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The time has come for me to move on to another pasture. After 4 years as a graphics developer (and more than 8 as a game developer), I have decided to take the plunge and explore something new and different... Yep, starting Dec 3rd, I will be moving from
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Remember that my Main Blog has moved to www.SebbyLive.com ( FSX: What is the Difference Between the Water 2.X Low/Mid/High/Max Settings? ) The purpose of this post is to address a question that was sent to me in regards to water reflections in general.
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Remember, my complete blog is now at: http://www.SebbyLive.com/ ( http://www.sebbylive.com/post/2007/11/Flight-Simulator-X-AccelerationSP2---Water-DX10-vs-DX9.aspx ) About time hunh? I know, acceleration is already out and I was not even finished with
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Remember, my complete blog is now at: http://www.SebbyLive.com/ ( http://www.sebbylive.com/post/2007/10/FSX-AccelerationSP2---DX9-Bloom-Versus-DX10-HDR.aspx ) Yay! Time for another post about some of the upcoming graphical changes in FSX SP2/Acceleration.
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Remember, my complete blog is now at: http://www.SebbyLive.com/ ( http://www.sebbylive.com/post/2007/11/FSX---SP2-and-DX10-Performance.aspx ) The first point that is worth mentioning here is that SP2 (and therefore Acceleration) do introduce a new slew
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Apparently, saying "could have been implemented on DX9" in my previous post in regards to VC self-shadowing stired all sorts of drama on some of the user forums. Although the statement is accurate, I did not explain in more details WHY this was not done
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Remember, my complete blog is now at: http://www.SebbyLive.com/ One of the DirectX 10 additions to FSX SP2/Acceleration is the use of self shadowing within the aircraft VCs. For the VC, we use shadowmapping, in a similar way that it is used for the external
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Remember, my complete blog is now at: http://www.SebbyLive.com/ Now that the Acceleration expansion pack and FSX SP2 have finally RTM'ed, I can start discussing some of the specifics relating to the changes and improvements made to both of these. I know
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The time has come to finally move away from hosting my blog on MSDN. There are a few reasons for this transition but the two main deciding factors were that posting personal posts on a MSDN blog seemed odd (at least to me) and that I already had my own
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I was planning on making the announcement later this week but Amazon.com bet me to it with their "pre-order" email... I am indeed running a little behind with the advertisement since the release is set for Oct 15th. But I will have an official press release
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Was forwarded this really interesting post by Mark Greenblatt on the AvSim forums ( http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=121&topic_id=414954&mesg_id=414954&page= ). I've copied the contents below, but what I really liked
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The word has started to spread about the upcoming Acceleration Pack. Seems that peple are areally looking forward to the new missions, aircrafts and scenery offered in the pack. And of course, this explains the usual "What have I been up to" question
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Popular Meechanics got a sneak peak of Microsoft Research's Surface Computing Technology. This is really cool technology. Not usefull for all applications but I can see a few things for which this would be useful!! :)
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Microsoft reps have told Next-Gen the real reason for the Halo 2 Vista delay: partial nudity--specifically someone's backside in the game's map editor, the Entertainment Software Rating Board added today. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5757&Itemid=2
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Here is a good article on the DX10 parts from NVIDIA and ATI. It is worth reading, especially since we have a DX10 optimized version of FSX in the works! http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2988
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