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LackOfKnack posted 05-15-99 09:30 PM ET
Earth to EA, the month of April is missing...
So is our thread on making the civ game.
Anyhow, here's what I was going to post:
Glak? Al Gore Rhythm? Where'd you go?
I am in the process of redesigning a full-screen, less sloppy version of Voxel Paint. Did anyone look at the screenshots or what?
After I get that functional, I'll work on the 'bubbly' 2d terrain, then I can link the two and we'll see what we can crank out.
Lack
LackOfKnack posted 05-16-99 10:34 AM ET
Hey! Anyone alive?
Glak: how many colours should the units have? 8-bit (256) or 24-bit (16777215)? I need to know pretty soon.
Right now, an uncompressed 50x50x50 unit voxel graphic takes about 100k for 256 colours. It'd be 400k for 24-bit.
What do you think?
Lack
evil_conquerer posted 05-22-99 04:44 PM ET
Sorry, Lack, but I don't think there's any market for a civ-like game anymore. It's a good idea which is desperately needed, but with Civ III coming out soon, people have simply lost interest.
Me? I'd help, but I heard you're mostly looking for programmers, and all I have is some advanced C and basic C++, and I don't do Windows.
Maybe you could do a CivIII clone when it comes out...
LackOfKnack posted 05-23-99 06:51 AM ET
Aw.
Lack
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Author	Topic: The good Civ-like game: continued (old thread eaten)
LackOfKnack	posted 05-15-99 09:30 PM ET Earth to EA, the month of April is missing... So is our thread on making the civ game. Anyhow, here's what I was going to post: Glak? Al Gore Rhythm? Where'd you go? I am in the process of redesigning a full-screen, less sloppy version of Voxel Paint. Did anyone look at the screenshots or what? After I get that functional, I'll work on the 'bubbly' 2d terrain, then I can link the two and we'll see what we can crank out. Lack
LackOfKnack	posted 05-16-99 10:34 AM ET Hey! Anyone alive? Glak: how many colours should the units have? 8-bit (256) or 24-bit (16777215)? I need to know pretty soon. Right now, an uncompressed 50x50x50 unit voxel graphic takes about 100k for 256 colours. It'd be 400k for 24-bit. What do you think? Lack
evil_conquerer	posted 05-22-99 04:44 PM ET Sorry, Lack, but I don't think there's any market for a civ-like game anymore. It's a good idea which is desperately needed, but with Civ III coming out soon, people have simply lost interest. Me? I'd help, but I heard you're mostly looking for programmers, and all I have is some advanced C and basic C++, and I don't do Windows. Maybe you could do a CivIII clone when it comes out...
LackOfKnack	posted 05-23-99 06:51 AM ET Aw. Lack