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Silicon Poole
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03-18-2005 10:54
SL will use SpeedTreeRT to create more realistic landscapes.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/11166431.htm A sim coming to SL real soon? |
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Juro Kothari
Like a dog on a bone
Join date: 4 Sep 2003
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03-18-2005 11:00
Ohhhhhhhh.... more trees!!!!
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Ewan Took
Mad Hairy Scotsman
Join date: 5 Dec 2004
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03-18-2005 11:05
Nice! It looks like it will be a major update in the autumn.
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Ghoti Nyak
καλλιστι
Join date: 7 Aug 2004
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03-18-2005 11:31
*wipes drool from chin* Whoa.
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Salazar Jack
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Join date: 12 Feb 2004
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03-18-2005 11:48
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Shadow Weaver
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Join date: 13 Jan 2003
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03-18-2005 12:41
They do this and Tarzan won't have shit on me in a Loin Cloth..hehe
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Lo Jacobs
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03-18-2005 12:43
Wow, totally gorgeous!
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Oz Spade
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Join date: 23 Sep 2003
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03-18-2005 12:52
Bad ass! Guess this part of the new rendering changes coming.
Wonder if we'll be able to make our own trees. And if they'll do shadowing, and movement based on interaction with our avatars, and and all that other cool stuff! _____________________
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Torley Linden
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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03-18-2005 13:51
Oh, we're definitely going to be anticipating this come after the summer.
And oh... I find it so cool there's specialized niche software for VIRTUAL TREE DEVELOPMENT, of all things. Good lorz. _____________________
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Hiro Pendragon
bye bye f0rums!
Join date: 22 Jan 2004
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03-18-2005 21:41
• Linden Lab, maker of the popular “Second Life” role-playing game, will use SpeedTreeRT to create outdoor environments for an updated version of the personal-computer game coming this autumn. heh Popular? Is SL really popular already? role-playing game? Hi, my name is Hiro pendragon, and I'll be playing the role of "virtually the same person I am in real life". personal-computer game? Not only is personal-computer improper (no hyphen), which any copy-editor should have caught, it's also for the Mac. They obviously didn't interview Cory Linden _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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03-18-2005 21:43
I smiled at "popular" because it's relative of course, and pointing towards more growth. Hey, it's positive... better than "obscure and tucked-under-a-rock-in-the-middle-of-cyberspace".
I don't like the descriptions-that-don't-quite-fit but eh, that's what happens in the Press. It's why I say SL is a game and it can be so much more too, depending who you are. Ah well! Education-over* ignorance, right Hiro?  *--- abuse! _____________________
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Athel Richelieu
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Join date: 7 Jul 2004
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03-19-2005 00:35
Its not only trees apparently, but will change the full landscape and color pallate
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Hiro Pendragon
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Join date: 22 Jan 2004
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03-19-2005 00:40
Its not only trees apparently, but will change the full landscape and color pallet? Color pallate? I doubt it. We're already 32-bit color, and going any higher would be silly since that's the current industry standard. _____________________
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Athel Richelieu
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Join date: 7 Jul 2004
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03-19-2005 00:44
The part that is of most concern to Second Lifers in the article:
"Linden Lab, maker of the popular “Second Life” role-playing game, will use SpeedTreeRT to create outdoor environments for an updated version of the personal-computer game coming this autumn. “Second Life” lets players create personalized online worlds. SpeedTreeRT will “add more realism ... (and) give consumers more colors to paint with,” said Linden Lab executive Ryan Downe." Rather perhaps I used the wrong term, will give more colors to paint with. I was saying from our "color pallate". Guess it is some part of the graphics engine. Wonder if this will make Second Life even harder to run on slower computers. |
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Huns Valen
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Join date: 3 May 2003
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03-19-2005 01:12
I think they mean that we'll (or they'll) be able to do more mixing between ground textures on the surface patch.
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Champie Jack
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Join date: 6 Dec 2003
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03-19-2005 14:39
SpeedTree is awesome!
WWIIOL incorporated SpeedTree about a year ago. Perfprmance takes a hit on the highest qulity levels, but I imagine developers find ways to overcome that with other optimizations. Honestly, the Lindens have done a great job with their own trees and shrubs. As the article mentioned, SpeedTree likely offers a complete solution that will allow more variety of both types and colors for the Lindens to use as they explore strange new landscapes. Good Luck LL, I look forward to seeing what you all do with the SpeedTree technology. Champie _____________________
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Gabriel Spinnaker
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Join date: 21 Jun 2004
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03-19-2005 15:44
Color pallate? I doubt it. We're already 32-bit color, and going any higher would be silly since that's the current industry standard. _____________________
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Alan Palmerstone
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Join date: 4 Jun 2004
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03-19-2005 18:31
I will not rest until I can see squant in SL. Yay, love for Negativland! Crosley Bendix would have a ball in SL. I would enjoy seeing someone build Howland Island, as well. Back on topic: SpeedTree looks awesome. I am heartened that LL is looking for "Best of Breed" software and not deciding to make every little thing in house. _____________________
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Oz Spade
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Join date: 23 Sep 2003
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03-19-2005 19:47
I think they mean that we'll (or they'll) be able to do more mixing between ground textures on the surface patch. That'd be bad-ass. _____________________
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Osprey Therian
I want capslocklock
Join date: 6 Jul 2004
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03-19-2005 21:38
Wow!!!
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Cybin Monde
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Join date: 27 Jan 2004
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our future stepping closer
03-20-2005 09:22
awesome.. i didn't expect SL to advance in this way.. at least not this soon. i expected our trees and such to remain relatively constant in presentation for quite some time, but now i can say i'm ecstatic that i was wrong!
i get the feeling that once we get this upgrade we'll see another huge influx of new SLers.. great promotional material! especially when compared to current (although it'll be outdated upon release) capabilities. i think i'll go mention this in the forums for SecondSpace... _____________________
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Seth Kanahoe
political fugue artist
Join date: 30 Jan 2005
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03-20-2005 09:24
Now this is truly exciting news.... An inworld toolset, too?
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Ryan Linden
Linden Lab Employee
Join date: 31 Dec 1969
Posts: 87
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03-20-2005 10:24
Here is some more info:
We are currently working on modeling our current tree varieties in Speed Tree. They are looking wonderful! We will not be giving the community tools to create unique trees right away. Giving residents foliage creation tools is definitely something we want to do, we just need to design a smart way to do it. As a start, we will be making all the trees and allowing the community to rez them just as it is now. Once we move over to using ST we look forward to creating trees and grasses more frequently. I do not have a specific timeline for when you will start seeing these changes. |
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Roo Lioncourt
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Join date: 26 Jan 2005
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New landscape
03-24-2005 13:12
OOO I definitely like! Looks like African savannah!
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Oz Spade
ReadsNoPostLongerThanHand
Join date: 23 Sep 2003
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03-24-2005 16:03
Here is some more info: We are currently working on modeling our current tree varieties in Speed Tree. They are looking wonderful! We will not be giving the community tools to create unique trees right away. Giving residents foliage creation tools is definitely something we want to do, we just need to design a smart way to do it. As a start, we will be making all the trees and allowing the community to rez them just as it is now. Once we move over to using ST we look forward to creating trees and grasses more frequently. I do not have a specific timeline for when you will start seeing these changes. Great! Thanks for the further info Ryan. Thinking about it, I can see how allow user created trees may present a problem. Perhaps only estate owners could use custom trees? Or some sort of submission proccess (bleck). Or a built in tree-creator of some sort, hmm. _____________________
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