metatopia-design

Re: [Metatopia-design] Multi-section avatars

[Marc de G. <ma...@im...>]

John,

Thanks for your positive comments about Meme!  I'm glad you're
enjoying it.

I'm attaching the code for the squirrel.

If memory serves, there are several parts to the squirrel, each
in its own .rwx file.  Meme requires that each separate moving
part be stored in its own file, and the animation is all coded
in Meme.

I am open to suggestions for changing Meme so it accommodates
other schemes for dealing with linked hierarchies of poly meshes.
My concern is that whatever new scheme is adopted, it must keep Meme 
as generic (and portable) as possible.

-Marc


--
Marc de Groot, marc at immersive dot com, ICQ 983540

"Programming is neither science nor engineering.  It is actually an
 obscure form of poetry." -unknown

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RE: [Metatopia-design] Multi-section avatars

[John D. <JD...@so...>]

Thanks for the prompt reply.  I've written my own program to 
take a RWX file that has been auto-translated from a 3DS file
and break it up into its component parts.  I wrote it in
Euphoria which is a new BASIC-like language.

http://www.rapideuphoria.com

I thought about writing it in Meme itself, but I don't know
enough about file processing in Meme yet.  Note this is brute
force.  I've tested it with an "Ape" 3DS file that I 
downloaded.

http://avalon.viewpoint.com/

Now that I've got that working, hopefully I'll be able to work
out a gorrilla demo within the next week.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marc de Groot
To: John Drake
Cc: met...@li...
Sent: 6/1/00 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Metatopia-design] Multi-section avatars

John,

Thanks for your positive comments about Meme!  I'm glad you're
enjoying it.

I'm attaching the code for the squirrel.

If memory serves, there are several parts to the squirrel, each
in its own .rwx file.  Meme requires that each separate moving
part be stored in its own file, and the animation is all coded
in Meme.

I am open to suggestions for changing Meme so it accommodates
other schemes for dealing with linked hierarchies of poly meshes.
My concern is that whatever new scheme is adopted, it must keep Meme 
as generic (and portable) as possible.

-Marc


--
Marc de Groot, marc at immersive dot com, ICQ 983540

"Programming is neither science nor engineering.  It is actually an
 obscure form of poetry." -unknown

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RE: [Metatopia-design] Multi-section avatars

[Marc de G. <ma...@im...>]

John,

Euphoria looks very interesting.  Thanks for the pointer.

I've known about the Avalon website for a while now.  Walnut Creek
CD-ROM (www.cdrom.com) sells a CD with the Avalon collection.

I'm looking forward to seeing the gorilla animation.  I imagine, that
like the proverbial gorilla, it will sit anywhere it wants to.  |)

--
Marc de Groot, marc at immersive dot com, ICQ 983540

"Some people are just house plants with motor skills."

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