1. did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
it was cool, and NOBODY even commented. =( sniffle. <SIGH>
Michael Packard
Lord Generic Productions
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A Crash Course in Game Design and Production
http://exo.com/~lgp/euphoria
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2. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
Michael Packard wrote:
> Subject: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
> Michael Packard
> Lord Generic Productions
I saw the picture but didn't think much of it because it was just some
landscaping.
Now, tell me you drew it with a EUPHORIA program at blazing speed on
your Pentium-90, and then I'll say "WOWIE!!!"
> New lesson TODAY!
Finally! Just kiddin'. This should be a demonstration of my appreciation
of your lessons. :)
Later!
ck
3. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997 13:44:10 -0700 Michael Packard <lgp at EXO.COM> writes:
>
>it was cool, and NOBODY even commented. =( sniffle. <SIGH>
>
Yes it was cool. How did you create that.
Did you create a program to help create that.
Did it take long for the program to create it.
Would it have helped to have faster screen routines?
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4. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, C. K. Lester wrote:
> I saw the picture but didn't think much of it because it was just some
> landscaping.
>
> Now, tell me you drew it with a EUPHORIA program at blazing speed on
> your Pentium-90, and then I'll say "WOWIE!!!"
It WAS drawn with a Euphoria program. The draw time was 2.19 seconds on
my P-166. I think it's pretty cool.
Michael Packard
Lord Generic Productions
lgp at exo.com http://exo.com/~lgp
A Crash Course in Game Design and Production
http://exo.com/~lgp/euphoria
5. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at FLASH.NET>
Jul 10, 1997
-
Last edited Jul 11, 1997
Michael Packard wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, C. K. Lester wrote:
> > Now, tell me you drew it with a EUPHORIA program at blazing speed on
>
> > your Pentium-90, and then I'll say "WOWIE!!!"
>
> It WAS drawn with a Euphoria program. The draw time was 2.19 seconds
> on
> my P-166. I think it's pretty cool.
Now that I'm conscious again (I fainted), let me ask you this:
Was the landscape "randomly" drawn... for instance, is there a fractal
generator working behind that?
Also, I was wondering if anybody here had any "continent creator"
software. When I owned my Commodore 64 I had a game called "Seven Cities
of Gold," and it would randomly generate a whole planet, including
continents, etc. I think it realistically generated landmasses, possibly
taking into account plate tektonic theories, etc.
If you know of anything like this, please lemme know.
Thanks!
ck
6. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, C. K. Lester wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, C. K. Lester wrote:
> > > Now, tell me you drew it with a EUPHORIA program at blazing speed on
> >
> > > your Pentium-90, and then I'll say "WOWIE!!!"
> >
> > It WAS drawn with a Euphoria program. The draw time was 2.19 seconds
> > on
> > my P-166. I think it's pretty cool.
>
> Now that I'm conscious again (I fainted), let me ask you this:
You didn't say "WOWIE!!!"
> Was the landscape "randomly" drawn... for instance, is there a fractal
> generator working behind that?
yes. I have a Math degree, emphasis in Fractal Geometry. The landscape
is a random midpoint displacement fractal, and yes, it's statistically
self-similar =)
> Also, I was wondering if anybody here had any "continent creator"
> software. When I owned my Commodore 64 I had a game called "Seven Cities
> of Gold," and it would randomly generate a whole planet, including
> continents, etc. I think it realistically generated landmasses, possibly
> taking into account plate tektonic theories, etc.
Programs that do that realistically are very expensive. I have a nifty
one I spent $1000 on. I wrote a program to create whole planets and visit
them in CGA about 13 years ago.
Michael Packard
Lord Generic Productions
lgp at exo.com http://exo.com/~lgp
A Crash Course in Game Design and Production
http://exo.com/~lgp/euphoria
7. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, C. K. Lester wrote:
> Was the landscape "randomly" drawn... for instance, is there a fractal
> generator working behind that?
It also loads USGS and VistaPro DEM files. I may put up a "Real"
landscape later, after Parts 2 and 3, if anyone is interested.
Michael Packard
Lord Generic Productions
lgp at exo.com http://exo.com/~lgp
A Crash Course in Game Design and Production
http://exo.com/~lgp/euphoria
8. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
> it was cool, and NOBODY even commented. =( sniffle. <SIGH>
It was defenitly COOL! Was it done with Euphoria? Is it fast?
Regards,
Daniel Berstein
danielberstein at usa.net
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/9316
9. Re: did anyone look at the picture I sent a few daya ago?
Michael Packard wrote:
> > Now that I'm conscious again (I fainted), let me ask you this:
>
> You didn't say "WOWIE!!!"
That's 'cuz I fainted.
> yes. I have a Math degree, emphasis in Fractal Geometry. The
> landscape
> is a random midpoint displacement fractal, and yes, it's statistically
>
> self-similar =)
Oh. Cool. :)
> Programs that [generate continents/planets] are very expensive. I
> have a nifty
> one I spent $1000 on. I wrote a program to create whole planets and
> visit
> them in CGA about 13 years ago.
Well, Seven Cities of Gold was only $19.95 (or so), and it generated
whole land masses. It can't be that difficult.
Now, I'm not talking about mapping each square foot of the continent. I
just want it to say, "Here's where the mountains are, here's some
valley, a desert over here, and some dessert right there on the table."
Okay, forget about the dessert part.
Got it? Now, where do I get it?
Mr. Packard, when are we going to get to start exploring your virtual
planets (see SimCity 3000).
Later!
ck
