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Noir

who has written 25 posts for 2 Cents on MMOs.

Sep
11
2009

They grow up to be so big

Having objects just “appear” may be cool on stage, but in a game, it’s kinda lame. I needed my game objects to “grow” into place so they would catch the players eye.
How to do that in Unity3d? well the unity 3d web forums gave me a hint.
Bottom line is to use the Coroutine function yeild, [...]

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Sep
8
2009

Prototype Milestone: Fully playable version

First fully functional free to play game developed using Unity 3D
it’s like wood schulpting with a chainsaw, at night, in a dark room with only one window.

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Sep
4
2009

Putting Unity 3D into wordpress: A Nice Solution

“ShadowBox” or “LightBox” are nice plugins for WordPress that allow you to open content in a new window. The new window is very nicely, and transparently, placed over the existing page.
Another option is to upload the web page that Unity 3d creates when you build a web project. If you upload both the file and [...]

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Sep
4
2009

Putting Unity 3D content into WordPress: Futile attempts

I like using Media Library in Word Press.
When you build a project in Unity3d, select the web build, and pick a seporate folder for unity to put the output file into.
In Wordpress, in Site Admin, click the media link, and upload new media, browse to directory you told unity to dump the files. Select and [...]

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Sep
4
2009

Putting Unity3D Content into Wordpress blog, part 1

Where to find, and how to install the Unity3d WordPress plugin

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Sep
4
2009

A venture into Unity 3D

I have had Unity 3D for 15 days now. I have to say I am a complete convert.
Sure it has it’s bugs, and problems like any software, but they are few and far between.
One huge advantage Unity has is the sheer number of blogs and posts and information for developers. I have to say Will [...]

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Sep
3
2009

Unity 3D DOES support Collada

You can use spore and sketch up models in your Unity 3D projects.

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Sep
2
2009

Power Point Slideshow viewer

George, in his quite finite wisdom, forgot that not everyone has powerpoint installed.
To view his presentations, you need a PPS viewer. Fortunately there are several available.
PowerPoint slideshow viewer for Windows from Microsoft
For Mac  and Linux Users, NeoOffice, Open Office, and other tools have power point viewers. Sorry I can’t verify these presentations will play, as [...]

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Sep
2
2009

The Anatomy of an MMO Part 1: Introductoin and History

MMOs in one form or another Predate the PC era, and even for the earliest game designers, the power of a computer to communicate with multipule people simultaniously was a key factor of game design and the use of technology in entertainment.

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Aug
28
2009

Codifying PrePublishal Existential contemplation

Hey, I think there is a scholarly paper in here somewhere.
I found a great article Seventeen things and I got to thinking, everyone should run through this list before they post.
That got me thinking more. This would be a good list to classify, codify, blog posts! it’d speed up and automate feedback.
At the very least [...]

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