New Dark Angels models!

I can't wait to get my hands on these models - especially the jetbike!

Grass - and not the kind you smoke!

I've just found a great post about rendering grass with shadows which pointed me to this - the notes from a Siggraph 2006 presentation. Should be something for every terrain engine!

Oblivion

I started playing Oblivion a couple of days ago and it's a really addictive game. The open natured experience combined with beautiful visuals makes it a good candidate for my top 10 rpg's ever list!

360 Controller Blues

I was really excited when I got to borrow a 360 for xmas - at last could I try some XNA coding with the controller - but helas. The official drivers wouldn't install and the unofficial drivers i found wouldn't recognize the device. It is a wireless controller with a USB cable connected and I expect this to be the problem with the unofficial drivers. The cable might only be to recharge the batteries/provide power - but it doesn't change the fact that the official drivers wouldn't install on neither my sister's nor my system!

Heroes of the world!

Henrik - a friend of mine - took some pictures at the superhero party. He didn't send me all but I'll post a couple of more when I get hold of them!

Simplex Noise

I just found a noise algorithm invented by Perlin to overcome the shortcomings of his Perlin Noise. It's called Simplex Noise and seems to be a great substitute!

Cleaning up before Xmas

As you might have noticed, the page has gotten a new design. This is of course just one of the presets since I don't have time to design something myself. I've also done a couple of other adjustments - upgraded to the new blogger which by the way is a great improvement, and added tags to the posts.

This is my last day at work before I'm heading home to my parens for the holidays. My sister's borrowed both a gamecube and a 360 so I'm looking forward to some mindless violence in gears of war and puzzle solving in zelda :D.

I'm also looking forward to some XNA coding... I haven't coded in quite some time so I'm starting to need a fix - BAD. Since I don't have alot to do at work today I'll try to find some relevant tutorials and articles - I should have brought my (sister's) laptop and just installed all the stuff needed for XNA coding ;)