Post your desktop!

[Sierra]

Heres mine!

http://smerri1029.250free.com/desktop3.JPG

[Jack Mehoff]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/desktop22.jpg

[Jack Mehoff]

edit for double post

[Falco]

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v61/falco_10000/Desktop_c1opy.jpg

[Ratamacue]

http://upload.sh0t.com/stuff/untitled.JPG

[Rantanplan]

How can I make a screenshot of my desktop?

[Falco]

How can I make a screenshot of my desktop?

press the print screen and go in paint and press (CTRL V)

[ChuckThunder]

http://home.comcast.net/~cefx314/anivnrupwun.jpg

[Operation Ivy]

I use to have the one you have Jack :D

Heres my one now, love this pic woot

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v60/OpIvy/Desk1.jpg

[Guttorm]

ChuckThunder, thats ticonderoga class, non?

[ChuckThunder]

ChuckThunder, thats ticonderoga class, non?

Yep. USS *****sburg (CG 64).

[Ichhabe]

I use to have the one you have Jack :D

Heres my one now, love this pic woot

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v60/OpIvy/Desk1.jpg

Operation Ivy has a tank. Why am I not surprised? :P

[Operation Ivy]

hehe :hug: :D

[memphiz]

whats Mozilla?
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/backround.JPG

[memphiz]

I use to have the one you have Jack :D

Heres my one now, love this pic woot

http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v60/OpIvy/Desk1.jpg

Operation Ivy has a tank. Why am I not surprised? :P
i was pretty surprised :| weird Eh

[Rantanplan]

Press the print screen and go in paint and press (CTRL V)

Thanks Dude. woot
Ok, Here is my Desktop.

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v40/Rantanplan/Desktop.jpg

[Ratamacue]

whats Mozilla?

It's a web browser with massive improvements over Internet Explorer.

[Jack Mehoff]

I use Slimbrowser. Internet Explorer=noobs

[memphiz]

whats Mozilla?

It's a web browser with massive improvements over Internet Explorer.
where would i get these 'web browser'?

[Rantanplan]

http://www.mozilla.org/

[Jack Mehoff]

Noob


http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.6/mozilla-win32-1.6-installer.exe

[memphiz]

Noob


http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.6/mozilla-win32-1.6-installer.exe
cool, thanks Jack

[Maine Finn]

http://fightingtech.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/my_desktop.jpg

<Edit> Dammit! What, is Tripod possessed and just wants to make my life hell?!


http://fightingtech.tripod.com/collegelife/id3.html
Go here. That's my desktop.

I'll have to invest in a photoshop programme... MS Paint is just ridiculous.

[SOG]

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/currentdesktop.jpg


weeeeeeeeeee! the folder at the bottom isnt open all the time, its a pop up folder, click once ont he tab and it pops up.

[$PH!NX]

whats Mozilla?
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/backround.JPG


That's a nice pic......

[memphiz]

whats Mozilla?
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/backround.JPG


That's a nice pic......
thanks i got it from here, i also drew part of it..check out military art in Photo's and Vid's

[memphiz]

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/currentdesktop.jpg


weeeeeeeeeee! the folder at the bottom isnt open all the time, its a pop up folder, click once ont he tab and it pops up.
a MAC... :|

[mustamato]

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/skrivbord.jpg

[Ghostwolf]

They all look very nice, so when can I download those wallpapers?

[Red]

hey how do you get the picture onto this site?

[Red]

this is mine

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/untitled97.JPG

[NcDeuce]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/Mydesktop.JPG

Party couple months ago at my friend's house...

[NcDeuce]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/Ireland.JPG

Pic I took in Ireland last spring.

[MetalBoy]

Jesus H. Christ am I the only male here with a young nubile hottie on my desktop? What a bunch of nerds...
http://www.imageshack.us/files2/untitled87.JPG

And heres another I use when I'm more in my warlike mood than horny mood
http://www.imageshack.us/files2/baron.JPG

[Tengu]

whats Mozilla?
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/backround.JPG


That's a nice pic......i agree, best pic in this thread

[mocking_loudly_died]

http://www.killingsheep.com/images/desktop.jpg

[MolliG]

http://www.ukairsoft.net/gallery/data/500/3459Desktop.jpg

woot

Only just changed it a few days ago, had Natasha from the Boogie Pimps' Somebody To Love video before the DeLorean :P.

;)

[Marmot1]

http://www.imageshack.us/files2/desktop30.JPG

[mustamato]

Marmot, what the hell is that, the one that looks like ICQ?

[Herrmannek]

Marmot, what the hell is that, the one that looks like ICQ?
In Poland we have 3 independent instant messangers nets...this is GUI of one of them...net and the program is called tlen(oxygen) with can communicate with gadu-gadu(chit-chat)( most popular one )....Poles rarely use other communicators, because of diacritics and other localistaion reasons(like sms from net to our local mob. phone networks) ...

[Brzeczyszczykiewicz]

http://legioaugusta.webpark.pl/desktop.jpg

good old Win98! :D

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/JackisKenneth.jpg Mmmm......smooth.

[Haiw]

Too lazy so I'll just post the screenie I took a while back. Nothing really changed, except for some new and some deleted shortcuts.

http://members.home.nl/maritavandenheuvel/Haiw/desktop.jpg

[NcDeuce]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/Ireland.JPG

Pic I took in Ireland last spring.

Anybody here from Ireland?

[memphiz]

whats Mozilla?
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/backround.JPG


That's a nice pic......i agree, best pic in this thread
thanks again :D

[Shadow]

Noob


http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.6/mozilla-win32-1.6-installer.exe

ROFL
Talking about n00b's but using windows.*ironie*

I am using RedHat 9.0 with default wallpaper and Phlak with this one:

http://www.phlak.org/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/album01/phlak_plane.jpg

[Nondescript]

The current one I have is from San Diego
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/namnls.JPG

[MVSpartan117]

http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/beta/html/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/19783/desktop.jpg

From my new comp, not all my games are installed.

http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/beta/html/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/19783/computer.jpg

[James]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/Screensaver.JPG

A picture I took of Bois de Belleau, France, in June 1996. On June 6th, 1918, the 5th Marine Regiment attacked across this field. It is about 400m across. The wheat is about waist high. Imagine walking across this field, with hundreds of riflemen and dozens of machinegunners waiting for you...

You all don't need to know what programs I've got installed. I'm a secret squirrel. ;)

[James]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/Ireland.JPG

Pic I took in Ireland last spring.

Anybody here from Ireland?

I am from Ireland about 200 years ago.

Cliffs of Moher?

[NcDeuce]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/Ireland.JPG

Pic I took in Ireland last spring.

Anybody here from Ireland?

I am from Ireland about 200 years ago.

Cliffs of Moher?

Fo shizzle...a friend of mine almost fell off the cliff trying to get a 'cool picture'. :lol:

[ChuckThunder]

Here (http://home.comcast.net/~cefx314/mydesktop2034.jpg) is my new one.

[Maine Finn]

Figure this out...

I'm watching a concert on DVD, for lack of better
things to do (like homework :oops: ) and there
are a couple of moments that would look good as
screenshots. But when I pasted into Paint, the shot
I took wasn't there... the concert was playing in Paint!
I thought at first the programme was being dumb,
so I went back to the DVD window, (which was still
playing) and the images were the same. Guess I need
to pause the DVD to get a good screenshot.

rofl

Anyway that's my story.

[Nondescript]

Figure this out...

I'm watching a concert on DVD, for lack of better
things to do (like homework :oops: ) and there
are a couple of moments that would look good as
screenshots. But when I pasted into Paint, the shot
I took wasn't there... the concert was playing in Paint!
I thought at first the programme was being dumb,
so I went back to the DVD window, (which was still
playing) and the images were the same. Guess I need
to pause the DVD to get a good screenshot.

rofl

Anyway that's my story.

:cantbeli:

Good thing I've seen it myself, otherwise I wouldn't believe you, which would make you a liar, that is bad. But you're not, and that is good. :D

[Maine Finn]

I just found out that pausing the DVD doesn't work either... when attempting to crop the shot in Paint, I lost the picture.

Guess I can't have cool screenshots for my desktop!! :(

[Shake n Bake]

http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v104/bigheadcal/untitled.bmp

[Shake n Bake]

**** it came out small

[Argyll]

http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v104/bigheadcal/untitled.bmp

rofl is that for your palm top?

[Shake n Bake]

stupid interweb

somebody help me upload pics!

[memphiz]

Here (http://home.comcast.net/~cefx314/mydesktop2034.jpg) is my new one.
Shelby GT-500/350 ?

[stimpy]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/Ireland.JPG

Pic I took in Ireland last spring.

Anybody here from Ireland?

I am from Ireland about 200 years ago.

Cliffs of Moher?

Fo shizzle...a friend of mine almost fell off the cliff trying to get a 'cool picture'. :lol:

I'm from Dublin.... Cliff's of Mother can be pretty scary... you should see them in the dead of winter.. during a storm..

[Shake n Bake]

http://www.imageshack.us/files1/untitled119.JPG[/img]

[NcDeuce]

What's with the CWO and Apache?

[Haiw]

Some of you guys really need to start working on some higher resolutions. :P

[Ratamacue]

Some of you guys really need to start working on some higher resolutions. :P

Not everyone has to make up for their ***** size. ;)

[Kenshin]

http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/arlevien/dsktop1.jpg

http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v70/arlevien/dsktop2.jpg

[Seoulstriker]

http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/screenshot2.jpeg

i've been transitioning recently from strict windows to a pure windows install and debian GNU/linux. it's been going nicely, except that i had to reformat a partition that had all my CD images. :oops: (so now i have to go home and re-image all my CDs which i don't have with me in school :( )


(gnome is so much better than KDE, it's ridiculous. i can't even change resolutions easily in KDE. what a bitch. :fork: )

[citizen-k]

http://www.pagebetween.com/desktop.jpg

[Seoulstriker]

is that you? and your wife?

[Haiw]

No, he just likes having random wedding pictures as background. ;)

[Seoulstriker]

No, he just likes having random wedding pictures as background. ;)

thanks. ;)

[Javehn]

You know , Seoul , for someone who studdies for a pre - med , you kinda slow :lol: ;) Just kiddin pal .

Here is mine (notice the hour ) :
http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v103/javehn/desktop.jpg

[Seoulstriker]

whoa! everything is from the right?


(yeah, i figured that it was you, but i wanted to make sure. remember, doctors aren't supposed to assume anything. you will overlook somethings...) :)

[Javehn]

Seoul , you do it again , its not me , that was citizen-k . :lol: :| ;)
And yes , it is all from right to the left . That's the way i like it ;)

[Seoulstriker]

damn, you israelis are confusing me. ;)

[memphiz]

how come no one else has desert combat on their desktop?

[Clay]

http://images2.deviantart.com/i/2004/08/b/c/As_I_lay_Dying.jpg

[Srachka to Perdachka]

http://www.ukraineonline.net/images/Igor/mydesktop.jpg

[citizen-k]

whoa! everything is from the right?


(yeah, i figured that it was you, but i wanted to make sure. remember, doctors aren't supposed to assume anything. you will overlook somethings...) :)

Never understood how can someone use it on the right side :roll:

And yes, its me and my wife on our wedding day.

Sorry for not posting my Linux bg as well - I have a new wireless network and still couldn't find the right drivers for the new network card. (so I'm not using it for now)

[Red]

http://www.imageshack.us/files2/96.JPG

[caspermeister]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p5ba1e3cf931206fd6a6ccba7d2455a6d/f9653b05.jpg.orig.jpg

[4_tune]

it might be small, but this is mine! :lol: and i'm using styleXP! 4 my desktop manager
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/401a1152_16ac7/bc/dffb/__sr_/4c68.jpg?ph8nbTABNpv1jX6K

[MolliG]

I present my new
Wallpaper made by myself
Yesterday hooray!

http://www.ukairsoft.net/gallery/data/500/3459Desktop2.jpg

:)

Edit: Forgot to Haiku :P.

[Haiw]

such a tease you are
my young photoshopping friend
and natasha fan

[Brandon]

whats Mozilla?
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/backround.JPG

Awesome!!!

[n_shanygin]

http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload0/screen33.JPG[/img]

[caspermeister]

another one ;) :
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p900df7cb271694d88a2d10863f6f59d0/f9650073.jpg.orig.jpg
and another one :) :
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p090eb99d29d60fbc6c2cd29fa18ad8b0/f965006e.jpg.orig.jpg

[memphiz]

whats Mozilla?
http://www.imageshack.us/files1/backround.JPG

Awesome!!!
thank you, every one seems to like mine best

[Haiw]

I don't.

Get me another sandwich or I'll kill you a 4th time.

[memphiz]

I don't.

Get me another sandwich or I'll kill you a 4th time.
crazy Haiw
*goes to hand sandwich to Haiw*
SIKE
*runs away with sandwich*
MWAHAHA

[Seoulstriker]

redhat sucks! gotta love debian. :D

[caspermeister]

Redhat Sucks?!!! :roll: What's the matter with U.... it's just another darn LINUX like your DEBIAN.......
At least better than Wintendo ;)

[SOG]

Figure this out...

I'm watching a concert on DVD, for lack of better
things to do (like homework :oops: ) and there
are a couple of moments that would look good as
screenshots. But when I pasted into Paint, the shot
I took wasn't there... the concert was playing in Paint!
I thought at first the programme was being dumb,
so I went back to the DVD window, (which was still
playing) and the images were the same. Guess I need
to pause the DVD to get a good screenshot.

rofl

Anyway that's my story.

:cantbeli:

Good thing I've seen it myself, otherwise I wouldn't believe you, which would make you a liar, that is bad. But you're not, and that is good. :D

you need special capture software to capture pictures from dvd. pending the software that came with your video card you might be able to. if not you have to hunt it down. when i was at my friends he tried capturing a picture which didnt work just like yours, so he spent the next half hour searching for a app then tweaking its settings so he could capture from dvd on his pc. i think i remember a couple mac ones but i cant recall the pc app he downloaded.

[Seoulstriker]

Redhat Sucks?!!! :roll: What's the matter with U.... it's just another darn LINUX like your DEBIAN.......
At least better than Wintendo ;)

i was kidding. ;) although it's just another linux distro, it is indeed intended for the masses. :)

[MolliG]

I have yet again
Got a new wallpaper and
Again made by me.

http://www.ukairsoft.net/gallery/data/500/3459Desk.jpg

Just keep on churning
Them out must be the boredom
I think it's cool though.

woot

[caspermeister]

i was kidding. ;) although it's just another linux distro, it is indeed intended for the masses. :)

No offense.... I'm just kidding too.... Glad to see Linux user in this forum!! :D

[Seoulstriker]

i was kidding. ;) although it's just another linux distro, it is indeed intended for the masses. :)

No offense.... I'm just kidding too.... Glad to see Linux user in this forum!! :D

yeah, linux rules. however, there are still some things i can't do in it, so i have to keep going back to windows. :(

[memphiz]

I have yet again
Got a new wallpaper and
Again made by me.

http://www.ukairsoft.net/gallery/data/500/3459Desk.jpg

Just keep on churning
Them out must be the boredom
I think it's cool though.

woot
nooooo the ****s are blocked

[Seoulstriker]

I have yet again
Got a new wallpaper and
Again made by me.

http://www.ukairsoft.net/gallery/data/500/3459Desk.jpg

Just keep on churning
Them out must be the boredom
I think it's cool though.

woot

molly, are you a lesbian???????? rofl :P :P :P

[MolliG]

rofl I'll be whatever you want me to be ;)...

:P

[Haiw]

rofl I'll be whatever you want me to be ;)...

:P
Don't say that...next thing you know you'll be a male sexslave in latex pants...

[memphiz]

rofl I'll be whatever you want me to be ;)...

:P
Don't say that...next thing you know you'll be a male sexslave in latex pants...
:|

[Seoulstriker]

this is my new desktop picture:

http://www.doom3.com/images/desktops/desktop_3_lg.jpg

[Haiw]

Seoul has a hard-on for space Marines and horrendous creatures.... ;)

[Seoulstriker]

Seoul has a hard-on for space Marines and horrendous creatures.... ;)


hahaha.

seriously, doom3 is going to revolutionize 3d games once again. :D

[Operation Ivy]

Ill laugh if it sucks ;)

[Haiw]

....and how? Seriously...what could it revolutionize? I'm a big HL2 fan, but revolution? Propably not. Same goes for Doom 3. Better graphics, better physics and all that crap, but what can it really add to the genre? There isn't really anything it can do to revolutionize the genre.

[Seoulstriker]

....and how? Seriously...what could it revolutionize? I'm a big HL2 fan, but revolution? Propably not. Same goes for Doom 3. Better graphics, better physics and all that crap, but what can it really add to the genre? There isn't really anything it can do to revolutionize the genre.


simple: real-time bump-mapping and real-time lighting.

possibly one of the sorest issues for game developers is the limit of the engine to produce the kinds of atmospheres they want. doom3 is going to be the engine of the future for developers to get the atmosphere they want.

imagine walking slowly through a darkened room and the light through moving blinds is casting moving shadows. you begin creeping through the room looking around, letting the lighting guide you as much as possible. all is quiet when you suddenly see two orange glowing eyes looking at you. the eyes start moving towards you and you can make out the being with the barely visible slits of light. it gets closer and closer...

you get the idea. doom3 is going to try to scare the s*** out of you, and the engine is making it possible.



here is a shot of HL2.

http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/01n.jpg



no revolution. just as in the original HL. i'm not knocking HL but you get the idea. you play for the game. :)

[Ratamacue]

Seoul, you're a friggin' fanboy, you know that?

[Seoulstriker]

Seoul, you're a friggin' fanboy, you know that?

huh?

[Haiw]

....and how? Seriously...what could it revolutionize? I'm a big HL2 fan, but revolution? Propably not. Same goes for Doom 3. Better graphics, better physics and all that crap, but what can it really add to the genre? There isn't really anything it can do to revolutionize the genre.


simple: real-time bump-mapping and real-time lighting.

possibly one of the sorest issues for game developers is the limit of the engine to produce the kinds of atmospheres they want. doom3 is going to be the engine of the future for developers to get the atmosphere they want.

imagine walking slowly through a darkened room and the light through moving blinds is casting moving shadows. you begin creeping through the room looking around, letting the lighting guide you as much as possible. all is quiet when you suddenly see two orange glowing eyes looking at you. the eyes start moving towards you and you can make out the being with the barely visible slits of light. it gets closer and closer...

you get the idea. doom3 is going to try to scare the s*** out of you, and the engine is making it possible.



here is a shot of HL2.

http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/01n.jpg



no revolution. just as in the original HL. i'm not knocking HL but you get the idea. you play for the game. :)
That's not special... with some work you could even do it in the old HL engine (yeah, the lightning wouldn't look as flashy and all, but still). From what I've seen so far Far Cry will propably be able to do this as well. I'm fairly sure Splinter Cell had the realtime lightning stuff as well. STALKER might have it as well. HL2...well.. nothing's finished yet; might as well get it too.

What am I getting at? It's NOT revolutionary. It's just some more new graphic features. And even IF those features are so 'super' it's still not much more than playable 3Dmark. Revolutionary games these days have to revolutionize by gameplay. Not graphics.

Oh and Ratamacue is right...you are a D3 fanboy. And you knock HL2 without any good reason. Hell, you never even experienced HL 1 so what are you talking about anyway. :|

[Seoulstriker]

real-time bump-mapping and real-time lighting. simultaneously.


and i'm talking about the graphics engine, nothing much more than that.

and graphics engine revolutionize. best examples? doom 1(first FPS) and quake 1(first true-3d FPS) and quake 2(advent of lighting and effects layers). and quake 3(first designed graphics engine for commercial uses (Call of Duty, BF1942, MOHAA, etc).




just so you guys aren't confused, i'm talking about graphics engines. and using DX9 effects layers isn't revolutionary in itself. is HL2 going to be a great game? absolutely! is its engine going to revolutionize? no. that's my point.

[Seoulstriker]

What am I getting at? It's NOT revolutionary. It's just some more new graphic features. And even IF those features are so 'super' it's still not much more than playable 3Dmark. Revolutionary games these days have to revolutionize by gameplay. Not graphics.

i was addressing this before.

revolution in graphics engines is extremely important because the environment drives gameplay. gameplay doesn't drive itself. ;)

[Ratamacue]

and graphics engine revolutionize. best examples? doom 1(first FPS) and quake 1(first true-3d FPS) and quake 2(advent of lighting and effects layers). and quake 3(first designed graphics engine for commercial uses (Call of Duty, BF1942, MOHAA, etc).

Shows what you know.

[MVSpartan117]

BF1942 isnt the quake 3 engine.... :roll:


Well I'm just gonna get them both.... :)

[Seoulstriker]

and graphics engine revolutionize. best examples? doom 1(first FPS) and quake 1(first true-3d FPS) and quake 2(advent of lighting and effects layers). and quake 3(first designed graphics engine for commercial uses (Call of Duty, BF1942, MOHAA, etc).

Shows what you know.


i don't consider Wolfenstein 3d much of an FPS. :roll:

[Seoulstriker]

BF1942 isnt the quake 3 engine.... :roll:


Well I'm just gonna get them both.... :)


MOHAA was.

[Haiw]

rofl
Exactely Ratamacue :D

Oh, and the Q3 engine wasn't a commercial-use designed engine...the only thing special about Q3 was that its engine was able to use other-than-triangle-polygons, and that the game was the first true MP fps... that's all.

Real-time bump-mapping...real-time lighting. Well, the only thing that it's gonna add is real-time bump-mapping, as real-time lighting has been around for a while. Real-time bump-mapping...well...it's just one pretty small feature. The other-than-triangle-polygons in Quake 3 didn't exactely revolutionize either. Seriously...this isn't revolution...it's just EVOLUTION. Just like how Q1 was the first to use polygons instead of sprites.... Wolfenstein... now THAT was revolution.

[MVSpartan117]

and graphics engine revolutionize. best examples? doom 1(first FPS) and quake 1(first true-3d FPS) and quake 2(advent of lighting and effects layers). and quake 3(first designed graphics engine for commercial uses (Call of Duty, BF1942, MOHAA, etc).

Shows what you know.


i don't consider Wolfenstein 3d much of an FPS. :roll:


I guess you didn't like it?

[Ratamacue]

and graphics engine revolutionize. best examples? doom 1(first FPS) and quake 1(first true-3d FPS) and quake 2(advent of lighting and effects layers). and quake 3(first designed graphics engine for commercial uses (Call of Duty, BF1942, MOHAA, etc).

Shows what you know.


i don't consider Wolfenstein 3d much of an FPS. :roll:

And why's that? Pretty much the same exact gameplay as Doom. Were the graphics not fancy enough for your superficial tastes?

[Haiw]

and graphics engine revolutionize. best examples? doom 1(first FPS) and quake 1(first true-3d FPS) and quake 2(advent of lighting and effects layers). and quake 3(first designed graphics engine for commercial uses (Call of Duty, BF1942, MOHAA, etc).

Shows what you know.


i don't consider Wolfenstein 3d much of an FPS. :roll:
!@#$%!^&$@#$^@#^$&@^ WHAT?!?!?!?!

ARE
YOU
****ING
NUTS?!?!?


Seriously...that's like saying you don't consider Jesus much of a Christian.

[MVSpartan117]

Wolfenstein 3d was a freaking FANTASTIC game!

[Haiw]

BF1942 isnt the quake 3 engine.... :roll:
Yeah...but maybe they shoulda used Q3... BF1942s engine's crap.

[MVSpartan117]

IT sure is....... bugs the freaking crap outta me

[Seoulstriker]

Wolf3d was an important evolution in game making, but the revolution in FPS didn't come until doom1 with its ability to run textured surfaces in large open environments on the technology of its day.

sure wolf3d was an FPS, but it was evolution. its graphics engine was too simplistic and couldn't be scaled to anything worth crap. :|

[Ratamacue]

Wolf3d was an important evolution in game making, but the revolution in FPS didn't come until doom1 with its ability to run textured surfaces in large open environments on the technology of its day.

sure wolf3d was an FPS, but it was evolution. its graphics engine was too simplistic and couldn't be scaled to anything worth crap. :|

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[MVSpartan117]

red X Ratamacue

So, i'll do it for you

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[Seoulstriker]

ratamacue, i would appreciate your side of the story.

[Ratamacue]

My side of the story? My side of the story is that you've absolutely clueless, bro. Get your eyes off the graphics and look at the friggin' gameplay.

[MVSpartan117]

My side of the story? My side of the story is that you've absolutely clueless, bro. Get your eyes off the graphics and look at the friggin' gameplay.

I concur ;)

The reason half-life and it's mods are still so vastly played is the gameplay, even though I particualary (SP) hate CS, I still love halflife for it's great gameplay.
I still like good graphics though

[Seoulstriker]

you're an idiot if you think gameplay is the only important part of a game. :roll:


you're clueless man. would HL have decent gameplay as a 2d side-scroller? :roll:

once again, we're talking graphics engines. do you have anything meaningful to say about graphics engines? :roll:

[Haiw]

Wolf3d was an important evolution in game making, but the revolution in FPS didn't come until doom1 with its ability to run textured surfaces in large open environments on the technology of its day.

sure wolf3d was an FPS, but it was evolution. its graphics engine was too simplistic and couldn't be scaled to anything worth crap. :|
Eh?!

Wolf3D was the FIRST to give a 3D shooting environment... And actually the environments where sometimes pretty large and open (remember the 'boss' of the first episode (or campaign or whatever)?) The engine wasn't simplistic or anything, it was just bound by the computers of the time. Doom 1 didn't really revolutionize anything. It only expanded on Wolfenstein; higher res textures, more colors, and better architecture (most notable; height).

Doom 1, and 2 were just the technological next steps after Wolf3D.

[MVSpartan117]

Hes saying theres more to games then graphics engines dammit!

Geez!

Great graphics are good to have, but I'd rather have great gameplay and poor graphics then a game with great graphics and crappy gameplay

[Seoulstriker]

Wolf3d was an important evolution in game making, but the revolution in FPS didn't come until doom1 with its ability to run textured surfaces in large open environments on the technology of its day.

sure wolf3d was an FPS, but it was evolution. its graphics engine was too simplistic and couldn't be scaled to anything worth crap. :|
Eh?!

Wolf3D was the FIRST to give a 3D shooting environment... And actually the environments where sometimes pretty large and open (remember the 'boss' of the first episode (or campaign or whatever)?) The engine wasn't simplistic or anything, it was just bound by the computers of the time. Doom 1 didn't really revolutionize anything. It only expanded on Wolfenstein; higher res textures, more colors, and better architecture (most notable; height).

Doom 1, and 2 were just the technological next steps after Wolf3D.

well, that's really kinda the point. sure, doom3 has an absolutely incredible 3d engine, but wouldn't that have come out eventually? yes. but it's the one going to be leading the way.

wolf3d was really an evolution for gameplay. no other game had that perspective before. however, from a graphical/technological standpoint, it didn't offer any scalability. it was limited to 'one-dimensional' rooms, single-floor levels, and very limited texturing.

in fact, wolfenstein3d was really an evolution in terms of graphics engines. previously, there was a game (i forget the name) that was an 'FPS' but it was a 90 deg rotating FPS, and the movement wasn't very dynamic. wolf3d really just expanded upon that and introduced free-motion. but the graphical engine was basically the same.



doom actually had outdoor areas and 3d world scalability (even though there was no y-axis 'looking' like in quake 1 or duke3d. and the texturing was absolutely revolutionary for the computers of the day.

[Seoulstriker]

Great graphics are good to have, but I'd rather have great gameplay and poor graphics then a game with great graphics and crappy gameplay

i know what you're saying, man. that's kind of besides the point right now, though. ;)

[MVSpartan117]

well okie dokie....

[Haiw]

you're an idiot if you think gameplay is the only important part of a game. :roll:


you're clueless man. would HL have decent gameplay as a 2d side-scroller? :roll:

once again, we're talking graphics engines. do you have anything meaningful to say about graphics engines? :roll:
Well you said Doom 3 would be revolutionary... :roll: Doom 3 is the name of a game. Now HLs gameplay wouldn't be possible in a 2d side-scroller, as it would just be too hard to 'bring the atmosphere'. Yet, I sincerely doubt if it would have made a difference if HL was made with technology of 2 years ahead. It would still rock; because of its gameplay.
Graphic engines don't make a game. Sure, it's nice, but games with good gameplay and average graphics are always better than games with average gameplay and good graphics.


Big examples of good graphics, average gameplay:

Unreal 2... graphics were good...gameplay wasn't anything special. Small replay value, and just not one of those games that make you smile when you think of it years later.

Project IGI 2. Great long distance views and all. Looked really nice. Gameplay just couldn't deliever.


Big examples of average graphics, great gameplay:

Deus Ex (graphics weren't exactely thrilling at the time...),
Counter-Strike... (graphics are well....dated as **** but it's still a great game),
Grand Theft Auto (come on...everyone knows GTA 1's graphics were totally crap, yet the game ****ing rocked)


Now all the games in the second category where big hits, the games in the first category were dissapointments. Wohoo... I just made my point. :roll:

[Seoulstriker]

you're an idiot if you think gameplay is the only important part of a game. :roll:


you're clueless man. would HL have decent gameplay as a 2d side-scroller? :roll:

once again, we're talking graphics engines. do you have anything meaningful to say about graphics engines? :roll:
Well you said Doom 3 would be revolutionary... :roll: Doom 3 is the name of a game. Now HLs gameplay wouldn't be possible in a 2d side-scroller, as it would just be too hard to 'bring the atmosphere'. Yet, I sincerely doubt if it would have made a difference if HL was made with technology of 2 years ahead. It would still rock; because of its gameplay.
Graphic engines don't make a game. Sure, it's nice, but games with good gameplay and average graphics are always better than games with average gameplay and good graphics.


Big examples of good graphics, average gameplay:

Unreal 2... graphics were good...gameplay wasn't anything special. Small replay value, and just not one of those games that make you smile when you think of it years later.

Project IGI 2. Great long distance views and all. Looked really nice. Gameplay just couldn't deliever.


Big examples of average graphics, great gameplay:

Deus Ex (graphics weren't exactely thrilling at the time...),
Counter-Strike... (graphics are well....dated as **** but it's still a great game),
Grand Theft Auto (come on...everyone knows GTA 1's graphics were totally crap, yet the game f*** rocked)


Now all the games in the second category where big hits, the games in the first category were dissapointments. Wohoo... I just made my point. :roll:

and i accept your point. :)

it's settled, then: the doom3 engine is going to kick ass, except graphics engines don't make the game. the game depends on both the graphics engine and the core gameplay.

:hug:

[Haiw]

well, that's really kinda the point. sure, doom3 has an absolutely incredible 3d engine, but wouldn't that have come out eventually? yes. but it's the one going to be leading the way.
Incredible game engine? So far it's got... like... 2 new features. Woopdeedoo. Besides I have yet to see if it's gonna lead the way on anything, especially now that Far Cry looks like it's gonna steal a lot of their flame.


wolf3d was really an evolution for gameplay. no other game had that perspective before. however, from a graphical/technological standpoint, it didn't offer any scalability. it was limited to 'one-dimensional' rooms, single-floor levels, and very limited texturing.
TWO-dimensional rooms. The texturing didn't really differ much from Doom. Maybe the resolution changed a bit due to better computers, but that's it. Wolf 3D was the FIRST game where you could walk anywhere you want from a first person view while shooting bad guys... the kind of games there's now LOTS of. Wolf3D started it all.


in fact, wolfenstein3d was really an evolution in terms of graphics engines. previously, there was a game (i forget the name) that was an 'FPS' but it was a 90 deg rotating FPS, and the movement wasn't very dynamic. wolf3d really just expanded upon that and introduced free-motion. but the graphical engine was basically the same.
Again...Wolf3D was the first that allowed a 3D presentation of things in a game. Period. Revolution. (90 deg rotating crap can be simulated 3D.)


doom actually had outdoor areas and 3d world scalability (even though there was no y-axis 'looking' like in quake 1 or duke3d. and the texturing was absolutely revolutionary for the computers of the day.
Outdoor areas? Well, technically it was just a normal room with different textures.... Nothing special about that. 3D world scalability? Don't see no difference with Wolf 3D there. Sure, the scalability had more detail, but that's it. Texturing wasn't really revolutionary, it was just an evolution of Wolf3Ds way to do it, and keeping up with better computers. (Oh, and Duke 3D didn't have y-axis looking...the looking up and down was simulated)

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[Marmot1]

well, that's really kinda the point. sure, doom3 has an absolutely incredible 3d engine, but wouldn't that have come out eventually? yes. but it's the one going to be leading the way.
Incredible game engine? So far it's got... like... 2 new features. Woopdeedoo. Besides I have yet to see if it's gonna lead the way on anything, especially now that Far Cry looks like it's gonna steal a lot of their flame.


wolf3d was really an evolution for gameplay. no other game had that perspective before. however, from a graphical/technological standpoint, it didn't offer any scalability. it was limited to 'one-dimensional' rooms, single-floor levels, and very limited texturing.
TWO-dimensional rooms. The texturing didn't really differ much from Doom. Maybe the resolution changed a bit due to better computers, but that's it. Wolf 3D was the FIRST game where you could walk anywhere you want from a first person view while shooting bad guys... the kind of games there's now LOTS of. Wolf3D started it all.


in fact, wolfenstein3d was really an evolution in terms of graphics engines. previously, there was a game (i forget the name) that was an 'FPS' but it was a 90 deg rotating FPS, and the movement wasn't very dynamic. wolf3d really just expanded upon that and introduced free-motion. but the graphical engine was basically the same.
Again...Wolf3D was the first that allowed a 3D presentation of things in a game. Period. Revolution. (90 deg rotating crap can be simulated 3D.)


doom actually had outdoor areas and 3d world scalability (even though there was no y-axis 'looking' like in quake 1 or duke3d. and the texturing was absolutely revolutionary for the computers of the day.
Outdoor areas? Well, technically it was just a normal room with different textures.... Nothing special about that. 3D world scalability? Don't see no difference with Wolf 3D there. Sure, the scalability had more detail, but that's it. Texturing wasn't really revolutionary, it was just an evolution of Wolf3Ds way to do it, and keeping up with better computers. (Oh, and Duke 3D didn't have y-axis looking...the looking up and down was simulated)

Simulated??? can you explain that part about Duke??? If I remember it was 3d but models were just one dimensional textures...

[Seoulstriker]

right, duke3d wasn't true 3d. sprites were still used, and the way that you could look up was a calculation based on the 2d for elevation. so it just looked really crappy. quake was the first true-3d game.

[Haiw]

right, duke3d wasn't true 3d. sprites were still used, and the way that you could look up was a calculation based on the 2d for elevation. so it just looked really crappy. quake was the first true-3d game.
The explanation is right, but the conclusion is not... Apart from the player models it didn't look much different than Quake 1. Also level design, texturing and all that was better in D3D than in Q1. Quake 1 wasn't the first true 3D game. :roll: The only difference between Q1 and previous games was that it used polygon player models instead of sprites...that's all.

[Seoulstriker]

right, duke3d wasn't true 3d. sprites were still used, and the way that you could look up was a calculation based on the 2d for elevation. so it just looked really crappy. quake was the first true-3d game.
The explanation is right, but the conclusion is not... Apart from the player models it didn't look much different than Quake 1. Also level design, texturing and all that was better in D3D than in Q1. Quake 1 wasn't the first true 3D game. :roll: The only difference between Q1 and previous games was that it used polygon player models instead of sprites...that's all.

what the hell are you talking about? have you tried looking skyward in duke3d? it's a scaling of the 2d for elevation. it's so damn obvious, too. try looking upwards. it looks just like you're looking forwards, only you're looking at something higher than what is coplanar to you.

[MolliG]

Getting the thread back on topic ;) :lol:...

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I change my wallpaper quite often.... Now I have this one woot

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[pAt]

yea my windows '98!

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where do you take Desktop Themes for XP?