I hated Steam. Note the tense – I used to hate Steam, and I used to be a pirate. I’ll explain. Back when Half-Life 2 came out, I lived with my parents. I was still at school, and we lived on a farm in the middle of nowhere, in rural… Continue reading
I’ve just done the Bogle, which is a 55 mile walk around Greater Manchester. I completed it in 24 hours and 30 minutes, and now I ache. Everywhere. It’d be easier to list the places that DON’T hurt, so I’ll do that: My eyebrows. At times my pace slowed to… Continue reading
This post is going to quickly go over the two methods I used to actually get the animations into Source. Method 1: BVH Ipisoft exports to the BVH format, which is one of the standard motion capture formats. It stands for Biovision Hierarchy, and it was developed by Biovision, who went… Continue reading
Clear Skies is a feature-length machinima series from Ian Chisolm, that won a load of awards. You can find them all here: http://www.clearskiesthemovie.com/ It’s filmed in the Source Engine, using the unbelievably powerful but oft-incomprehensible SDK, and Eve Online. All the indoor bits, involving people, are done with Source, and all the space scenes… Continue reading
Finished my diving trip now, and I’m flying back to sunny Manchester tomorrow afternoon. I’ve managed to do 7 dives this week, which is three less than I should have done. I had to can a dive this morning because of a equipment malfunction, and I missed a day due… Continue reading
Made it to Tenerife, and learned a few things along the way: Don’t forget to check in online when flying ryanair. They WILL charge you for your foolishness. Get travel insurance BEFORE leaving the country. Most travel insurers will not offer diving insurance on its own. I solved this by… Continue reading
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com RPS is down. Or maybe replaced. Instead, there is a text adventure game there: 503 – Service Unavailable An Interactive Fiction by Horace The Endless Server Technician Release 1 / Serial number 110707 / Inform 7 build 6E72 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N) HTTP Error You are standing at the entrance to Castle Shotgun. The… Continue reading
When I tried to start writing posts on Raytracing, the idea was to document my steps. The problem was, that when I started, I’d already finished the project. When I say finished the project, what I actually mean is ” I got too bored, stuck, or distracted to continue.” I… Continue reading
Ray tracing theory is simple, but I’ll explain it anyway. Ray tracing is a generic technique, that can be applied to a lot of different things. I’m applying it to one thing- graphics. (If you want a better overview than this, look elsewhere. Look at wikipedia. Ask someone.) Simulating light… Continue reading
Everyone and their dog, and their dog’s mum, has built a raytracer. This is not surprising: I mean, seriously, it’s not that hard, and it looks REALLY SHINY. So, despite the fact that everyone has already done this, and in many cases done it better, now it’s MY turn. I… Continue reading