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  • Cool! I'd forgotten all about that.. Dan
    in B5ITF: Captain Foy Comment by DanFoy October 2006
  • [quote]Originally posted by samuelk: [b]In the interests on stalki--er, [i]keeping tabs[/i] on some of our favorite developers, I thought I'd ask all of the former ItF and Sector 14 guys to give us a little status update. What are you up to now?…
    in Calling all former ItF/S14 Developers! Where are you now? Comment by DanFoy November 2002
  • Hi everyone! I haven't been around here much lately, but I'm just back seeing what's up. I'm working up at Microsoft, doing a Crimson Skies title for the Xbox. Glad to see you guys around! - Dan
    in Calling all former ItF/S14 Developers! Where are you now? Comment by DanFoy November 2002
  • Let's have some more cake...
    in Tomorrow Comment by DanFoy February 2002
  • About the seam problem - we didn't fix it. It was only apparent when a big ship passed through the innermost sphere, but we figured that it was an acceptable artifact. What's funny is that I'm using this same technique on the project I'm working…
    in About the damage models in ITF... Comment by DanFoy September 2001
  • Hi- The spheres were both pre-rendered, and both had alpha channels. Very distance ships were fogged out to black (and were outside the two spheres). The outermost sphere was at a fair distance from the camera compared to the near sphere, to al…
    in About the damage models in ITF... Comment by DanFoy September 2001
  • Oh, A couple of other details - the fighters didn't have elaborate damage models, since they were so small, it wasn't especially useful to worry about what section of a fighter was hit. They would get individual fires on different points they we…
    in About the damage models in ITF... Comment by DanFoy September 2001
  • Hi - Rick hit the highlights about right. An example would be the Omega, where we had the 'breakapart' version separated into around 7 sections. Based on where the majority of damage occured, we would pick an appropriate seam to break the ship…
    in About the damage models in ITF... Comment by DanFoy September 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by Marc: [b]Actually, what Ben Franklin said (and I agree with) is: "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759. [/b][/quot…
    in To Fight The Enemy Do We Become It? Comment by DanFoy September 2001
  • Whatever you do, Rick - don't cross the streams! That would be bad.
    in Enter at your own risk... Comment by DanFoy August 2001
  • Thanks, John. How's life as a dad going? Enjoying the twins?
    in Thanks Comment by DanFoy June 2001
  • Wow, heady stuff! Yes, I've known Jack longer than anyone else at Sierra. This was back in oh, 1988? The little tiny company I was working for was going under, and I hooked up to the local BBS community (this was before the internet was availab…
    in Thanks Comment by DanFoy June 2001