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Ciaran Guest
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Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2003 5:14 am Post subject: |
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Stebo, volume 2 is almost certainly going to be Amiga demos. There's a long thread in this forum which talks about it. |
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Snibble Guest
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Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 1:40 pm Post subject: enormousse |
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Absolutely essential, enormous DVD that makes me want to code again. ; )
Fantastic job, guys!
Snibb' (who's going to order a bucket full of mindcandy) |
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Trixter Guest
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Le Snibb!!!!
Maybe next volume we can put some DCB in as a easter egg |
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Snibble Guest
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:43 pm Post subject: dCb's egg |
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Trixter,
dCb on dvd sounds wonderful to me, especially as an easter egg! Is there still a machine out there that runs Gruyere though?
Snibb'
PS: nice to see that you're still alive and kickin' (as we say here) |
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phoenix Guest
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Zut alors, vive le Snibb!! You know how many years I've been waiting for The Poutine Vortex? Too bad there won't be a Coma 4 to meet up at.
I'm confident in Jim's ability to get Electric Gruyere to work, heh. I had it running on my P2-450, but not yet on my Athlon 1.4 (I just haven't tried hard enough ).
-phx |
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jtfoe1974 Guest
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations for the great work, I really like the great quality and the nice audio commentary (at least for most demos). I was a bit disappointed by the audio commentary for 2nd Reality because it has no connection to the running demo, it's like some commentary for itself.
Another thing I dislike about the DVD is that the demos come too close to each other. One demo is hardly finished and the next scene is from another demo. It takes some time to realize that this was the ending of the last demo.
I would have preferred if the demos could be played one-by-one and then an option "Play All" (like in the Lord of the Rings SEE bonus DVDs).
I really loved 16-minute-featurette, this is really a great production. Done very well with lots of good information in it. BTW: Why was "3DMark 2001" running on the right PC when Trixter talks and not some "scene"-demo?
Anyways: Keep up the good work, I'm impatiently waiting for Volume 2. |
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Snibble Guest
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 11:44 pm Post subject: Poutine vortex and flying burnes |
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Phoenix !!!
It is indeed a shame that:
a) no poutine vortex has been created so far
b) no COMA 4 party was ever organized for us to get together again and discuss "3D-accelerated" fly trough demos...
How have you been ?
Snibb (still coding!) |
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cRoN Guest
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:49 pm Post subject: Got the Disc in Toronto |
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Thought I would let people ordering from canada know what the customs charges are;
GST-$1.83
PST-$2.09
Handling fee-$5.00 (BLEH!)
TOTAL-$8.92 |
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dmw Site Admin
Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 211 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Got the Disc in Toronto |
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cRoN wrote: | Thought I would let people ordering from canada know what the customs charges are;
GST-$1.83
PST-$2.09
Handling fee-$5.00 (BLEH!)
TOTAL-$8.92 |
Sorry to hear that
It does seem that not everyone is getting charged...but some are. Someone told me the cut off is around $12/$13. I keep thinking there was some NAFTA thing going on but someone mentioned that it doesn't apply.
-dan |
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Trixter Guest
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Arno wrote: | I was a bit disappointed by the audio commentary for 2nd Reality because it has no connection to the running demo, it's like some commentary for itself.
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This is because Jeremy from Blue 7 Media (who did the featurette) edited it together from the interview he was sent by FC. For not having actual commentary for the demo, I was extremely pleased with the results. I asked Trug to send commentary, but he said in as kind words as possible that he and Psi were uncomfortable speaking in front of a camera/microphone and was going to leave it to Abyss and the others.
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Another thing I dislike about the DVD is that the demos come too close to each other. One demo is hardly finished and the next scene is from another demo. It takes some time to realize that this was the ending of the last demo.
I would have preferred if the demos could be played one-by-one and then an option "Play All" (like in the Lord of the Rings SEE bonus DVDs).
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I cut the demos to their very first and last frame, then I manually inserted a 2-second black/silence between them. So there is always 2 seconds between the demos. I experimented with longer and shorter delays, but 2 seconds felt right. So blame me
The authoring tools we use for future volumes should allow for both "play everything" and "play once then return to menu" operation. Whether or not I can learn full-bore DVD authoring in my spare time remains to be seen, but trust me I'd like to see it as much as you so there's a good chance I'll learn it.
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I really loved 16-minute-featurette, this is really a great production. Done very well with lots of good information in it. BTW: Why was "3DMark 2001" running on the right PC when Trixter talks and not some "scene"-demo?
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I answer that in the commentary for the featurette |
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2003 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Got mine last week... It's great!! Thanks so much!
(Got here (Australia) much quicker than I thought it might!) |
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psonice Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 5:48 am Post subject: thoughts on vol1. |
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Well, finally got my copy last week Not had time for a thorough look, and only seen one easter egg, but heres a few comments:
Packaging is excellent, no need to change it
Menus etc are good, but it's a pain if you want to watch the last demo on the list. Perhaps an alternative menu with a list on 1 screen would work?
Commentary was nice, but sometimes a bit 'sparse'. But then, finding somebody who could talk non-stop through 4 hours of demos would be tough
Would it be possible on future releases to convert demos with surround to dolby digital or dts?
For volume 2, I was thinking: do any 'consumer' recording devices have rgb recording? I'm thinking of DVRs and tv DVD recorders. I'd imagine that would be a nice feature for some of the shady far-east electronics makers, as it would allow copying dvds etc, and the quality would be good enough to transfer to pc and edit I suspect. Yes, just looked, there are quite a few, eg: http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/1404
Anyway, good work on the dvd, looking forward to the next one |
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Trixter Guest
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: thoughts on vol1. |
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psonice wrote: | Perhaps an alternative menu with a list on 1 screen would work? |
That's a great idea -- I'll try to remember that for volume 2.
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Would it be possible on future releases to convert demos with surround to dolby digital or dts?
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Which demos have surround sound? Yes, it is possible (Dolby) but the only demo I ever knew to have "surround" was 2nd Reality and it was a cheezy hack at that. |
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psonice Guest
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 6:51 am Post subject: |
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yeah, second reality i was thinking of I remember there being a couple of others though, not too sure which. But then, considering the extra work it would probably involve, concentrate on that compact menu screen instead |
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wf42 Guest
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject: congrats |
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i just got my copy of volume I today (super fast shipping btw) and i have to say that it's beyond words. naturally i started with the old school stuff: watching panic, paimen, square and saint again (and under good conditions too - not going too fast or crashing all the time) was surreal.
i didn't know what to expect with the newer demos since i haven't checked the scene in years now. boy, was i impressed - so much progress in so few years. i like the shift towards more attention to design and art in newer demos (although i'd also like to see more meaningful demos with a message in them - i.e. coma style, but that's another discussion altogether).
so basically my message is - keep up the good work. can't wait for a volume II _PC_ demos DVD - i do hope you're thinking about that (there was this awesome orange vs cncd demo that you might think of adding).
once again, congrats and keep the good stuff coming. i'm sure that many sceners are looking forward to more dvd's. |
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