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#81

It seems this thread and all it´s “whining” got old users interested again :wink:

#82

Yep - and that’s an opportunity…

Has anything been said about Animate? I wonder if that little yellow marker will…nah…

#83

Server Down! … dum de dum …

#84

Hmmmmmm…

All this chatter about new things and then the site is unavailable. This couldn’t mean that we may be getting an immediate update here could it???

Now that I think about it, Fred was commenting on the Ark. Let’s see, the Ark saved the faithful from the drowning world. Like messiah saves us from the drowning world of other cg app complexity.

Now I’m really getting anxious!

Best,
Rick

#85

nope he was commenting about GoD not asking humans
to manufacture his ships ever again…

#86

Thought it was just me… :frowning:

#87

Popping my head in here so i can get subscribe to the “going-ons”!

I didn’t miss anything … some videos perhaps!

#88

Perhaps pmG, famed for listening to their users, saw this comment and took their site down for a revamp!?

#89

And in true style, famed for their complete lack of communication…thought… hey, rather than tell people we’re changing the website, we’ll just remove it and then go quiet! LOL :smiley:

Edit: I don’t get it, the website - it’s still down…why not make the changes offline and do a quick swap out…unless it’s something bigger…better…should I be excited?

#90

I get the first page now. Hope all this means that new things are about to break, and they’ve been updating all the info as fast as their little fingers can fly.

Keeping fingers crossed…

Rick

#91

I’ve heard from a VERY unreliable source that the site will be down until Easter. Now where is this Judas guy !! :smiley:

#92

LOL maybe its because MACs arent supported by the act of god?

anyway i agree totally with the overall point of showing progress. Not words, not cryptic blurbs or rousing ambitions. just picture and videos. I want to know what is in store.

Honestly, im using messiah only for animation…why? because im uncertain about messiahs direction to dedicate more importance on it. Its renderer is powerful, i know, i tried it. However, i want render farm support. and i dont want to be stuck to using butterfly. how about a rudimentary renderfarm access? ala LWSN batch rendering at the very least?

anyway i dont want to turn my post into a feature request. But if there is a request, no, REQUIREMENT - its openness. Also, i would love to be a beta tester if that would help at all. I have down time and would love to throw some fodder for this community. anything i can do to help. believe me i promote this program every chance i get, but you shouldnt rely on users to promote your software if you keep them in the dark.

Also, about the scaling issue.

I have brought this up before. Having some programming experience, i suspect that my nightmarish woes experienced with the soft bodies are linked to the scaling! I know that precision of calculation depends greatly on the numerical scales at play. if you are working with very small values, the precision of your SBD calculations will suffer! i suspected the scaling to be the issues behind SBD and voiced it previously. there was no response as far as i know and would love to hear your thoughts pmg.

Also, resizing my objects in LW is not a solution because i work to real world scale and my scene elements that arent animated in messiah prevent me from scaling to compensate for messiah…

#93

pMG site is back up, I think general updates on information/layout… take a look for yourselves.

Maybe I just havn’t looked INSIDE the web site recently, it seems to have been tided up.
Ie: tutorial download section etc, info on develop.

Then again, as I said, been a while since I looked past the front page.

#94

What are we looking at? Looks the same as it did. . . doesn’t it?

#95

Well, NOW it looks the same. SHortly after Taron teased all of us, the website was unavailable. Then we had the home page, but that’s all, with the various other pages listed at the bottom of the page. (I don’t think they were active)

So…rampant speculationrs, from myself and others, wondered if the things Taron hinted at were being prepared, along with a site revision. Purely speculation, and 2 parts dreaming…given that everyone that uses messiah loves it and can’t wait for more.

Best,
Rick

#96

HAHAHA, damn. Yeah, weired timing! We’ve switched servers. I’m sorry we’re so bad in informing people. I guess we were hoping it would go over a lot quicker! :wip:

Anyway, the migration always takes a moment, so please, be patient and don’t worry! :wise:

AND THANX! That’s always very nice to read! Yes, there will be a few new things in connection with our site. One of the main thing is that I’ve requested a little folder that allows me to throw clips into as I go along and make new examples and experiments. My personal website couldn’t handle the bandwidth. The website itself is also facing a few additions and changes. We’re planning on featuring artists more prominently, adding a new gallery section for beginners and explorers, so to say, and expand our tutorial section!

SOoo, a lot of new things are about to happen! :smiley:

Taron

#97

Well server has been up for a while now…hehehe, in the meantime people started gathering on IRC:

Freenode

#messiah3d

Why dont u come up there and make us a visit? :smiley:

#98

I CAN’T BELIEVE I MISSED THAT MUCH in this thread…HAHAHAHAHAHA…great…what entertaining discussions. Fantastic! I think for now I shall just share my delight of reading through the posts…haha! Beautiful. Ark, Titanic, smashed dreams, true believers, Mac vs. PC…hmmm…very wholesome I find! :applause:

Looks like we’re closing in on the next release. Looks like there will be only one minor compromise in it in terms of the amount of new output buffers, because we originally wanted to put in absolutely everything anyone could ever want, but realized that a few of these things require yet a little more field research and testing. The new buffers however are working fantastic and should take care of most production needs! We already have a plan for another little update on them shortly after the main release, which should truely make everyone very happy! I’m already psyched about it, because of my little side-project, which happens to benefit from them, too!
Although this might sound a little weired, I was pretty amazed that even if all the 6 buffers are outputting it takes away little to no time per frame…because I expected that the saving should become a bit annoying, but no. That’s very pleasant. I’m not used to work like that, really, and it’s actually absolutely fantastic. One render and all the major things are ready for compositing. Ahem…eh…I know, sounds like I’m really new to this…but I actually had never worked with Object IDs for compositing, for instance, and it’s totally wicked.
Hmmm… … …I really don’t know what saying this makes me look like… …but I try not to care! I’m happy! :cool:

Alright, that much for a little update.

Taron

#99

better hurry before Lightwave and Lux beat you too it.

(sidenote) LW release fantastic video of their new SSS shaders.

#100

I’m scared! :argh:

Yeah, and then there’s the whole “I’m too busy” thing I can’t get over! :wip:
Honestly, I’m happy enough I can find the time to check out the thread every once in a while! As you may have noticed, I can get quite sucked in as soon as it comes to communication. Ehm…monoloquish in a way, which I apologize for, but chatting can so quickly become obsessive to me! :bounce:

Sooo…sooner or later I will swing by and join for a moment. But let me just finish my stuff a bit more before I do that! :wip: