Just in case you wonder what features the new DirectX 11 brings and what DirectX introduced in the past I’m posting these videos. Personally I’m still happy with DirectX 9 but the new version looks interesting indeed. I’m sure I will upgrade to Windows 7 and a DirectX 11 graphics card at some point but I think I’ll give it some more time.
The upper videos are more kind of ads than information but this one is really detailed although you can see that the guy in the video tries to explain everything in easy words
Today I learned about a new way of upgrading to Windows 7. Actually you don’t need to run to the store anymore or order it via the Internet. You can download it. It’s not for free of course but I think it’s much more comfortable and there is an option to order a backup disc.
I can’t believe this software is for free… I’m so amazed every time I use it! It’s so powerful and has everything I need. Kick Autodesk 3D Studio Max and other expensive professional-crap 3d packages… Get Blender! http://www.blender.org/
The screenshot is a clock model for my ETQW map PKiN – I don’t have much time to work on this map but I’m making little progress step by step. Recently I rebuilt the roof metal material. It now even has a detail map (if the player comes very close little scratches are visible – a very cool effect).
Quentin Tarantino tends to make brutal movies. Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill are kind of splatter funny but Inglourious Basterds shocked me a little bit in some scenes, especially the one at the end (no worries – I don’t tell what’s in it). In general I liked it very much but I didn’t get rid of the feeling that I’m watching a jewish revenge-fantasy movie where Hitler dies in an assault on him in the end – it happens in a very short scene and is not mentioned further. It’s not like any other movie that shows WWII and the Nazis from a historic and educational prespecitve. It’s fiction based on WWII. This movie is what Wolfenstein is in the video gaming world: Great entertainment!
The topic is maybe not the most up to date but it’s just right for me today (sitting sick at home with headache). Obama and his Mickey Mouse diplomacy. I always thought that this guy is cleverer than Bush – No chance! He called the Czech prime minister at midnight out of bed just to tell him that he’s gonna cancel the missile defense shield deal but what’s MUCH BETTER is the date he has chosen to call the Polsih prime minister: The 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland! I call this total ignorance. Many Americans have the great talent to ignore European culture (Believe me, I work at an American company) but what Obama has done is total madness. Now Putin is going to piss on him…
… the irony couldn’t be better. Obama, who promised a lot and reached nothing yet gets the Nobel prize. For what? For his ignorant Mickey Mouse diplomacy and ignoring Eastern Europe?
Missing ASE? All-Seeing-Eye? The quick loading independent game server browser? I’m so sorry what happened to this company and this great piece of software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All-Seeing_Eye
I found now a very good alternative that I can recommend: Game Scanners
I got a new notebook from the company I work for. HP EliteBook 6930p. It’s fast… P8600 2.40GH dual core but then on the other hand it runs so much software in the background like the hard drive encoding software SafeBoot, Symantec Endpoint Protection and other crap that sometimes it feels like my old Celeron 1.7GH single core notebook. The case is really nice with all the space-like-lights everywhere and I like the keyboard but it has the most useless feature I’ve ever seen: A little weak light above the screen to illumine the keyboard.
Remember HP’s handspot TV-commercial campaign? Very nice…
This couldn’t be more bizarre. Gaddafi wants to ask the United Nations to abolish Switzerland and “share the land among its neighbouring countries”. What a moron!
On the other hand there is something true in his “Switzerland is a world mafia and not a state” statement … but look at this wonderful lake. It would be a shame to divide it…
LIBYAN leader Colonel Gaddafi is set to ask the United Nations to ‘abolish’ Switzerland and share the land among its neighbouring countries.
September 1. is the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II
World War II began like everyone knows with the attack of Nazi-Germany and Soviet Russia on Poland in 1939. Later Germany attacked Soviet Russia. Now Medvedev, Putin and his FSB/SWR (the KGB successor organization) comrades try to manipulate the history telling that Poland has been an ally of Nazi-Germany by spreading fake documentaries and aggressive press releases on that topic. The allegations are ridiculous saying that the foreign minister of Poland in 1939 was a German agent and that there has been a secret pact between Germany and Poland aimed at Russia signed in 1934… oh boy! That can’t be true – Soviets have been very good in manipulating history but these times should be over – it’s a shame
So here is my little review after playing the new Wolfenstein for several hours: First of all I think the new Wolfenstein is a worthy successor for RtCW, the last Wolfenstein game. The music, the weapons, the enemies and the good old boss fights create a very nice Classic First Person Shooter atmosphere. I think it’s fun for newbies and fans of the previous games as well. There are tons of lovely details you are going recognize from the previous Wolfenstein games (if you played them) like Nazi-Soldiers shouting “Mein Leben!” when they die (Wolfenstein 3D) or Elite Guard female soldiers (RtCW). What I really like is the new “vale” view that moves you instantly in a kind of zombie dimension and allows you to see hidden doors in walls or ladders. The graphics is very good in my opnion. The id Tech 4 engines does a great job with all the lightning and bump mapping. The idea of having Eisenstadt, the city beneath Castle Wolfenstein as a starting point for each level is nice but it’s unfortunately the weakness of this game. You can move around like in a roleplaying game and buy upgrades for your weapons with gold that you can find in the missions. So far so good but it totally breaks the atmosphere due to many little glitches. Cars that you blowed up before are like new when you return. Some levels like the hospital start with an artillery attack outside but when you get inside it’s totally silent – crap!!! – I knew Raven Software is gonna mess up something!
All the effort is remarkable… but these glitches hurt. Outch…
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