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One Hundred and Fifty First Post

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

By my count this is 151 posts. I still haven’t released my new website but I’ve only 1 page left to go before I can release it into the wild so maybe tomorrow, if I don’t melt overnight, I let it loose. Other than the heat a good day. Chores done. Shopping done. Tomorrow should […]

V5I: Colourful Roman Candle

Friday, June 9th, 2006

A couple of people have said they would like to see a more colourful Roman Candle made using VueDynamics Animation: romancandle3b.avi (509Kbyte DivX)

Fire, Brimstone but No Smoke

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Been trying to build a volcanic eruption in Vue. I’ve managed to get a passable magma burst but smoke is proving somewhat harder to get a nice effect for. It’s rather annoying as in places the smoke looks really good but when it thins out a bit its obvious how its made and the whole […]

V5I: Vue Dynamics 0.3.1

Monday, June 5th, 2006

I’ve just put uploaded a minor update new version of the VueDynamics script, VueDynamics0_3_1.zip. Version 0.3.1 . It fixes a problem I found with particles not being sized properly when they are emitted or recycled. If select an object in your scene and then run the script you will get the a 150 frame roman […]

Non Specific Lethargy

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

I seem to be suffering from a bout of none specific lethargy. As soon as I get it out of my system I’ll post the bug fix for a couple of oddities I’ve found with object sizing with particles in VueDynamics.

No Meaningful Thought Here Move Along Please

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

Sorry absolute state of mentalwipedoutblankblandness syndrome has overtaken my brain. Not even enough grey matter to comment on tonight’s Doctor Who. I’m going to bed.

V5I: Making the Roman Candle

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Animation: romancandle3.avi (449Kbyte DivX) The roman candle effect is a simple animation produced using Vue 5 Infinite and VueDynamics version 0.3.01 (a new version with a couple of minor improvements I’ll hopefully put out tomorrow once I’ve just done a few last checks that I’ve not added any new bugs). You can pretty much get […]

V5I: Roman Candle

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

After 3 renders I think this is about at a point where I can show it off without wincing too much. A Roman Candle made using VueDynamics 0.3 Animation: romancandle3.avi (449Kbyte DivX) I’m off to bed now. If you want to know how I made this tune in tommorrow night (GMT). Edit 5th June 2006: […]

My Monster Name

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Mark came out really boring but my surname gave me this… Now that is cool 🙂 Edit: 5 years on is a bit broken

Bank of England Bigger than Tower 42

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

I’d never have guessed the Bank of England was so big. Just shows what you can hide underground if you dig a big enough hole. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4987016.stm

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