Re: Experimenting With Smoke... 2005-06-08 - By Andrew
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Since the discussion is on old video games... I own one of the second
generation pong. (The first generation had small stick joysticks and
about 1000 units were made; the second generation had circular
rotating wheels and they mass produced these for retail.)
AWBenson
PS: Don't know if it still work or if I have all the parts to it...
--- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers" <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
wrote:
> Actually, I think I have you even beat with that, Glen. I STILL have
> an old Bentley (full name?) video arcade system (a non-brand). All it
> consisted of were rectangle pixels (probably 1 x 6) that were used for
> "paddles" and a 1 x 1 pixel for the "ball" with just 4 games: ping
> pong, tennnis, hockey, and squashball(?). And we were the only kids
> on the block that had it, too. :)
>
> Hey, and remember the Magnavox Odyssey system?
> <http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm> And what about the Coleco
> Telstar? <http://www.pong-story.com/coleco.htm>
>
> Boy, talk about a trip down memory lane. :)
>
> Cheers.
>
> Claudia
> "Selocic"
> - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Glen Allen" <gallen8969@(protected)> wrote:
> > Hey Claudia,
> >
> > I've got ya beat there... I've got an Atari 400 in my basement -
it used
> > PM (Player-Missile) Graphics. :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Glen
> >
> >
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)] On
Behalf
> > Of ccoles_avengers
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:36 PM
> > To: Carrara@(protected)
> > Subject: [Carrara] Re: Experimenting With Smoke...
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the "sprite" explanation. My recollection of sprites were
> > also with games, some reminiscent of ATARI ST 1040 games [ ooops,
> > showing my age, there. :) ]. But it's good to hear you mention the
> > Amiga. Brings back memories. :)
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Claudia
> > "Selocic"
> > - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
> >
> > --- In Carrara@(protected), "elsiget" <elsiget@(protected)> wrote:
> > > If you have the need for placing a texture and have that texture
face
> > > the camera, like a billboard or a plane with point at behaviour,
> > > but you need it for particles, that's what the plug-in is for...
> > > A sprite is a bitmap that is rendered as a 2d object, but it can
have
> > > a distance from the camera, and a placement in a 3d environment (if
> > > it's a sprite in 3d, 2d sprites are usually just bitmaps, like those
> > > rendered in games.
> > > I'm not going to cover hardware sprites and how one could with
only 8
> > > hardware sprites make really cool effects on the Amiga for
instance.).
> > >
> > > So if you need particles to act like billboards/planes w/point-at
> > > behaviour that's basically what it does (point at modifier for each
> > > individual particle, at least if its name is anywhere near
describing
> > > its function, and Mike's usually pretty good at descriptive names).
> > >
> > > --- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers"
<ccoles_shado@(protected)>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Oooops, my bad...I used an unfriendly file name format:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Smoke Effect Using Sprite Plugin
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor%28div
> > x%29.avi>
> > > >
> > > > 2) Smoke Effect Without Plugin
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor_no_sp
> > rites%28d\
> > > > ivx%29.avi>
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully that willwork now.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.
> > > >
> > > > Claudia
> > > > "Selocic"
> > > > - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers"
> > > > <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > >
> > > > > Just trying to get a grasp on some of Michael's cool
plugins. I
> > > > > am experimenting with his Sprite plugin in trying to create a
> > > > > smoke effect. Now please note, I am really not that
familiar with
> >
> > > > > the particle system so I don't know if this is the exact way
that
> > smoke is
> > > > > supposed to be achieved in Carrara, but I experimented with
> > > > > creating smoke with and without Mike's plugin, and the only
> > > > > difference I saw was that the one that did not use the sprite
> > > > > plugin was a bit darker (sometimes desireable) than the one
using
> > > > > the plugin. Otherwise, I couldn't really tell the difference.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could anyone help out here and tell me exactly "what" I
should be
> > > > > seeing that would be different with adding the Sprite plugin? I
> > guess
> > > > > I am missing the concept here of the polygons needing to "face"
> > > > > the camera in this instance.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Smoke Effect Using Sprite Plugin
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor(divx)
> > .avi>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) Smoke Effect Without Plugin
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor_no_sp
> > rites(divx).avi>
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh, BTW, these clips were generated *before* installing the
latest
> >
> > > > > Sprite Plugin update.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Claudia
> > > > > "Selocic"
> > > > > - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
> >
> >
> >
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