Hallo...
Seeing software such as Thudboard inspired me to try a little experiment... based off the Dwarf figure on the cover of Thud!
This is a WIP still mind you.. I see that his mouth should probably be wider and his eyes protrude less... but you get the general idea... He's 278 polygons at the moment and is shown in in EA's w3d viewer.. not a piece of render software but a gamelike model viewer... so not as pretty as I could make it look with shadows and other stuff..
But could a 3d version of Thud be done? I'm not a clever programing chap, but there are a lot of 3d chess games out there... if people are interested post here... We could have little animated figures as well.. (in fact they're probably easier to do than the stylised pieces.. for me at any rate)
I think I'll get to work on a troll piece now..
Hey, that's nice!
I probably don't have the time or inclination to recreate Thudboard in 3D, but I might play around with it a bit (using PyGame probably, which supports OpenGL through SDL). I can imagine some nice shoving and hurling animations
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Is there any place I can get at the model-data? I don't know what format it should have yet... I'm not a 3D monkey (yet
Ciao, Marc.
I'll see how to go about converting it and it's texture into a usable format.. would 3ds be a good start?
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Check the to-do list
3D models are planned, but a long way down the list I'm afraid.
But that's not to say that someone ELSE couldn't make a 3D thud client to connect to the server - I really must write up the server dialog so that we can permit third party clients
I'll see how to go about converting it and it's texture into a usable format.. would 3ds be a good start?
probably, it's very common so there should be plenty of converters around if I need something different...
Check the to-do list
3D models are planned, but a long way down the list I'm afraid.
Well when you do, my services are at my disposal
In the mean time I'll keep on making models for fun
**snip**. I can imagine some nice shoving and hurling animations
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Yea I've thought about producing a short annimation of a game...
Its all about finding time
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oh, i thought you meant a #D thud board game with like 15 tiers of decreasing and icreading size with the standar thudboard being the center tier and not 8 trolls around a thudstone in 2D but 26 around a thud CUBE in 3D
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!
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wow, that would be confusing. i don't think you could play that without going mad. but 3d pieces sound nice. anyone still working on it?
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
Save the rats, eat a dwarf!
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That ain't no English I ever dun heard!