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Nigel Hungerford-Symes's Forum Posts

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Real terrain, buildings.. The sanest way to use real terrain data is to use the atlas terrain enigine. It is still in developm... read more 10/04/2005 (12:34 am)
GG site cuttting off in fire fox I use FF on 1024x768 and have no problems... read more 10/02/2005 (5:35 pm)
Ambiguous error Remember if you are getting annoying errors you just can't work out, sometimes it helps to start a n... read more 10/01/2005 (7:47 pm)
Playing very long ambient soundtracks You can use Audacity to convert from mp3 to Ogg [url]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/[/url]... read more 10/01/2005 (5:32 am)
Export Weight Painting Yes. Another way cool tool Blender has, gotta love open source Blender!... read more 09/29/2005 (2:31 pm)
Python Script Error Yes I think this is the current state of affairs, but you can run two (or more) versions on Python o... read more 09/29/2005 (2:30 pm)
Linux support Thanks... read more 09/26/2005 (5:26 pm)
Recommend a good book for shaders? I'm not recommending them as such, but I have NVidia's "Cg Tutorial" and OGL's Orange book in my lib... read more 09/26/2005 (4:48 am)
Linux support On a side point but related point, is there any indication of how far away Milestone 3 is? I know... read more 09/25/2005 (10:03 pm)
Gun licenses @Jason It doesn't matter if it is legal in Russia, if you import and consume it in America (or an... read more 09/25/2005 (9:57 pm)
Huge Terrain Creator (HTC) for TSE I really didn't know what to expect but once I played with it, it blew me away! How easy is it to... read more 09/25/2005 (9:17 pm)
Graphic card recommendations? Www.tomshardware.com for a good guide I'd always go for an NVIDIA because the linux drivers are u... read more 09/25/2005 (1:51 am)
Invisible Models in Release Mode But Not Debug Go through the console with a fine toothcomb looking for errors like textures that can't be found of... read more 09/24/2005 (5:16 am)
I need free or cheap milkshape Thanks Ryan and my site is here [url]http://www.users.on.net/~symes/gamedev/videotuts/videotuts.html... read more 09/22/2005 (7:25 pm)
TSE GIS application Lol - surely Tasmania wouldn't be larger than 65K pixels :P Of course we Queenslanders would also... read more 09/20/2005 (1:23 am)
Arrested Development The Game Some of us live outside the coverage area of "HBO" and "FOX" and so don't have a clue what the hell ... read more 09/19/2005 (10:53 pm)
Some foliage textures Looks good, is there a link to it currently?... read more 09/19/2005 (6:37 pm)
Collision Issues (with images) Yes, I've found this problem with thin models. It is my belief that is has everything to do with ... read more 09/19/2005 (3:52 pm)
GlEnable(AUTO_NORMAL); //problem Double check the spelling of AUTO_NORMAL[b]S[/b] And double check in the red book the best way to... read more 09/19/2005 (3:34 pm)
World Editor Bug with Current Head Does anyone find that the retail compiles fine but debug does not?... read more 09/18/2005 (11:40 pm)
Downloading Make sure you use the exact version of WinCVS the tutorial is, that is the key.... read more 09/18/2005 (9:25 pm)
TBE for code::blocks Nice work. i really like Code::Blocks, the price is right!... read more 09/18/2005 (1:26 am)
Newbie TSE compile problems Goto to the examples folder and double click TSE.exe of tse_debug.exe ;)... read more 09/18/2005 (1:24 am)
Anyone got TSE compiled on Win2k? Then ditch them on PC and go whole hog OGL :P I know it is a MS issue, just can't wait for TSE to... read more 09/17/2005 (10:04 pm)
I just bought TSE!!! Me too... read more 09/17/2005 (10:01 pm)
Atlasterrain.torqueplanet.com/ down? Yes, it seems to work now. Thanks for the info.... read more 09/17/2005 (9:30 pm)
TSE Error "Not a valid Solution File"? Note Tom Oliver's slight bug fix for the VC6 files here [url]http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/r... read more 09/17/2005 (5:51 pm)
World Editor Bug with Current Head Thanks Tom, I had this bug and was scratching my head thinking, huh? This hopefully will resolve ... read more 09/17/2005 (5:30 am)
Windows 2000 Win2k is a better development platform IMO. XP is too "user friendly" hiding stuff away. I really... read more 09/17/2005 (4:58 am)
Anyone got TSE compiled on Win2k? Sure thing, I'll just whip down to the store and spend $300 to update because the OS I'm using and p... read more 09/17/2005 (2:11 am)
TSE Error "Not a valid Solution File"? You can just open the VC6 project and use the MS auto-conversion tool to convert it from VC6 to VC7.... read more 09/17/2005 (12:51 am)
Anyone got TSE compiled on Win2k? To answer my own question, yes it is possible to use win2000 with VS 2002 to compile a TSE binary! ... read more 09/17/2005 (12:45 am)
I need free or cheap milkshape Look at [url]www.blender.org[/url] Blender is open source (free) and IMO has more functionality t... read more 09/16/2005 (7:41 pm)
Windows 2000 I too am stuck with this crap pulled by Microsoft. I knew there was a reason I always develop wit... read more 09/16/2005 (4:52 pm)
Config file? First of all it looks like you need place the gun model closer to the origin, or at least to the ori... read more 09/15/2005 (10:46 pm)
Transparency in DTS Shapes, Among Other Things... [quote] Oh, and Nigel Symes made some lovely tutorials for blender... not sure where his site is,[/... read more 09/15/2005 (10:38 pm)
Config file? Don't really know what you are talking about as I haven't used other exporters. I'd guess no, it doe... read more 09/14/2005 (9:18 pm)
Blender to Torque @Fail66 - Thanks, glad you like them ;) @Richard - Yes, you have to install the Blender dts expor... read more 09/14/2005 (9:13 pm)
Anyone using Code::Blocks? [quote] I had coughed up the money awhile ago for a students visual studio 2003[/quote] yeah but unf... read more 09/13/2005 (8:46 pm)
Blender + .DIFs Yes, would love to see a DIF exporter for Blender.... read more 09/13/2005 (12:37 am)
Help with Blender You need the XVid codec found here [url]http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/[/url]... read more 09/12/2005 (6:57 pm)
Any date for when TSE won't be "Early Adopter" pricing? Bugger it, I'll just buy this weekend......... read more 09/11/2005 (11:41 pm)
Question about 3d modeler Check out Blender before spending any money - Blender has a "different" interface and lots of ppl (... read more 09/11/2005 (10:51 pm)
Any date for when TSE won't be "Early Adopter" pricing? I know it is worth it, it is just that if I buy it before my exams are over I might have to repeat t... read more 09/09/2005 (4:18 pm)
AI, scripts where to start ?? Don't overlook the book "AI for game developers" not Torque specific but well worth the dosh... read more 09/09/2005 (4:15 am)
Google Earth [quote] Australia is the complete opposite and is almost nothing but natural lands[/quote] If all... read more 09/09/2005 (3:49 am)
Which Compiler should I use? For an IDE that is quite nice look at Code::Blocks [url]www.codeblocks.org[/url] Only pain is ... read more 09/07/2005 (11:32 pm)
Need help with recoil and look animations. (screenshots) Most excellent to hear. Keep up the good work!... read more 09/05/2005 (12:25 am)
F.E.A.R - can it be done? What exactly was so "sexy"? I played the demo and it didn't really rock my world (so to speak). ... read more 09/03/2005 (11:56 pm)
Need help with recoil and look animations. (screenshots) I'm up against the same problem now myself, this is a great thread, I too am tearing out my hair ove... read more 09/01/2005 (4:38 am)