VLM-3 Demo DVD - How to get your grubby mits on a copy!

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:22 pm 0

Me hopes it turns up tomorrow I have nothing else to do at all

Post by **Muttley** » Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:42 pm 0

Ely wrote:Me hopes it turns up tomorrow I have nothing else to do at all

Should do, was sent 1st class...

Muttley

Saint Sandy · Post by **Saint Sandy** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 5:32 am 0

Ahchay wrote:Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick here, but it sounds like you're looking for explanations?

PVB wrote:ad astra?
To the stars! I think Elizian could have used Ad Infinitum (To infinity) but Ad Astra works just as well - the "normal" context of which is Ad Astra Per Ardua (Through hard work (we reach) to the stars!) which quite nicely reflects Yak's work ethic I feel - so, a sort of dog-latin pun really.

nomenclature?
Just "naming of" as far as I can tell. And, I think, just pointing out that Unity is rather aptly named - there is only one Unity, and it is all things...

And, no, I haven't studyed Latin. But words, and the way they evolve through cultures, interest me

Cheers
Chris

ooooh naughty Chris - t'is "per ardua ad astra " = forever onward to the stars. Therefore , in best handrwriting please, proper ink pen ( no biro or u get extra detention ) please write ten times and have on my desk by the morining, or meet me "beyond the Pedagog's house" - bloody Grammar school eduction !!! - fascist regime more-like!

still...I suppose 5 years of hell did teach me one or two things ....errrr...like speaking proper like !

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 11:21 am 0

Blimey that'll wake you up of a morning

Thanks to everyone involved for getting me this. Yak you are indeed one screwed up fella, but obviously in a very very good way, can't imagine how good Unity is going to be

EssexBoy · Post by **EssexBoy** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 1:50 pm 0

I would just like to thank Muttley and Alchay for getting the disc to me, and of course Yak for creating it and allowing it to be distributed.

It is of course fantastic. I found it quite mesmeric, it did take a bit of a toll on my eyes. I think because I got so into it my blink rate went right down!.

That is probably a good sign!

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sat Mar 22, 2003 3:01 pm 0

Many Thanks to Muttley et al. and obviously YAK - oooohhh baby, found myself watching the DVD with a big stupid grin on my face, cant wait for Unity...

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 10:08 pm 0

Finally made my travel fund donation today. Can't wait to see VLM3 in action.

Stephen

corrosive · Post by **corrosive** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:48 am 0

Thanks Muttley & SimonB (& YAK obviously) - received the DVD yesterday and had a quick viewing. Very nice - took a while for my eyes to normalise!

Skah T · Post by **Skah T** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 9:30 pm 0

Woot!

I've only listened to (or should I say "experienced") the first tune so far (~10 minutes), but oh my goat. It's probably been mentioned, but can anyone enlighten me as to the artist for the lovely songs?

Oh, and baaaaah!

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 11:04 pm 0

Skah T wrote: Woot!

I've only listened to (or should I say "experienced") the first tune so far (~10 minutes), but oh my goat. It's probably been mentioned, but can anyone enlighten me as to the artist for the lovely songs?

Oh, and baaaaah!

Llook here:

http://gubbeen.dowcarter.com/forum/view ... 4618#84618

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 11:16 pm 0

This disc officially defines the new Yakly doctrine of "Down In It!" (for lack of a better descriptor) - that is, being immersed inside these effects - at last.

These visuals have come quite a long way since the first DVD... the last ten minutes were especially gratifying. The geometrics are much better, and the tube/tunnel sequences are really engaging.

Silly of me, really, but I realized I sat there a few months back taking digital snaps of the television, when I could have been just pausing the DVD playback on my Powerbook and taking quick screengrabs, to much better effect.

I just watched this disc while at work on my icky PC, and I kept pausing the playback to scrutinize the visuals.

The texturing in the backgrounds is quite stellar; if this is indeed real-time stuff, then there really is no limit to the worlds that Yak can portray.

Yak - do you know yet whether or not Unity will be strictly limited to a flight mechanic? Or could there be Encounter/Mercenary-like driving/walking sequences - just plain "sight-seeing" - for there is quite a lot I want to just "watch" - endlessly. Perch myself on a beam of light and watch the flocks of boingies sail by...

Beautiful, Yak! You're seeing beyond. I can't wait for more. Just the thought of there now being a game involved in this kind of thing - with scoring and reward systems and that just-one-more-go mechanic integrated fully - well, I'm still having blissful visions... finally being able to get down inside Colourspace... which is a term that seems to be transforming itself in definition and becoming more and more applicable to Unity's environments.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 12:15 am 0

Ohhhh wait'll you see what the Boingys look like clad... I *just* started to get the first bits of this actually working today and although it's early days yet I was just

....

I'm quietly starting to believe this could actually be not too awful

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(:-) - Yak
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dtj · Post by **dtj** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 1:27 am 0

Yak wrote:I'm quietly starting to believe this could actually be not too awful .

Oooooh! I love it when that happens!

The voyage continues!!!!!

srs ghost · Post by **srs ghost** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 8:01 am 0

okay...a little mystified by the world of Pay Pal, but believe
I have just sent money to Achay...or to someone entirely different
if I've mistyped the email address...please send DVD; pm to follow...

Ahchay · Post by **Ahchay** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 10:47 am 0

srs ghost wrote:okay...a little mystified by the world of Pay Pal, but believe
I have just sent money to Achay...or to someone entirely different
if I've mistyped the email address...please send DVD; pm to follow...

Mystified or not, you managed to get it right - Money received!

I'll PM Muttley with your address and you'll get your DVD in short order

Cheers
Chris