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Geek Culture / TGC Newsletter - Issue 44 (September)

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 02:16 Edited at: 2nd Sep 2006 02:16
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Hi all,

Issue 44 of the TGC Newsletter is out.



This is one of the largest issues ever released. Apologies to those of you on modems, there are a lot of graphics in here! But we've got some monster content to make it worth-while, including:

TGC Programming Competition 2006
PhysX Card Promotion
FPS Creator Model Packs 3 and 4
Styx for DBPro
Dark AI Updates
Tutorial: Bendy Bonds
Tutorial: Lightmapping with Dark Lights
Tutorial: Speed up your physics

Read it on-line here. If you've got competition related questions, please post them in the Dark Physics board (I'll make a thread for them now).

Cheers,

Rich

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Habatar
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 02:19
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Great Newsletter Rich.

Happy to see a lot of competitions, a FPSC update and a lot of tutorials / tips.

Thanks.

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Peter H
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 02:26 Edited at: 2nd Sep 2006 02:47
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wow! that's a whopper!

[edit] *goes to troll brain for physics ladden games*

"We make the worst games in the universe..."
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Jon Fletcher
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 02:47
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great


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David iz cool
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 03:08
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kool!
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Miguel Melo
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Quote: "More information in our newsletter as DarkGDK .NET finishes beta testing and hits release status. It will be priced the same as the DarkGDK."


It's a fair price for it if you don't have "normal" GDK yet... but I need to ask, will current Dark GDK users get a (hefty) discount when they get the "sibling" product?

Let's hope so...

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 03:20
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No idea, it hasn't been discussed yet. Given the work that Paul has put into it I wouldn't hold your breath, but we can discuss next week.

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Oddmind
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 03:32
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hooray for the next installment! Reading up now.

formerly KrazyJimmy

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Darth Vader
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 06:11
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Is the compotetion only for US and UK residnets? Or can us Aussies join?
What .NET I am not to sure!
Great stuff Rich!


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Jeku
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 07:38
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Quote: "Is the compotetion only for US and UK residnets? Or can us Aussies join?"


What part of:

Quote: "If you've got competition related questions, please post them in the Dark Physics board (I'll make a thread for them now)."


went over your head?


"I understand creative people. After all, I worked with towel designers." - Ray Kassar, former head of Atari
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dark coder
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 08:47
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Well your methods of selling both dark physics and a ppu have increaced and sold me :o.

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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just wondering, in relation to this special offer, egg.com is US only, and it says in the newsletter that other sites will follow. how will we be notified of other sites being involved?

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Dark Eternity
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how comes in the fpsc v1.01 it says about u6.3? am i missing something here? also i think we need the source code for the latest update

Scorched Skies is waiting,can you help

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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one other thing: who actually makes the magazine covers?

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Isn't it Simon ?

Come to the last Unofficial DBPro Convention - register interest by Saturday 2/9/06 (http://convention.logicstudios.net/)
Demoing at the last Chichester Convention : Humans On A Planet
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Quote: "how comes in the fpsc v1.01 it says about u6.3? am i missing something here? also i think we need the source code for the latest update"

This are coming, I think.

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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 21:09 Edited at: 3rd Sep 2006 01:56
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Looks great Rich! My games even in the on the forums section,Yay!!!



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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 22:35 Edited at: 2nd Sep 2006 22:41
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who writes the newsies? they're stonkingly gobsmackingly brilliant!

@ARRAYinator: Get your website link here, so people don't have to type it in their address bar, and it'll be much easier!!!
http://www.freewebs.com/bitwisesoftware/

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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rich does... i thought *that* was obvious :/

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Phlum
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silly me

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Bahamut
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Quote: "Also, will people please stop emailing us asking if they can be 'selected' to win DBPro in the next issue. No, you cannot. It's a random lucky draw people. "


Come on, someone has to own up to this...

IceBound Melodic rock/metal band with loads of lead guitar, clean female vocals, and more guitars! What more could you want?
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MikeS
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 01:11
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Great newsletter Rich, physics competition sounds exciting!



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Teh Go0rfmeister
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yeh... just waiting to be able to get the dam card with this promo in the uk

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 18:08
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I write the newsletters - other than articles written by specific people like Grant, Steve and Kevin.. although it has to be said other than Steve I often spend ages needing to spell check and proof read their stuff! Great coders they may be, but I swear they failed English class sometimes (and I'm sure I miss loads of their mistakes too)

I do all the graphics you see in the newsletter, including the covers for the most part. If I'm running really low on time I'll buy a cool piece of stock art from iStockPhoto, Dreamstime or Renderosity to use as backgrounds. This month for example was an illustration from Dreamstime, tweaked for the newsie. All graphical headers, screen grabs, etc (and most other covers) I design myself. Simon hasn't done any cover art for nearly a year I don't think.

We're coming up to the 48th issue, which may not sound particularly special, but it signifies 4 *years* worth of newsletter work from me. When I look back over all the back issues that is hell of a lot, and it's amazing how TGC has changed during that time.

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We're coming up to the 48th issue, which may not sound particularly special, but it signifies 4 *years* worth of newsletter work from me. "


also signifies my 4th yrs as a member of the community... sheesh, has it really been that long?

Quote: "When I look back over all the back issues that is hell of a lot, and it's amazing how TGC has changed during that time."

roger that

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Quote: "We have released Dark A.I. 1.04"


Wow! TGC are doing a great job on everything including (but not limited to) Styx and Dark AI. Keep it up!

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Aye, the TGC be a changin' all the time...

Arr, I not be sure where to post this, so I be postin' it here... will we be a seein' a thread 'bout the convention any time soon? I be itching to hear more 'bout it...

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Miguel Melo
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@Richard Davey: Can you put in a word for us DGDK users and ask Lee that the full featured 6.2b version of the GDK gets released with the next newsletter? I really need shader/GPU shadows... Thanks.

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