Got it. The thing is being delivered to my apartment tomorrow afternoon. I spent an hour talking with the guys at the shop and the consensus was if I'm building a workstation, go for the efficient processor, not the powerhouse. Of course some will disagree, but I'm building PS2 type game content. This is all I need.…
a little alyx piece to add to the mix edit: also comes in background flavor! http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/gauss/pimp/alyx_1600.jpg 1600x1200 http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/gauss/pimp/alyx_1280.jpg 1280x960 http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/gauss/pimp/alyx_1024.jpg 1024x768
I guess it depends on your budget but i would have picked different hardware for a gaming rig. For CPU choice it's ok, but you could have gotten more power at least for gaming. A duo 8600 3Ghz outperforms any quad on crysis @ 1680x1050, except the QX9770 which is a real bargain at 1319$! ;)…
glib, I learned how to do this from the CGSociety "Share your Max Secrets" thread http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=6&t=160223 But I forget which of the 40 some pages it is on.[FONT="] [/FONT]
I just bought a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop (it is the small business series) that has: -1.8ghz Core2Duo -2gb RAM -160gb HDD -8600GT -15.4" LCD -5 hrs battery life All for about $740 after tax+shipping. It plays TF2 on highest settings, Crysis on medium, Guild Wars/WoW on highest. It is ridiculously sturdy and theres no…
Tinman, Gmanx: Agreed. I'll go back and make all these touch-ups after testing in game. I can't totally trust max's viewport for how it'll turn out, but if all this crits still stand once viewed there, your ideas are going in! Johny: Funny thing, I actually went into the blue channel and REDUCED the contrast of the texture…
and something i'm not allowed to show images on, but at least a packshot :D would guive screenshots but as it's PS2 i don't have the ability to grab my own and the ones on the net are not with my characters... :edit from 2016: I don't even project this was xD -snap- later last year ad for AMD and ATI, done together with…
Fixed it ... well kinda - Haven't tested it but it compiles now. I had to comment out some math in the Translucency lighting model function. Might looked borked. //==============================Info===============================/*Soft Light Skin Shaderrelease 1 (First public release)History: - R1 (10/05/2006): Initial…
Hey guys, Sorry for not replying sooner, I've been really busy workin' on AOTS. Anwyay, I use it as my screen replacement. You can rotate it like a piece of paper and lay it down flat or stand it up almost to 90 degrees. I have developed 3 styles of working with it. The first style is using it as just a monitor. It has…