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1801
« on: July 29, 2009, 05:22:27 PM »
I always check flip the normals when I export.
I don't understand how to duplicate the faces unless you mean export with it checked, then export with it unchecked. I don't have access to 3dsmax now, I'll try to explain it to you from how I remember it. Object QuadMenu (right click on the object to export) -> Convert To -> Editable Poly Then select your object, go to the Modify pane, click on the Editable Poly modifier, then in the rollout select Face editing (that's the red 3D square). Then CTRL-A to select all your faces, copy and paste. (If it pastes to a different object, click Add in the Modify geometry group, and click on the newly created object) With your new faces still selected, click Flip Normals (int the same rollout somewhere). Now every face is duplicated, one with it's normal in the original way, the other one with it's normal flipped. Export it now, however, mind that it has twice the vertices as it had before. It's a very dirty fix.
1802
« on: July 28, 2009, 05:14:38 PM »
I haven't look into the gmf file yet, but remember faces are visible from one side only - this is determined by face normals. Quick and dirty fix: select all faces, duplicate them, and flip the normals.
1803
« on: July 25, 2009, 05:50:18 PM »
Seems quite logical.
@people wanting raw capture of keys
The RA2 WinAPI window already captures them, and translates the messages concerning them however it wants, probably not minding Python. There is no way we can intercept that, unless we make it capture form a different window. Or use some sort of keylogger mechanism. Maybe a kernel driver connecting to a python module via IPC? It may be a bit overkill, but it will surely work. It will also probably be laggy.
One could also intercept DirectInput, but I never studied DirectX API's, so I know nothing about it.
1804
« on: July 24, 2009, 05:16:09 PM »
where can i get 3.5, because mine just updated to 3.1.2... Maybe http://www.getfirefox.com/ ..?
1805
« on: July 24, 2009, 04:56:08 PM »
I'd use Chrome everywhere, but I'm waiting for it to be ported properly (and be stable) on Linux and OS X. Chromium on Windows is pretty awesome. Otherwise I use Firefox. 3.5 was kinda slowish on windows, but they fixed it in 3.5.1 (all fonts were cached at the start of the application).
All you people complaining about a virus being "on" GTM have probably just a really messed up Windows install with spyware, adware and worms all over the place.
(Also, FYI worm != virus. A virus infects files, adds it's header in binaries, and shiet. Much more advanced. A worm just keeps running on your PC, copies itself and maybe makes your PC join a botnet. It can be as simple as a dozen of VBScript lines created by a 10-year old on crack)
1806
« on: July 24, 2009, 04:01:40 PM »
^ title.
Preferably with common parts (trying to find obscure MOSFETs is not cool), H-bridge, breaking and motor induction protection sh**.
Microcontroller based-ones are fine, however opamp based ones preferable.
1807
« on: July 24, 2009, 03:29:44 PM »
I make combat planes with friends. We take a triangular piece of styrofoam, hot glue, a cheap motor and propeller, a couple of micro servos, an rc kit, then make them fly and slam into each other to make your opponent fall and crash. Duct tape is allowed for quick on-site repairs. It's AWESOME. And pretty cheap, just the initial costs. EDIT: look at this http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-%22Warp%22%2c-a-full-contact-combat-RC-aircraft./
awesome diy planes That's exactly what I meant.
1808
« on: July 24, 2009, 03:24:30 PM »
Get a grape, cut it in half, then again (leave a small part connecting both 1/4's ) and you get
INSTA-PLASMA
(it's prefectly safe, I tried it, just don't breathe in the smoke, it's nasty stuff)
1809
« on: July 24, 2009, 03:18:07 PM »
I used to run a screensaver that demonstrated creature evolution, where their goal was to move as far as possible. After half a year of running, mine developed some sort of legs.
1810
« on: July 24, 2009, 03:14:07 PM »
That's a really sweet idea apanx. I never thought of dynamic arena GMF reloading.
1811
« on: July 22, 2009, 07:21:38 AM »
#1 Where is your box (and cameras) located? This is "TM_ROW3 X Y Z"(the 4th row).
Here:
The 3 verticalColumns are the Arena’s X,Y,Z coordinates:
X Y Z of Arena.
--------------------
*TM_ROW0 1 0 0
*TM_ROW1 0 1 0
*TM_ROW2 0 0 1
--------------------------
The first 3 (0-2) horizontal Rows are the Robot/Object’s X,Y,Z coordinates:
X Y Z of Arena.
Robot’s X
Direction:Y
Z
*TM_ROW0 1 0 0
*TM_ROW1 0 1 0
*TM_ROW2 0 0 1
These3 rows determines the ‘direction’ of each of the bot’s 3 X,Y,Z axes,in reference to thearena’s 3 X,Y,Z coordinates. In other terms these determine the bot’s/object’sPitch, Yaw, and Roll,withinthe arena.It tells each axis where to point within the arena at the start of the game; like the cam angles in the bot pythons. (Notice that the 2nd row (the bots ‘Y’ or vertical axis) is usually left with no x or z bias/tilt, but only 1 in the Arena’s Y axis (180degrees- ‘upright’). These numbers have an effect on one another and are therefore ‘very picky’.
I’ve got some ‘templates’ for directing bots/objects in arenas (esp. starting points for bots), so that you can start them facing square with the arena with backs against walls), or face them with backs toward each corner (diagonally).
The 4th horizontal Row only determines the ‘location’ of the bot within the Arena’s X,Y,Z.
X Y Z of Arena.
Robot’s X
Direction:Y
Z
Location
*TM_ROW0 1 0 0
*TM_ROW1 0 1 0
*TM_ROW2 0 0 1
--------
*TM_ROW3 5 3 12
#2. Here's what I have of the latest from Serge's stuff (includes a 3D viewer:-D): GMF_Serge
#3. The Bot's heading and starting positions are dictated by 'startpoint', which complete section is below(example only: don't copy and use, formatting may not be in tact):
*GMID_ATTACHMENTPT
{
*NODE_NAME Point01
*NODE_TM
{
*NODE_NAME Point01
[COLOR=seagreen] *TM_ROW0 -0.707107 0.000000 -0.707107[/COLOR]
[COLOR=seagreen] *TM_ROW1 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000[/COLOR]
[COLOR=seagreen] *TM_ROW2 0.707107 0.000000 -0.707107[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]*TM_ROW3 6 0.3 6[/COLOR]
}
USER DATA type = [B][COLOR=black]startpoint[/COLOR][/B]
id = 1
}
Hope this helps, Phil. Gottta get back to work...
. You are talking about 3x4 transformation matrices (hence the TM). Here it is explained very well about how to manually change the values to rotate, move and scale your stuff in-game. http://www.ruthless.zathras.de/facts/apps/polygonesia/3d-transformation-matrix.phpLook in the paragraph entitled The Five 3D Transformation Matrices. (ignore the last column of the matrices given in the examples) Also, keep in mind that my viewer ignores the TM's (I am a lazy man), and should not be used to read arena data, since it will most likely display all the objects at 0,0,0, with random rotation and scaling. GMF stands for Gabriel Meta File. When you get values like -7.751465E-07 , it's -7 * 10^-7. It's so small you can round it down to 0. Oh, and please, please, please use my compiler and decompiler. They'll give you much more detailed error messages. They'll not be bastards and crash on you. They don't bite. They allow you to compile/decompile wheels, the flextop arena, the car steering, and whatnot. http://code.google.com/p/gmftoolkit
1812
« on: July 19, 2009, 05:57:17 PM »
And they are full of bots that I really hope that you have backed up. You know, he can always take out the hard drive and connect it to his PC via an IDE cable with a special (and cheap) adapter.
1813
« on: July 19, 2009, 04:40:45 PM »
And Serge, the image has to be BMP for the game, and I wasnt going to waste time to change it. BUT ITS TAKIGN AGES TO LAOD ONMY CONNEHCTION LOL!!11! ROFFLE!1!! I just became a JPG / PNG nazi, don't worry :P.
1814
« on: July 19, 2009, 04:32:49 PM »
thanx for making a copy of it to slow down gtm even more. It doesn't slow down the forum software at all, which doesn't care about the file type, since it's just a [img] BBCode tag being translated into a ![]() HTML tag.
1815
« on: July 19, 2009, 04:30:47 PM »
Hmm. I'll try it. kthx. Me love you long time.
1816
« on: July 19, 2009, 04:22:19 PM »
If you are 100% positive it's not the battery or PSU...
Did the laptop suffer wear and tear? If so, a trace might have broken on the motheboard, and then you're ****ed, unless you have LAZ0R EYES, a soldering iron and very steady hands. You may try disassembling the laptop, then clear the CMOS (BIOS settings) by taking out the little li-on button cell battery and/or shorting a jumer which is probably marked "CLR CMOS" or something.
Good luck, laptop deaths suck.
1817
« on: July 19, 2009, 04:15:08 PM »
(Image removed from quote.) BMP! An extension does not make a file, please select the JPG file format when saving your image!
1818
« on: July 19, 2009, 04:11:30 PM »
You know what you could do... have somebody build a bot, and everyone has to create an AI for that one bot. If thats what you meant, I dunno. That's exactly what I meant. For me, it's an awesome idea :P but half the entries would be just stock tactics. Then they would just lose!
1819
« on: July 19, 2009, 03:53:27 PM »
Hey there, I hope I don't reinvent the wheel, and it's genuinly a new idea. If not, let me know.
I'm not really into tournaments, mainly because I'm really bad at robot building. But to the recent tournament goes not only a robot design, but also it's AI. This is what I've tought of.
Let everyone decide on a bot class (rammer, spinner, flipper, et caetera), and then create a new AI algorithm for it.
From what I read and see some of you programmed new AI algorithms. Would anybody be interested in that sort of competition? Would anybody be up the the challenge of having the best fight strategy?
If there are enough people, I'm in.
1820
« on: July 19, 2009, 03:15:11 PM »
Dude, why do you tell to save them as JPG, if you keep YOUR images saved as BMP? You just renamed the extension to .jpg.. That's not converting. The MIME type is still BMP. This is what you mess up:  [sergeb@wind ~]$ head -n 1 42506Saveasjpg.jpg
BM"�This is a BMP Header. ----------- The best example is RAR archives. The extractor only cares about what is after it's magic byte, and you can put any data before, eg. a JPG image. The image viewer only reads the JPG part, and the extractor reads only the part after the JPG part. .
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