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May 21, 2004, 3:13pm

Here is a great example of what can be made using Carrara:

http://digigraphmedia.com/ani_sfx/horiz/armed/armed.html

May 21, 2004, 5:11pm

I haven't used 3DS Max, but I bought an old version of Lightwave (for a
discount) a long time ago and it came with a 500 page manual and I had
no idea how to use it. LOL. I find Poser, Bryce, etc. easier to use.

Generally speaking, Bryce, Poser, and Vue all excel at different things.
But if you use them together, you can make some real masterpieces. Bryce
was originally the best at landscapes and trees, Poser is good at posing
models and doing simple animation, but Vue is now just about as good as
Bryce with landscapes and with an add-on, you can import tons of great
Poser models and animate almost anything without too much trouble.

For some awesome examples of what can be done with Poser and Vue, check
out: http://www.belino.net/v050304/index.php3

And I think these two movies were made using mostly Poser:

http://www.daredevilfilms.net

Builderz

[View Quote] > psh, 3ds max is really easy to learn, just takes alot of time :) and when
> you get the basics covered, the tutorials and user reference that comes with
> it is a great reference :)
> oh, bryce is only for rendering i thought? and isn't vue only for
> landscapes, and poser only for, emm, avatar type things? :)

May 21, 2004, 5:11pm

Yep, I've been there before. Those are great sites. :)

Builderz

[View Quote] > Well, a good start to begin, is to look at
> http://www.3dlinks.com
> and
> http://www.3dcafe.com
>
> This sites usual brings you to many great web pages
> about 3D.

May 22, 2004, 4:14am

Thanks for the link. It looks promising. Will check it out more later.

Builderz

May 22, 2004, 2:09pm

At first I thought this was fake, but then I saw it mentioned on
http://www.lifeinthere.com/news/archive/04/05/0521_changes/changes.htm
as well.

I have to first say, "Wow!" O_O Then I have to say, "Wait, I remember
reading in an article that the U.S. DoD or Army wanted to use There's
technology for military applications."

So I guess they are just going to be selling the license or "platform"
to others to make the big bugs and forgetting about the community. How
nice. :/ I bet everyone who spent the time buying Therebucks and beta
testing are very happy.

Maybe in a week or two they'll realize the huge backlash and make
another announcement. But this certainly doesn't look good for them. Now
is the time to promote AW on any There related sites/forums! :)

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 24, 2004, 12:59am

They usually don't post these types of messages as press releases, they
post in the There forum (or whatever There calls it). I believe only
members can read the forum posts. I didn't bother to look.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

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May 23, 2004, 5:40pm

The Reboot avatars look great!

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 23, 2004, 6:46pm

Then I suggest you remove them from the
http://www.afantasy.us/avatars1.html page (and the other pages). If
people can't get them for free or for payment, why are they there? Just
for show?

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

[View Quote] > The reboot avatars are NOT part of the 20 free avatars.zip file. They are
> not free to worlds, or for sale.

May 23, 2004, 5:46pm

Very nice looking objects (and your site design looks good, too).

I see that you recently bought the domain. Now you just need to work on
building incoming links and boosting your Google PageRank to get some
search engine traffic and buyers.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 24, 2004, 3:02pm

You need to get a grip on reality (not virtual reality). If someone
talks smack about you, either do something about it or ignore it. There
are plenty of features built into the browser that can help with this.

I have an exit pop-up on one of my websites asking why people don't stay
on the site (why they leave) and I get some very nasty replies from
immature people, but the ones who give honest replies and feedback
really help me to change and improve my site and make it better.

The CY's aren't like the Grammy's or the Emmy's. People nominate
themselves for silly things and some of the real talent doesn't get the
recognition that they deserve. I've been doing AW hosting since 1998 but
not once have I won a CY award. You don't see me posting to the
newsgroups saying "Why, oh why, didn't I win?" do you? No.

I haven't seen any of your buildings, but I hear they are very good. Why
not concentrate on making them even better and trying again at next
year's CY's? Or just make your own AW awards if you want.

As for what you should do, only you and your close friends/family can
really help you there. Just remember to use common sense and not to get
overly worked up over the little things in life. If you have an alcohol
problem, then maybe you should give one of those AA meetings a try. If
you are out of shape, try getting off of the computer and do some exercise.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 24, 2004, 6:14pm

*gets some popcorn as he continues to watch the drama unfold*

Builderz

May 24, 2004, 8:21pm

No, Linn, XelaG wasn't referring to America world in AW, he was
referring to the United States of America (the country).

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

[View Quote] > or did you mean America world in aw?

May 25, 2004, 1:01am

LOL. Two comments:

1) "The grader doesn't actually have time to read all 600 papers for
content, so students with good grammar and spelling get A's. Everyone
else gets C's."

If they grader doesn't have time to read the papers for content, how do
they have the time to proofread all of the papers for grammar and spelling?

2) In case anyone didn't understand the humor, the "GRADE SCHOOL" and
"OUT IN THE REAL WORLD" sections are nearly identical. :)

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 25, 2004, 5:16pm

Nice find, Brant. Some comments:

1) The article just drives home the point I keep making -- AW is
virtually (no pun intended) unknown to the online and offline
media/press. I saw EQ, There, Second life and The Sims mentioned in the
article, but no AW.

AW needs to revamp http://www.activeworlds.com/info/press.asp and at
least make a press release when 3.6 comes out and hype up the streaming
support. How hard is it to hire someone on a site such as eLance to make
you a press release, AWI? I want to see some PR action from Newburyport!

2) "A study by the game academic Nick Yee found that male players
'cross-dress' as female characters at least one-third of the time."

Hmm... Now who does that remind you of? Someone here in the newsgroups?
No, I must be imagining things...

3) "The U.S. military has already licensed a private chunk of There and
created a simulation of the planet on it."

I mentioned this a few days ago in another post.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

Jun 3, 2004, 8:24pm

Maybe AWI should start its own virtual currency...

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 25, 2004, 8:59pm

Welcome back! Hope you enjoy your new cable connection. Just be sure to
have, at the very least, a firewall in place. :)

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 26, 2004, 2:41pm

If you have a MultiNAT or dual-WAN (two WAN ports) router, you can use
more than one IP address on a single router. However, like you said, it
may just be easier to buy/lease another IP address from your ISP and use
it with a hub or switch.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

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May 26, 2004, 2:54pm

Here are some suggestions for you:

1) On the computer that already has ZoneAlarm Pro installed, update it
to the latest version if your license hasn't expired. There have been
many enhancements to it in recent months.

2) On the second computer, I would disable the built-in Windows XP
firewall, as it only protects you against incoming threats by default
and won't protect you if a Trojan horse or other nasty program tries to
send data out over the 'Net.

I believe Microsoft is going to add outbound support with Windows XP
Service Pack 2, but until then, you should get a better firewall. I
would recommend getting ZoneAlarm Free. It has the basic features of
ZoneAlarm Pro, but doesn't cost you anything.

3) For routers, like Andras said, most use UPnP nowadays, so they try to
automatically detect your network settings. Generally speaking, just go
with a decent name brand router like D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, etc. If
you want a wireless router, make sure it has good encryption support.
Also, whichever router you pick, be sure to check the manufacturer's
website and update the router's firmware to the most recent version and
change the default password.

4) If you want to gain a little speed boost, replace your hub with a
switch. You can get them really cheap nowadays.

5) I don't have cable Internet access, but I know that some cable ISPs
actually put you behind the cable company's own firewall or proxy server
to help protect against malicious threats. However, even if your
connection is setup this way, this won't protect you against anyone on
your cable node trying to probe or break into your computers.

6) Go to http://grc.com and have fun reading. :)

7) Be sure to also get a good anti-virus program that auto-updates at
least once a week. You may also want to look into Spybot, Ad-Aware,
SpywareBlaster to help keep spyware under control. They are all free or
have free versions available.

Hope that helped.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

[View Quote] > K, any suggestions? I have two puters ... the main one (mine) is a Win XP
> Pro, hubby's laptop is networked via a hub (not a router yet). I have win
> xp's firewall on and zonealarm pro ... not sure what to get for a
> router/firewall that will allow us to share the printer and files on our own
> puters. Any info would be appreciated.
>
> LNH

May 26, 2004, 4:21pm

I can make a CafePress store with the AW logo on it and you can pay me
if you'd like. ;)

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

May 26, 2004, 2:56pm

Thanks for the info, XelaG.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

Jun 2, 2004, 4:57pm

Maybe AWI should try and invest in a helpdesk/ticket system such as
PerlDesk (http://www.perldesk.com). There are many that are open source
(free).

Instead of just e-mailing them, you could go to a section on the AWI
site, select which department you want to contact (billing, support,
beta, etc.), select a priority rating for your issue (usually 1-5,
meaning very urgent or not very important), and type in whatever problem
you are having.

Each request that a customer enters is called a "ticket" and can be
"opened" or "closed" and thus the problems tracked. Helpdesk systems
usually integrate into e-mail systems very easily, too.

Depending upon the helpdesk system used, if you send an e-mail to
support at activeworlds.com, it could create a ticket from your e-mail and
reply automatically saying AWI has received your message and will reply
within 48 hours or something.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

Jun 2, 2004, 5:00pm

After writing that post, I just checked the AWI site and they something
similar at http://www.activeworlds.com/tech/contact.asp :) But it seems
to be a custom support system/script and I don't see a priority rating
(1 to 5 for example) for customer issues.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

Jun 2, 2004, 5:08pm

You can contact AWI by phone at (978) 499-0222 or by fax at (978)
499-0221. As far as I know, the numbers aren't toll-free. As a side
note, I have a toll-free voicemail number for my hosting services.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

[View Quote] > Well if I call then it costs me right? It's not toll-free is it?

Jun 2, 2004, 4:47pm

Yes, his real name is Tom Fournier and not Tom Flagg. I just searched
through some of my (very) old e-mails and that is what he put in his
signature.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

Jun 2, 2004, 3:15pm

Right, so everyone can't use the CY object and say "Look, I won a CY
award" when they never actually did.

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

[View Quote] > Ohh NOW I see.
>
> To try slow down the rate of false Cys?

Jun 2, 2004, 3:13pm

You passed your test. :)

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

Jun 3, 2004, 7:34pm

Hmm...
http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/reportcards.asp :)

Builderz
http://www.3dhost.net

Jun 4, 2004, 4:44am

I bet someone from one of these forums could help you out:

http://www.dodgetalk.com/forums/
http://www.dodgeforum.com/
http://www.dodgeboy.net/forum/

And http://dodgeram.info/ might be useful to you.

Builderz
http://www.3DHost.net

Jun 5, 2004, 1:11pm

Make it so, Starfleet!

Builderz
http://www.3DHost.net

[View Quote] > o.O

Jun 8, 2004, 8:39pm

The template looks good on my system (I can't test on a higher
resolution, either). However, I agree with Byte about the text. Either
change the default text to a different color (or shade) of blue or make
your hyperlinks a different color than blue. A new visitor might get
confused.

I checked and you have a Google PageRank of zero. Get some more incoming
links from other sites and submit your site to some free directories to
raise your PageRank and boost your search engine rankings.

Builderz
http://www.3DHost.net

[View Quote] > It's a pre-made template and probably isn't made for the higher than 1024 x
> 768 res. Unfortunately I can't see that res so I dunno what to fix LOL. As
> to contrasting text, I'll consider that further. Thanks for your input!
>
> LNH

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