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Article #292162Re: STARCRAFT 2 is being shown, NOW
From: Thomas J. Boschloo
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 10:30
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 10:30
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Luc The Perverse wrote: > "Thomas J. Boschloo" <nos...@hccnet.nl> wrote in message > news:465be929$0$5520$e4fe514c@dreader13.news.xs4all.nl... >> Luc The Perverse wrote: >> [snip] >>> I do think it is silly that they spent so muh time making War III 3D - >>> and >>> then people play it from the default view angle just like SC anyway - but >>> it >>> was nice for the non cinematic "talking scenes" throughout the mission - >>> and >>> I guess they needed practice making 3D game to get SC 2 right >> With 2D it seems harder to me to get the shadows right. >> >> These days I want shadows and light effects in my games :-) >> >> Like 'uh oh, long shadow as the mushroom cloud is still low to the >> surface, then extreme brightness, seems someone set me up the bomb!' >> (just using my imagination here) >> >> Thomas > > Of course the shadows aren't going to be right . . you know what . . > nevermind. > > I'm sure SC2 will be better for you Plus that animated polygon objects scale better than sprites :-) Now that should also make some sense to you in this age of fixed resolution flat screen monitors. Thomas -- You crawl before you walk You run before you leap
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsgate.cistron.nl!xs4all!transit3.news.xs4all.nl!post2.news.xs4all.nl!newszilla.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:30:28 +0200 From: "Thomas J. Boschloo" <nos...@hccnet.nl> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.games.starcraft,alt.games.warcraft Subject: Re: STARCRAFT 2 is being shown, NOW References: <1179555231.862191.179070@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <464ec519$0$12486$4c368faf@roadrunner.com> <1179593692.832807.194070@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <an5353dg2h2t9k664549431tn1ubufl9dj@4ax.com> <4651AE31.C8093722@ns.sympatico.ca> <a-Gdnb8RMY8v_c_bnZ2dnUVZ_rylnZ2d@comcast.com> <4652C716.7053D984@ns.sympatico.ca> <ru06535upf86fnre1khsdhpk0ruegn8gc1@4ax.com> <r4KaOjA05KVGFwM0@the-arcane.demon.co.uk> <0hm953t1dr70mu7v024pj10dqe56ql7t9p@4ax.com> <dekgi4-18m.ln1@loki.cmears.id.au> <465be929$0$5520$e4fe514c@dreader13.news.xs4all.nl> <9otui4-8qs.ln1@loki.cmears.id.au> In-Reply-To: <9otui4-8qs.ln1@loki.cmears.id.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <465d523b$0$23203$e4fe514c@dreader11.news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.92.126.16 X-Trace: 1180521019 dreader11.news.xs4all.nl 23203 82.92.126.16:19765 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit