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Session Start: Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 2008
Session Ident: #gamedev
[00:09] <realtime> honkykong: I know it will be a good oportunity to make jokes, but anyway,
[00:09] <realtime> :|
[07:15] * aav_hlm2 is now known as aav_hlm
[07:43] * Ultyma-Vi is now known as Ultyma
[07:45] <Ultyma> i r ultyma
[07:49] <FMJaguar> lies
[07:49] <FMJaguar> WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM
[07:52] <Ultyma> :D
[08:00] <Sembiance> :)
[08:13] <Ultyma> http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/pod-best-of-200
[08:13] <Ultyma> lol
[08:49] <sort> best of 2007, yet the photo was taken in 2001?
[08:56] <Ultyma> :P
[09:27] <sort> blah
[09:27] <_Usul> Whats up Sort?
[09:28] <sort> im bored
[09:28] <_Usul> You could tell me what this channel is? It's my first time here.
[09:28] <sort> its about gamedev
[09:28] <_Usul> Though, as an avid gamedeveloper, I assume this would be the place to be.
[09:28] <maels> hmhm
[09:28] <eTrece> fur shizzle
[09:28] <_Usul> hahaha
[09:29] <_Usul> Anyone else here excited about Natural Motion's, Endorphin 2.5?
[09:29] <_Usul> www.naturalmotion.com/
[09:30] <_Usul> Their show reel is intense.
[09:30] <eTrece> yeah natural motion is pretty sweet
[09:30] <eTrece> i remember when they first came out and had that video of the
[09:30] <eTrece> model falling off a wall
[09:31] <_Usul> I've been working on a concept, utilizing natural motion, for a first person
[09:31] <_Usul> I'm sure your imaginations could replace my explanations.
[09:31] <_Usul> Nevertheless, I think that we're enterting a new stage in Game Development. W
[09:32] <eTrece> that will be sweet, and i totally agree
[09:32] <_Usul> Agreed.
[09:32] <_Usul> So, what do you do man?
[09:32] <maels> _Usul what kind of changes do you mean?
[09:32] <_Usul> Do you work in the Industry? School? Fan? Indie?
[09:33] <eTrece> i work in the industry, mainly ai carp ;P
[09:34] <_Usul> maels, Player Interation, Bio-Mechancial A.I, Digital Molecular Mapping, Impl
[09:35] <maels> okido
[09:35] <_Usul> My only problem is that I think that we're far too caught up on what looks go
[09:35] <_Usul> I'm really excited about DMM.
[09:35] <maels> the biggest change i'd like to see atm is being able to access my bought xbla
[09:36] <_Usul> Nice.
[09:36] <maels> but yeah i think we're entering a really interesting phase in the games indus
[09:36] <eTrece> the biggest change i wanna see is games without loading times
[09:36] <eTrece> like nintendo does
[09:36] <_Usul> eTrece, agreed.
[09:36] <maels> eTrece that would be sweet indeed
[09:36] <_Usul> Anyone played anything semi-interesting latley?
[09:37] <maels> audiosurf
[09:37] <sort> quake 1
[09:37] <maels> im about an hour into mass effect, it might actually live up to the hype
[09:37] <maels> im not hooked yet though
[09:38] <maels> also CoD 4 is pretty awesome
[09:38] <_Usul> maels, I felt that it became very repetitive.
[09:38] <_Usul> Ah, you have XboxLive? We should play CoD 4 sometime, it's definatley a great
[09:38] <maels> yeah, not atm though, i moved away my router
[09:38] <_Usul> However, if you guys are excited about first person shooters - you should che
[09:39] * flaxed is now known as flashed
[09:39] <_Usul> By the way, if anyone has Rock Band - Today they're holding a promotional eve
[09:39] <maels> sweeet
[09:39] <_Usul> Highway Star - by Snoop Dog?
[09:40] <maels> i only have rock band at work though :( not released here in sweden yet..
[09:40] <_Usul> Where do you work? You live in Sweden?
[09:40] <maels> but rock band is pure awesome
[09:40] <maels> i work at avalanche studios, and yep, i live in stockholm :)
[09:40] <_Usul> http://xbox360.qj.net/
[09:41] <_Usul> Ah, Just Cause.
[09:41] <maels> ye
[09:41] <_Usul> Very nice.
[09:41] <maels> i doubt ill buy rock band though
[09:41] <maels> it's great if you are 3+ people playing, but by myself.. mjehh.. dunno
[09:41] <_Usul> It's honestly not worth buying.
[09:42] <_Usul> How do you like Stockholm, I've always wanted to visit it.
[09:43] <maels> i really like stockholm :)
[09:43] <maels> except for the problems with finding a place to live
[09:45] <_Usul> I'm from San Francisco, it's a nice city - but I plan on moving out of the US
[09:45] <maels> really? where to?
[09:46] <_Usul> Honestly? UK, Northern Europe, Dubai- It really depends on work.
[09:47] <maels> dubai o0
[09:47] <maels> cool
[09:48] <_Usul> I still have another year of University life before heading out into the big
[09:50] <maels> nice :)
[09:51] <_Usul> I suppose - I'm double majoring in Telecommunications Managment with a Focus
[09:51] <_Usul> Whish I could've finished all of that sooner.
[09:51] <_Usul> hahaha
[10:37] <byp4ss> http://trowley.org/sig2007.html
[10:37] <_Usul> Siggraph 2007?
[10:37] <byp4ss> Do these people make any money doing those things? :P If yes, how?
[10:38] <_Usul> Wow, byp4ss - Good find.
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[12:09] <[Relic]> Hello :)
[12:10] <maels> lo
[12:10] <[Relic]> :)
[13:13] * Elive_use is now known as Usul
[13:16] <Sembiance> A communications disruption can mean only one thing...
[13:17] <Ultyma> the cable hath been cut
[13:25] <capisce> led zeppelin!
[14:48] <Ziggy---> :O
[14:48] <kermit`_> :S
[14:48] <Ziggy---> we're running out of ops in here
[14:49] <Ziggy---> nickometer x-tatic
[14:49] <PitDroid> 'x-tatic' is 14% lame, Ziggy---
[14:49] <Ziggy---> nickometer Ziggy---
[14:49] <PitDroid> 'Ziggy---' is 97.05% lame, Ziggy---
[14:49] <Ziggy---> lol
[14:50] <Ziggy---> nickometer CatalinZ
[14:50] <PitDroid> 'CatalinZ' is 13% lame, Ziggy---
[14:54] <[Relic]> Ziggy--, did you ban Ghal? he went away for two weeks and didn't invite us
[14:55] <FMJaguar> nickometer FMJaguar
[14:55] <PitDroid> 'FMJaguar' is 27% lame, FMJaguar
[14:55] <FMJaguar> YES
[14:57] <JustBurn> nickometer AMTiger
[14:57] <PitDroid> 'AMTiger' is 27% lame, JustBurn
[14:58] <JustBurn> nickometer SillyPumpkin
[14:58] <PitDroid> 'SillyPumpkin' is 0% lame, JustBurn
[14:58] <JustBurn> eh? but that's 100% lame
[14:58] <JustBurn> nickometer Terminatar
[14:58] <PitDroid> 'Terminatar' is 0% lame, JustBurn
[14:59] <JustBurn> nickometer Crashloader
[14:59] <PitDroid> 'Crashloader' is 0% lame, JustBurn
[14:59] <JustBurn> nickometer LameNick
[14:59] <PitDroid> 'LameNick' is 62% lame, JustBurn
[14:59] <JustBurn> nickometer My100Lame
[14:59] <PitDroid> 'My100Lame' is 95.7% lame, JustBurn
[14:59] <JustBurn> omg, so close :P
[14:59] <JustBurn> nickometer 101
[14:59] <PitDroid> '101' is 56% lame, JustBurn
[15:00] <JustBurn> oh well
[15:00] <byp4ss> Hmm, I just tested a game I'm working on
[15:01] <byp4ss> and I wanted to stresstest it
[15:01] <byp4ss> so I added a lot of particles, it ran fine until I got about 10k, then it su
[15:01] <byp4ss> just from 60 to 30
[15:01] <byp4ss> then I removed a few, and it went from 30 to 60 again
[15:02] <byp4ss> andone knows why the fps count was never between?
[15:02] <JustBurn> sounds like it's doing VSync
[15:02] <byp4ss> ahh ..
[15:02] <byp4ss> thx :D that explains it
[21:32] * factor_ is now known as factor
[21:36] <factor> hey
[23:07] <kozmonaut> i am a shapeshifter of the dark arts
[23:14] <chai> ur just a commie
[23:34] <kozmonaut> i am of the people, for the people
[23:35] <chai> u r a dictator
[23:45] <RenderFx> Damn.
Session Close: Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 2008