[ARCHIVE] SimAntics & World Development

[Rhys]

I've been doing some 3d graphics research on the side. I've discovered a way we can greatly reduce the cost of 3d animation in the engine by doing animation vertex transforms on the graphics card (send array of matrices to gfx card for bones, vert data includes bound matrix, this we we don't have to repeatedly generate and send the character mesh to the graphics card but can instead animate it by simply changing the bone matrices).

 

[francot514]

Is that necessasy?? i thought that sims 1 does not have 3d animations...

 

[aidancheddar]

Only the Sims themselves are 3D, least in the original engine.

 

[AquilaSim]

Only the Sims themselves are 3D

And the most objects too.

 

[aidancheddar]

And the most objects too.

Not really. The objects in TS1/TSO are literately just sprites. The only time any 3D is involved is when the Sim is holding it up to it's face. Export any object from either one of those two games using an extractor, and you'll see. Every element is just an a picture.

 

[Afr0]

Not really. The objects in TS1/TSO are literately just sprites. The only time any 3D is involved is when the Sim is holding it up to it's face. Export any object from either one of those two games using an extractor, and you'll see.

Correction: 3D objects (made in 3DS Max) exported as sprites

 

[aidancheddar]

Correction: 3D objects (made in 3DS Max) exported as sprites

Touche'.

 

[nicefunfungirl]

Correction: 3D objects (made in 3DS Max) exported as sprites

So its basically still 3D? ^.^ YAY! I really love 3D games and shows and movies,etc.

 

[heat33330]

So its basically still 3D? ^.^ YAY! I really love 3D games and shows and movies,etc.

Not really, no. The only true 3D objects in game are sims/pets (and a few other things?). Everything else is 2D in game. That's why there's only 4 rotational views and restricted zooming.

 

[aidancheddar]

To add, the objects are made in 3D software but are rendered in 2D.

 

[francot514]

And Where is Rhys this days!!!

 

[aidancheddar]

And Where is Rhys this days!!!

Dude, seriously, listen to yourself.

 

[Rhys]

In all honesty, I've lost interest in the project for now. I burned out halfway through doing the monogame port and haven't found the enthusiasm to continue.

 

[aidancheddar]

And, also, as a reminder: these developers are working on their own free time, without pay, to bring this back. I'm just happy to happen to have a Sim sitting there in SAS again, based on my present thoughts and ideas.

I say this as someone studying to program. Writing code can and will burn someone out eventually, especially when they're stuck on something without any fresh ideas to go on. It's like being on a stuck on a certain part in your favourite game and you've tried everything, so you put it down and let you're mind breathe.

 

[nicefunfungirl]

To add, the objects are made in 3D software but are rendered in 2D.

That was basically my point If it was originally made 3D then well,Of course its still 3D then anyways in a way right? ORIGINALLY

 

[Afr0]

I say this as someone studying to program. Writing code can and will burn someone out eventually, especially when they're stuck on something without any fresh ideas to go on. It's like being on a stuck on a certain part in your favourite game and you've tried everything, so you put it down and let you're mind breathe.

What a great analogy! Thank you! Let's hope Rhys figures it out eventually, or it's going to take me twice as long.

 

[francot514]

Ok Rhys, no problem, take your time, i really want to see this realized, but is not something vital, cheers...

 

[nicefunfungirl]

We won't push you Rhys! Just relax yourself a little! ^.^

 

[Rhys]

It's kinda been bugging me that I left the Simantics and Lot Debug mode so broken before I left, since so many of the interactions actually work but the half implemented routing causes most of them to crash in the routing stages. I'd like to fix this asap if possible.

 

[Afr0]