If you only knew the extent of my madness
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The main reason I'm interested in this engine, which I think I barely touched on in another thread, is that I'm a writer working on a fantasy trilogy involving a world turned on its side (like modern day Uranus). I'm hoping that the Outerra engine (and everything Cameni and Angrypig has said thus far points to it) will allow me to fully realize this world in a 3d application that will allow my readership to view the world in all its glory. But the climate model will be problematic, considering the planet's nature. Even if it doesn't conform to the nature of my world, it will still give me a modest rendition of the world I'm creating. I've already tried to recreate the height maps in Lightwave, with only very modest success (I've been able to get down to a kilometer resolution ... just need to refine my approach a bit to get it further, down to the 2 meter resolution I require). My system, at the moment, just can't handle the level of detail I need for the 3d movies I want to create. Lightwave crashes whenever I try to obtain better results. *edit* but in Lightwave, I can fake the climate model with a few well-place textures
I'm hoping in the coming months I'll be able to upgrade my system in order to compensate for the level of detail I need ... and I'm hoping that the Outerra engine will allow me to do MUCH more than I'd hoped for. Considering they're using Javascript and the Chromium browser for the backend (regarding overlays and such), it seems to fit the best out of all the engines I've researched. I had a buddy of mine working on a Flash based interface for a program to compliment the novels, but I couldn't get anywhere near what I wanted for it.
I'm gambling the Outerra engine will allow it. I just hope Cameni and Angrypig don't have coronaries contemplating the posibilities I'm adding to their engine
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. I've looked into trying to recreate such a climate model, and I bet it'll give them enough pause to think, "Shawn, give it up, shut up, and you're now banned permanently." If they don't, they're bigger men than I will ever be
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And if you only knew the OTHER possibilities for the engine I have in mind (which I've never told Cameni or Angrypig), you'd tell me I'm a fool!
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20 years from now, maybe it'll be possible. Maybe!
There is no spoon!
*edit* further edit because I'm stupid when it comes to english, even though I'm a writer
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