George Broussard on #Duke3D  3-2-97

Log by NukeDukem
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<ChrisH> Have you guys done anything like cons for SW 
   yet???
<NukeDukem> Greeting George
<MattCake> Cool, dirty movie
<GeorgB3DR> chris:  We also have a flash bomb that's great 
   for DM play.  It will blind the player witha white screen 
   for a time
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<IceBox> does the beta release is available now ?
<ChrisH> Awesome!
<NukeDukem> Cool
<Fantumn> are any of the 3drealms developers here?
<GeorgB3DR> ice:  We are still trying to get the beta version 
   ready for the testers.  It could go now, but we want it near 
   perfection
<NukeDukem> I have an idea
<Fantumn> i need to ask some important questions
<GeorgB3DR> If we see things wrong with it, so will they, so 
   we keep hammering on it
<NukeDukem> make a deal that Makes you walk in the 
  opposite direction you tell it to , or just 90 degrees. If 
  you've ever play Earthbound for SNES , its like when you 
  get a mushroom on your head
<IceBox> will a beta release can be expected soon ?
<Vcom> Georg: Are you using midi for music?
<GeorgB3DR> ice:  a public release is still "when it's done" , 
   but we feel we are getting close
<MattCake> George : how come 1.4 and 1.5 dooky aren't 
   compatible? I thought only memory addressing was changed 
   not comms stuff
<GeorgB3DR> vcom:  Midi for shareware.  CD music for full 
   game.  Can use your cd's too
<ChrisH> Hey George: I loved the PPack. It kicks the rest of 
   the Duke level's butts. My favorite level in Shopin-bag! 
   It's incredibly atmospheric! I know it like the back of my 
   hand!
<NukeDukem> George - Get AWE32's and you'll respect midi
<GeorgB3DR> matt: a ver # change throws it all out the 
   window.  You have to patch
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<GeorgB3DR> chris:  glad you like the pak.  the levels are the 
   best we've done
<GeorgB3DR> nuke:  we have them, but cd music cremes awe 
   32
<ChrisH> YOUR level is the best!
<IceBox> ok
* Fantumn needs some 3d graphics designers and rendering 
  artists.
<ChrisH> Have you guys done anything like cons for SW 
   yet???
<NukeDukem> George - can we at least be able to put midi's 
  on levels?
<GeorgB3DR> thanks chris, i still got a lot to learn though...
<IceBox> you don'T wanna do like lameduke ?
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<GeorgB3DR> chris:  There will be no con-like stuff in sw. 
   Will delay game too much
<ChrisH> Bummer.
<NukeDukem> Like a TC Group would have to release a CD 
  Audio Track or no new music huh .....
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<ChrisH> So no re-programming of any sort for SW?
<GeorgB3DR> nuke:  not sure about the editing stuff
<GeorgB3DR> chris:  Not really code wise.  I know it's a 
   drag, but not much we can do.  the con's are way limiting 
   for actors anyway in Duke
<Fantumn> georg: some friends and me are doing duke3d into a 
   gory/hockey sort of thing, hockey arena setting, players, 
   puck/stick fer weapons and even brand new CON files... i 
   was wondering if you could get one of the artists to help 
   out... there might be pay in it, but i am not sure. 
<Fantumn> georg: i need some graphics to change monsters, 
   but, I can do most of them myself.
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<ChrisH> Sorry George, the SW channel hasn't caught on yet. 
   It will soon.
<Vince> i have one thing to say about editing, and that is this: 
   It's what has kept doom afloat for so long. You can change 
   ANYTHING
<GeorgB3DR> fantrum:  Sorry, we have WAY more work that 
   we can do and we just hired 2 more artists
<NukeDukem> In our TC , Mystique - Netherworlds , we plan 
  on making all new art, enemies, textures , music , sounds , 
  levels , cons , etc
<Fantumn> georg: oh... kewl
<NukeDukem> What would you think It would take for say 
  GTinterative to release it?
<MattCake> To be real good thats what ;)
<NukeDukem> I know the BDP boy <G>
<IceBox> it'S cool to do our own maps
<GeorgB3DR> Nuke: It'd have to rock and we'd have to ok it.
<NukeDukem> The = that
<IceBox> i hope it will be like that in sw
<Fantumn> ne1 here artists that can spare an hour or two 
   drawing some pics fer a new duke pack?
<ChrisH> If I'm ever in Garland, can I stop by and watch you 
   guys frantically work?
<NukeDukem> Do you think you guys at 3DR will check out all 
  the TCs like BDP and Mystique?
<GeorgB3DR> chris: The offices are sort of closed, but some 
   people drop in from time to time.
<GeorgB3DR> Nuke:  I'm, sure we will
<ChrisH> Maybe play some ping-pong.
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<GeorgB3DR> chris: table got ditched for more people space 
   :)
* Fantumn is the biggest fan of 3DRealms... He visited the VR 
  Tour 40+ times!
<ChrisH> Do you tell them to get the hell out before you call 
   the dogs?
<NukeDukem> I hear you isolate your Swarrior buys away 
  from the Prey guys <G> Superiority by isolation?
<NukeDukem> buys= guys
<GeorgB3DR> chris:  We got a new security system now, so 
   that's not a problem anymore :)  If they fail the retinal 
   scan, they get blasted :)
* Fantumn thinks that Apogee games are pretty <Curse 
  Word>, but, 3DRealms releases the BEST games around.
<Fantumn> drop Apogee man.
<Fantumn> j/k
<NukeDukem> A little door opens up and Tripmines kill them
<GeorgB3DR> Nuke:  We group the teams by project, not job 
   type.  Best environment is a bunch of guys in a big room (all 
   on same project()
<ChrisH> Yes! Cool.
<NukeDukem> George - did you announce to everyone to make 
  Frequent IRC Stops this week? I talked to 2 3DR guys last 
  night
<ChrisH> Just got the new PCGamer. Where's the SW ad?!
<NukeDukem> and ApogeeJS came in for 3 secs
<GeorgB3DR> nuke:  No, they were just taking breaks 
   probably.
<MattCake> slacking!
<NukeDukem> heh
<NukeDukem> 3 AM?
<GeorgB3DR> Chris:  Dunno, ask GT?  Blood's probably 
   infringing on our ad space
<IceBox> hihihi
<MattCake> Get the whip out dude
<ChrisH> The Blood ad is there, but no SW ad! :(
<GeorgB3DR> chris:  nowhere in mag?
<MattCake> 3am , best time of day to work
<Fantumn> george: how do you get things rolling in 3DR? isn't 
   like hectic, everyone running around, like where the hell is 
   that source code kind of mood?
<Vince> George, have Microsoft sent you anything comcerning 
   DirectX 5 yet?
<MattCake> Direct X5?
<GeorgB3DR> fantum: It's controlled chaos... :)
<MattCake> what happened to 4?
<NukeDukem> Do you test out Prey's performance on Lowly 
  Pentium 100's sometimes to see how it does on our puny 
  Computers?
<GeorgB3DR> Vince:  I haven;t seen it.  We're not big 
   directx fans yet
<Vince> i dunno Matt :)
<Fantumn> hehe
<Fantumn> can someone tell me what directx is for?
<GeorgB3DR> Nuke:  Not yet :)  Prey will use 3d cards like 
   3dfx heavily, so speed should be ok
<ChrisH> No ad at all!
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<Vince> DirectX rocks!!! Direct3D isn't the best, but 
   DirectDraw, DirectSound, etc ROCKS
<NukeDukem> Direct X = Takes more mem and slow FPS
<Vince> Nuke, not really
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<Vince> Nuke, if you know how to develop with it, it rocks
<NukeDukem> George - What FPS do you get? 30FPS with 
  3dfx?
<NukeDukem> Vince- Direct X uses plain Waves and bmps
<NukeDukem> no space saving
<GeorgB3DR> Nuke:  Getting 25 or so in Prey now, but Will 
   and tom are optimizing the texture caching stuff (3Dfx 
   only has 2 megs onboard).  expect 30-35 fps in a few dyas
<NukeDukem> cool
<Vince> Nuke, you don't know much about DirectX, do you
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<NukeDukem> The Descent 2 demo that came with my M3d 
  had a good 30FPS Framerate , but the full version patch a 
  couple of months later seemed 2X as fast :)
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<GeorgB3DR> yo all see the Lo Wang / Shadow Warrior VOC 
   interview at 3drealms.com?
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<IceBox> i saw it
<GeorgB3DR> comments?
<NukeDukem> ChrisH - did the send complete?
<Vince> i saw it, didn't listen yet.. i am lazy :)
<Poe> Lo Wang is a odd character
<ChrisH> Yes.
<GeorgB3DR> vince:  check out the voice and see if you like 
   it.  We think it's pretty cool
<Poe> I love de shurkien!
<ChrisH> It kicks!
<GeorgB3DR> Yupm Lo Wang is a "character" all right.  He 
   and Duke should team up some day
<ChrisH> Nuke: Log the conversation!
<NukeDukem> cHRIS - Lo wang kicks or my files Kick?
<IceBox> wich send ?
<ChrisH> Aol is going to kick me. It froze.
<IceBox> i am curious 
<ChrisH> Lo Wang kicks!
<NukeDukem> heh heh
<ChrisH> Are ya?
<Poe> He and Duke should rumble someday
<Vince> http://www.dimension3d.com/
<ChrisH> Please do.
<Vince> i love that site
<ChrisH> Gotta go.
<Vince> 100% 3D Hardware devoted
<ChrisH> Bye everyone. Bye George.
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<GeorgB3DR> later all
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