Monthly Archives: August 2009

Skinned Avatar Mesh

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I need a skinned mesh with bones, so that I can test the shader that will be used to render the avatars in my game. I’ve been going through the 3ds Max tutorials on biped and physique. I forgot how to do … Continue reading →

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Effect System Fallbacks

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I made some changes to the .fx effect file importer for the world builder. Not only can it promote 1.x shaders to version 2.0, it can also automatically compile the legacy 1.x shaders and include them in the effect file as well. … Continue reading →

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Game Servers Finally Online Again

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I kept finding bugs in the effect system; they were keeping me from getting the game servers back online. I wanted to at least have something new to show, before introducing a new patch. With the latest fixes, the new skydome looks … Continue reading →

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Effect System Progress

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Eric DeBrosse

I finally got all of the shader effects working on the sky dome today! It looks pretty sweet! I’ve been getting all of the kinks worked out of the effect system in the engine. There are just a few more … Continue reading →