Posts by Minos

  • WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

    Quote from Vilham

    Yeah that is pretty cool for skybox stuff/shop windows in open world games. What is the performance hit like?


    Should be pretty cheap as far as I know (the parallax itself is just a few texture maps with bump offset on their UVs + lerps to mask them).


    I'm planning to use this to make a few buildings and backdrop stuff, hopefully I'll have something cool to show soon

  • What's going on with your life?

    Quote from Thrik

    Holy SHIT, after years of drinking copious amounts of caffeine I decided to give it up last night because I was noticing my heart racing during the day and especially during the evenings, and it was worrying the shit out of me. So I've had nothing today, and seriously since about 8pm I've gone from feeling like shit to feeling like ten piles of shit.


    I've got headaches, muscle aches, eye tension, and I feel generally lifeless. It's kind of insane how dependent on that shit I've been, I hope this passes quickly. I'm also a bit worried after reading someone saying that life isn't the same without caffeine, they don't feel as energised or as alive even months later. What the fuck man.


    Don't forget, coffee (caffeine rather) is a drug by itself that causes addiction and withdrawal symptoms... in fact it's much more harmful to the body than some illegal drugs


    I fucking love coffee, my newest habbit is drinking it with jack daniels and irish cream sunday mornings, it always helps to start the day with a kick. I quit cigarette smoking several months ago as I said before, but at the same time I don't want to deprive myself completely from its pleasures so I still smoke occasionally when I have alcohol with friends. It's a perfect pair. I also usually have one cigarette sunday mornings with my "irish" coffee, and that's it, even when I get a rare craving during the week I control myself and go do something else.


    Life is too short and if we try to be 100% healthy we become paranoid morons who don't appreciate the lil things anymore. All you need is self control, you don't need to completely eliminate things that make you feel good (unless they fuck you up like crack or something lol, don't do that).


    Ex-smokers (myself included) usually have that illusion that if they have one eventual cigarette they will start smoking 2 packs a day again, but the truth is, we are in control a 100% of the time, no one will put cigarettes in your mouth and lit them up for you

  • Godzilla (2014)

    This movie was awesome, I enjoyed every bit of it! If you don't like it that's probably because you had wild expectations or just don't like the genre at all, since it is pretty much an old school Godzilla movie but with good effects. This movie had no political agenda, no stupid puns, no badass Robert Downey Jr like characters, etc... That felt refreshing


    My advice?

    - Don't expect this to be breaking bad

    - Don't expect this to be anything other than a kickass super monster movie

    - Don't expect anything at all, just enjoy the movie for what it is

  • What have you purchased recently?

    Quote from AlexM

    Trying to decide whether I should buy a 3ds or a ps4


    I think I'm leaning towards the 3ds


    A 3DS no doubt


    Then you can play gems like this:

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  • Far Cry 4

    Quote from Grinwhrl

    No info? The images tell enough for whats to come, and it is amazing!


    Do they? I didn't play Far Cry 3 (I know the game takes place in a tropical island and you shoot many things), but I have no idea what the new one is about because all the website has is an image, information about DLCs and pre-order links. How can you sell DLCs/pre-orders without even showing the game lol


    I'm not hating on the game, don't get me wrong (FC3 looks amazing, will probably skip it and play this one instead), but these stupid marketing ploys ubi pulls off all the time really get on my nerve. They are basically treating their costumers like sheep that will buy anything they cherish without even knowing anything about it.


    Anyways, I don't want to derail the thread anymore, show us the game now!

  • Far Cry 4

    Not a single piece of information about the actual game in the official website, only links to major retailers where you can purchase your exclusive pre-order edition. Way to go Ubi!

  • What have you watched recently?

    Quote from SpronyvanJohnson

    and basically stupid movie that insults the viewers intelligence every step of the way.


    How? I never felt insulted by the movie lol


    I love Prometheus and don't get the hate it receives. But that's because since I'm not an Alien aficionado, I can ignore the "inconsistencies" and enjoy the movie for what it is.

  • What have you watched recently?

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    Great movie with a kickass soundtrack, really awesome to see some of LA's history too