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Welcome back to another Freeworlds: Tides of War update. "Finally!" you might say. We have indeed been very low on developer activity over the last couple of weeks (or even months). Nevertheless, we are still working on the mod and we are committed to actually releasing it. So dont worry, we are here to stay.
For those who have been brave enough to follow us, be prepared for some more eye-candy: We recently got Normal and specular mapping working! Now, being a gamer that keeps up with the industry you might not be impressed at all. However, we are talking about a now 8-years old game engine based on Direct3D8. This and deferred rendering have been huge steps towards bringing the Freelancer engine to current state-of-the-art graphic levels.
On the technical side, implementing normal mapping was really no easy undertaking, since we had to change the existing Freelancer mesh formats to handle the tangent/binormal data that is required for normal mapping. Normal and specular Mapping can greatly enhance existing models, giving them a lot of depth. You can see the difference in the following dev-video where at some points I switch normal and specular mapping on and off:
For those of you that can't watch the video follow this link: http://www.moddb.com/mods/fwtow/vide...ecular-mapping
Normal maps by Dr.Knickers.
Coming back at our developer activity problem, we are actually searching for interested people that would like to help us out. We've had multiple developers go AWOL and others just being plain busy in real life. However, I think we've shown that we are an ambitious project that is well worth the effort.
Due to our normal/specular mapping breakthrough, we are actively searching for any talented texture artists and/or modelers that can help us out with specular and normal maps.
Also, if any Freelancer developer is listening, we are searching for an .ini coder to help us with mod development in general. We are only looking for experienced Freelancer developers though, since our mod structure has become quite complex.
Finally, we are looking for C++/C# programmers to help us with tools and engine hacks around our mod and Freelancer.
If you're interested in helping us, simply write a short but informative application to freeworldstidesofwar@gmail.com or contact us via PMs here at ModDB or at our developer website.
Stay tuned for more updates!
12 comments:
Jay Bullock said...I'm going to outsource further work on this issue to noted moderate and (former?) Republican voter Joe Gandelman:Those who support Bush and the group of win-one-for-our-team might perhaps focus their efforts countering arguments such as this [about SCHIP]. Then you’d have an actual back-and-forth debate over issues and come up with policy (which might be different from the existing bill).But no, it’s easier to go after a 12 year-old. After all, these days, anyone who is in the way of an agenda has to be discredited so that no one listens to them anymore.And also to well-read (and perhaps now former) Republican John Cole:If you look through this family’s dossier, it appears they are doing everything Republicans say they should be doing- hell, their story is almost what you would consider a checklist for good, red-blooded American Republican voters: they own their own business, they pay their taxes, they are still in a committed relationship and are raising their kids, they eschewed public education and are doing what they have to do to get them into Private schools, they are part of the American dream of home ownership that Republicans have been pointing to in the past two administrations as proof of the health of the economy, and so on.In short, they are a white, lower-middle-class, committed family, who is doing EVERYTHING the GOP Kultur Kops would have you believe people should be doing. They aren’t gay. They aren’t divorced. They didn’t abort their children. They aren’t drug addicts or welfare queens. They are property owners, entrepeneurs, taxpayers, and hard-working Americans. I bet nine times out of ten in past elections, if you handed this resume to a pollster, they would think you were discussing the prototypical Republican voter. Hell, the only thing missing from this equation is membership to a church and an irrational fear of Muslims and you HAVE the prototypical Bush voter.They are, however, not without fault. They are unable to afford insurance through normal means (and now that they have pre-existing conditions, probably couldn’t get traditional insurance anyway), and managed to get several of their family members injured in a traumatic accident. And, it appears, those are the big blind spots for compassionate conservatism.
hashfanatic said...Congratulations, game.Your vile posts denigrating a twelve year old American child, of hard-working parents virtually wishing that he should die of an accident without any access to life-saving basic medical care that is the right of any American, just demonstrates how low you will sink to emulate your masters.Well, congratulations, game.You've achieved the distinction of being as heartless and devoid of any common decency as the shirt laundress proved herself capable of being.This may come as a shock to you, game, but in this neck of the woods we pay dearly for food, housing, services, etc. It is no one's fault that you cannot comprehend economies of scale and automatically assume everyone in the nation has it as cheap as you do, in your backwater...You are deserving of no latitude, no leniency from any commenter here, for you regurgitated your hateful lies about this wonderful family and their brave child, were denounced and proven totally false, and then repeated the SAME slander again in yet another vengeful rant.Perhaps we can expect you to go down to your county hospital's maternity ward, and turn the lights out so you save yourself a few more shekels in taxes?
hashfanatic said..."In short, they are a white, lower-middle-class, committed family, who is doing EVERYTHING the GOP Kultur Kops would have you believe people should be doing. They aren’t gay. They aren’t divorced. They didn’t abort their children. They aren’t drug addicts or welfare queens. They are property owners, entrepeneurs, taxpayers, and hard-working Americans. I bet nine times out of ten in past elections, if you handed this resume to a pollster, they would think you were discussing the prototypical Republican voter. Hell, the only thing missing from this equation is membership to a church and an irrational fear of Muslims and you HAVE the prototypical Bush voter."Attention, all you "Reagan Democrats"....You thought you were good little hardworking families, were willing to believe the anti-union propaganda, let yourself be used and manipulated into doing all the hard work for the oligarchs because you felt all sanctified (by false doctrine) for once and thought you had truly arrived, finally assimilated into the "American Dream", quaked in fear at the imaginary "Islamofascists" and swore you were so righteous and upstanding that those radical fundamentalists and greedy neocons would NEVER come for you, as long as you kept your nose clean?Newsflash.They're coming for you now.They're coming for what's left of your home equity, your spare time, your children's very lifebreath and care, their education, your elderly parent's meager food basket, and every shred of dignity and hope for the future that you worked and slaved for all your lives.They've been coming for you for quite some time, and we tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen.And now there is no way to help you.Sorry, but we tried.Outstanding comment, Mr. Bullock.
hashfanatic said...The shirt laundress believes, if your kid gets sick, sell your house...http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/washington/10memo.html
The Game said...But no, it’s easier to go after a 12 year-oldThat's how liberals do it. One one is attacking a 12 year old, they are attacking socialism and Democrats using victims and figures that they think Republicans will not attack. It is shameful.
Jason H. Bowden said...The irony of all of this is that the Democrats finance their universal comprehensive plans with regressive payroll taxes.The Democrats are like an evil Robin Hood-- plunder the poor, to give to the middle class. It is completely unethical and disgusting.
hashfanatic said..."The Democrats are like an evil Robin Hood-- plunder the poor, to give to the middle class. It is completely unethical and disgusting."Perhaps a Republican presidential candidate that will eliminate all income taxes will manifest himself, and jason, I KNOW you will be the first to campaign for him.Won't you, jason?
PCD said...Che Hashhole,Why not eliminate income taxes? People earned their money. They should keep it, not you.
hashfanatic said...I think that's a hell of an idea, Herr Schoki-Arschloch, but you will STILL need to be paying back the money you have stolen for us, or you and yours will unfortunately not be able to join us for the celebrations!
The Game said...A point the liberals have not made...nor conservatives...This family DID qualify for the social medicine...Bush's veto would NOT have taken that away from them...The veto would give people with even more wealth free health care.
PCD said...Game,Like this post I left over at Sister Toldjah where I quoted from a poster at Right Voices?17, so alchemist, you think it is perfectly ok to tax the real working poor so that the Frosts do not have to make any lifestyle changes. Where is the fairness that the Frosts get to keep their 4 kids in private school and many of the taxpayers paying for the SCHIP benefits cannot afford to own commercial properties, put their kids in private schools, and putz at a hobby instead of getting a real job?I’d like to quote David who commented at Right Voices, the 17th comment to this post.” “I corrected the mistake that some of these bloggers made in overvaluing the house at $400,000-plus. It’s closer to $300,000.”Actually, Zillow.com estimates the home’s value at $360,633–closer to $400,000 than $300,000. And what’s that on the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, BALTIMORE CITY Real Property Data Search? Says the house is NOT their “Principal Residence”! Could it be they own another residential property? Well, it could just be a mistake on the assessor’s form…In any case, defining folks with $45,000 income (if that is truly the case), owners of commercial poroperty (who have income from renting it as well), business owners, etc., as “working poor” means I should have my “feddle gummint” and State checks coming in the mail Any Day Now…“Working poor” MHWA…Poor folks surely need help. Well-off folks sometimes do, too, but well-off folks like the Frosts have many other means beyond sucking at the public teat. “ Comment by PCD @ 10/10/2007 - 2:25 pm
Jay Bullock said...A point the liberals have not made...nor conservatives...This family DID qualify for the social medicine...Bush's veto would NOT have taken that away from them..I don't think anyone's claiming that, Game. In fact, the kid's radio address was pretty explicit: "We got the help we needed because we had health insurance for us through the CHIP program. But there are millions of kids out there who don't have CHIP, and they wouldn't get the care that my sister and I did if they got hurt."You should also read some of the real news reports instead of continuing to rely on Malkin, Rush, and the Freepers.
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