New NxOgre Tutorial Coming...

Wretched_Wyx

06-06-2006 13:11:44

Greetings,

Just thought I'd drop a little preview for a new tutorial I've been working on for the next release of NxOgre: x10 - NxDomino Line. You can check out a screenshot here:

NxScene - Domino Line

The tutorial is on the subject of NxScenes, using .nxscene scripts.

ColeZero

06-06-2006 14:18:43

woow...how many domino-stones are in the scene, i can't see an end on the screen^^

Wretched_Wyx

06-06-2006 17:20:23

1024 dominos. The final version will have about 1/4 of that amount, for those of us out there that don't have speed demon machines.

ColeZero

06-06-2006 18:15:11

wow good, maybe you position the stones in some kind of circular way or maybe you built a small obstacle-curse.

praetor

06-06-2006 20:18:03

We totally need a Rube Goldberg demo!

betajaen

06-06-2006 20:58:42

We totally need a Rube Goldberg demo!

Rube Goldberg! that's the name I've been trying think off for the last few days.

And yes, I have a secret project about that too.......*makes oooOOOOHHH sound*

Wretched_Wyx

06-06-2006 23:18:53

maybe you position the stones in some kind of circular way or maybe you built a small obstacle-curse.

I have intentions to make the scene a little more complex, for sure. I was thinking of having the dominos go in a short straight line, up some stairs, down some stairs, straight again, smooth 90 degree turn, straight a bit, and a final 90 degree turn with the final domino dropping adjacent to the starting domino. I'm still struggeling with whether or not I want the camera to follow a path, keeping a close eye on the action... It would help with framerates if done right, as well as keep viewers tuned to the action. I probably won't do that though, just to give people freedom.

One story about Rube Goldberg holds that, while sleep-walking barefoot in a cactus field, he screamed out an idea about a self-operating napkin.

Ever played 'The Incredible Machine'? I love that stuff. That's why I'm playing with NxOgre so much :wink:.

ColeZero

07-06-2006 13:19:42

Yeah i new incedible machines..oh man, that were great games...
Buts its very old, from 1993 i think, that was so great...
*remembering the old times and forget to answer*
:lol: :lol:

praetor

08-06-2006 14:33:39


Rube Goldberg! that's the name I've been trying think off for the last few days.

And yes, I have a secret project about that too.......*makes oooOOOOHHH sound*


As soon as i thought about it, I forgot the name too! Took me about 5 minutes of pacing back in forth in the lab I work in (people eyeing me the whole time) trying to think of it.

Did you see the little mod someone made for half-life 2 to show a rube goldberg machine? Why are they so interesting? I once saw a movie 30 or so minutes long of a rube goldberg machine running in a giant warehouse. I watched the whole thing. Is that sad?

betajaen

08-06-2006 14:40:00

No, not really. I watched the same one. :D

futnuh

24-07-2006 01:03:29

And of course the famed Honda commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkzr0naZnZ0

and the subsequent spoof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyQsBrTM5rE