Let's hear it!

[warz]

Fear them!



OMG... WITH NOISE...



and, yes it's 3D...

[Rule]

There was pretentious student from LSU

LSU?

I'm sure I can google or wiki it, but I've never heard of it.

[warz]

You've never heard of LSU? Where are you living... under a rock? If you're not in the US, fine... but if you're in the US and don't know what LSU is... you've got issuez BRO. Not to mention he gave you the ultimate clue by saying 'student'. I do not like LSU, btw.

[Blaze]

You've never heard of LSU? Where are you living... under a rock? If you're not in the US, fine... but if you're in the US and don't know what LSU is... you've got issue BRO. I do not like LSU, btw.

I think Rule lives in Canada?

[iago]

You've never heard of LSU? Where are you living... under a rock? If you're not in the US, fine... but if you're in the US and don't know what LSU is... you've got issue BRO. I do not like LSU, btw.

I think Rule lives in Canada?

He does.

And so do I, and I've never heard of LSU either.

[Newby]

There was pretentious student from LSU

LSU?

I'm sure I can google or wiki it, but I've never heard of it.

Louisiana State University.

[warz]

all canadians live under rocks

[Rule]

My point being that it's obviously not a high profile university... I'm probably familiar with about 40 colleges in the US, and LSU isn't one of them.

[Chavo]

Academically maybe not, but they are one of the biggest names in College sports.

[warz]

My point being that it's obviously not a high profile university... I'm probably familiar with about 40 colleges in the US, and LSU isn't one of them.

They are a high profile university.

[Armin]

Forgot to bring fresh underwear for a 2 week tour. :-[

At least you can buy some along the way.. I went to the cottage once in the same situation. No stores for 50 miles, and lots of outdoor activities.

Woo!

I considered that, but decided to use this as an excuse for something I've always wanted to try: freeballing

[Sidoh]

So looks like I'm meeting Sidoh IRL tomorrow for a trip to DC/National Air and Space Museum.

that was fun!  Pics to come soon.

[Blaze]

So looks like I'm meeting Sidoh IRL tomorrow for a trip to DC/National Air and Space Museum.

that was fun!  Pics to come soon.

The trick is to say "tomorrow".  That way, you never actually follow through!  :)

[Blaze]

Warz, can we get a video of this game?  I'm not following what the red lines represent.  The path taken by the tank?  Also, add collision right away, tanks in tanks in tanks look weird.

[warz]

Warz, can we get a video of this game?  I'm not following what the red lines represent.  The path taken by the tank?  Also, add collision right away, tanks in tanks in tanks look weird.

I tried recording one with Fraps and uploading it to youtube, but youtube said something about it not being able to encode my video. If anyone knows how to upload a fraps video to youtube then I can do that.

The tanks are just temporary models. I should probably use cones or something instead, so people don't get confused. I haven't picked a theme for my game, yet, but it's going to be a large-scale tower defense. The maps are large, although you can't tell it there because I've got the models drawing at about 500% of the size that they will eventually be. My goal is to basically allow the user to zoom in and out so they can micromanage the entire strategy or smaller parts of it, and sort of require the user to focus attention on different parts of the terrain. Sort of blending tower defense and RTS, I guess.

In those screenshots, the red line represents the least-cost path from point A (some random point on the map) to point B (the origin, 0). The paths will not be visible in the final version. The paths are calculated using the A* search algorithm. The first screen shot shows the algorithm with a generic euclidean distance heuristic equation. The second screen shot is using the same euclidean equation, but with some generated noise - that's why the lines are a little more random. The third screenshot is just using a different, free roaming camera class.

I'll probably be moving onto collision detection relatively soon. I'm most likely going to do something along the lines of making each enemy unit have a "positive charge" so they repel each other if they're too close. Before I add collision detection, though, I have to add the ability to place towers. Then, once I have towers, I'll make them fire at the closest, living enemy. That's when I'll need collision detection, at a generic level, for detecting bullet collisions.