zulu9812
The Newbie Nightmare
MarineCorps said:
Hell, I got Bryce 5.5 for $20, got the content bundle free with it and also got effectively $30 in vouchers of other DAZ products too!
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New unit: X303 Prometheus (May 13th, 2005)
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Hell, I got Bryce 5.5 for $20, got the content bundle free with it and also got effectively $30 in vouchers of other DAZ products too!
MarineCorps
Explosion!
zulu9812 said:
Wha..? Where is that?
Bjornlo
Deity
zulu9812 said:
Please share!
Bjornlo
Deity
MarineCorps said:
I made somethings for someone, and they just bought me 5.5 in exchange. 5.5 came with alot of extra stuff (download version). Probably 60-100.00 in extras (at regular DAZ pricing). I haven't much use for any of it. If I had bought it, I'd rather have had a plain lower cost one with no extras.
5.5a multi-tasks better. You can click on the icons on the bottom bar and actually go to that program with out ALT+TAB.
For me, it is not faster. In fact, it seems slower on less complex frames, but on the more complex frames it is definately faster.
But it handles refraction, reflection and transparency completely different.
Here is an GIF rendered with the exact same settings as the death-preview in post #1:
As you can see, the sheild is not at all the same. Is is very refractive, not very clear, etc... But because it was faster on the complex times, the total time to render this went from 30-40minutes to 10 or so.
These times on a 3700+ Amd64 with 2gb of ram. I can't imagine how long this death would take on my previous system (P4 2.6, 1gb).
But even though it is faster on this type of flc, it is slower on simple ones... like run... if I remember, it was a 2min 10 secs vs. 1min 45secs.
zulu9812
The Newbie Nightmare
Bjornlo said:
well, no magic place to buy it from - just a special deal that DAZ were doing for platinum club members, as well as a discount if you already owned Bryce 5. I think the upgrade discount is still available, though.
Bjornlo
Deity
Ah, I'd been considering the platinum club. Seems they take quite good care of those people. The only reason I haven't done it, is that there is so little content of theirs that is interesting to me. I just didn't like the idea of paying monthly dues for something I wasn't sure if I was going to use.
MarineCorps
Explosion!
Bjornlo said:
I would assume they would allow you to cancel at any time. So I might join up pay the fee and buy Bryce 5.5 and then cancel. Wonder if they accept Paypal for monthly payments. Through it might be wise of me to get my new system up and running first
Roman Legion
Emperor
Ive been busy but when I get a chance ill test it. Hoping its as good as I can imagine, but might even be better than perfect but ill see.
Bjornlo
Deity
Lemme know if you want a smaller version.
Roman Legion
Emperor
all right ill see,Ive just got home and taking care of some other things.
Spacer One
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I know this comes a bit late, but Im building a random Civs MOD, and am using a Stargate themed Civ...this is the best stargate unit Ive seen to date, as well as probably the most accurate...I agree that its too plain grey, but the ship is very ugly in the show...not as flashy as the Star Trek predicesors...
Many props and thanx for adding this amazing ship to the ranks of usable units
one small thing(no praise can be complete without a critisizm)...does it have to put the sheilds up to fidget?...thats the one thing that isnt realistic...in the show, sheilds are used sparingly...for a fidget, it maybe could drop the ring transporter? (an animation that would make it perfect in my game as it is an armored transport)
Many props and thanx for adding this amazing ship to the ranks of usable units
one small thing(no praise can be complete without a critisizm)...does it have to put the sheilds up to fidget?...thats the one thing that isnt realistic...in the show, sheilds are used sparingly...for a fidget, it maybe could drop the ring transporter? (an animation that would make it perfect in my game as it is an armored transport)
Bjornlo
Deity
You can just edit the INI to use the default animation as the fidget, or remove the fidget animation completely. (from the INI).
If I ever remake this unit, I will consider making a fidget without the sheilds.
If I ever remake this unit, I will consider making a fidget without the sheilds.
Spacer One
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good idea, thanx...I didnt think to edit the .ini file (Im very new to this)
again great unit...
again great unit...
