'm truly scared by the picture of pointy head Lee.

Cheer if you like bears! Cheer if you like jam sandwiches!
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Hawkeye
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 16:02 Edited at: 2nd Jul 2006 16:04
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Ooo, sketch up looks mighty cool.

Quote: "Un-popular negative-value runtime error removed"

Yey!

Good issue as always - it's amazing to see all the new neat stuff that's happening. DBP is really starting to explode.


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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 17:54
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Awsome youve done it... AGAIN!

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 18:16
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Quote: "I just noticed I had G2 and its up to G3 so I assume thats the free upgrade?"


Absolutely.

Quote: "I'm truly scared by the picture of pointy head Lee."


hehe. Lee sent me that image a few weeks ago, I showed Rick and Rick was like 'oh dear', so I accidentally lost the file. But the day before I was compiling the issue, Lee sent me the picture file again, insisting it appear, so I had to give in (he is my boss after all!)

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Phaelax
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amiga podcast! (darkbasic newsletter and i get excited over the sentence involving 20 year old technology)

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Flindiana Jones
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 21:40
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Issue 42?

coincidence...or the most important newsletter to ever exist?

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EddieB
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2006 21:42 Edited at: 2nd Jul 2006 21:42
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42...*shivers*
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trogdor
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this is the best issue ever, a lot of stuff coming out
keep up the good work
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The answer to life, the universe and everything.

And a mighty luvly newsletter

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Alquerian
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Adding native google sketchup support into DBPro was a wise move guys. Keep making these wise moves and TGC will be one of the 'big boys'.

Great work!

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
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I was looking at Sketchup Last week. The pro version exports 3DS, but costs over £300.

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You can get gameSpace for £80 or so...

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Quote: "Adding native google sketchup support into DBPro was a wise move guys. Keep making these wise moves and TGC will be one of the 'big boys'."


are you stating DB isn't one of them 'big boys', cos when it comes to bedroom coding... i believe it is... (but thats my oppinion )

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Can someone tell me if the 'Real-Time Sky System' in the 'The Extends Expansion Pack' is for 3d environments and if our own skyboxes can be used for the day/night effects?

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Just had a play with sketchup....sweet baby jesus yodeling joyously from the rooftops!...thats damn cool.
Really it's amazing how simple the program is to use, I'll definately be incorperating that into game world editor.
Wonder how hard it will be to use DBP to export the sketchup files as .x or .3ds.

Other than that great newsletter as usual, mighty fine work all round.

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Simply amazing I was trying to eek out some framerates that my poor pc just could not handle when BAM! optimization code appears before me...I just slide it in and voila it worked beutifully I am very thankful for this it redefined the playability of my game.

Ink all over the screen...and dang it! Signature still does not show.
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