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Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:41 am
by Agent West
for a while i wanted to see how BZFlag would look like on a BIG screen, not my usual 37" LCD... i finally got a chance to try it, and here is the result

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:09 am
by Bambino
You play on a 37"...

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:39 am
by Agent West
yeah, usually

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:03 am
by tobylane
Obviously at school/college, but yey I will probably get to try this as well in a month.

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:46 pm
by Bazooka Buster
Our local school has many projectors mounted on top of the wall in not just computer labs but many classrooms. It'd be funny to hack into all of them and display me playing BZFLag... :)

Or we could have a daily tournament in a computer lab during lunch hour, and the leader would be displayed on the big screen. But that's probably a dream that won't come true, even if their computers were fast enough. Believe me, I've tried it during extra time in typing class. Didn't work on the lowest detail.

Anyway, is the picture you get from it high quality enough? It looks a bit grainy or something...

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:49 pm
by Spazzy McGee
When I was at school we once ran a charity gaming event. We had BZFlag and Halo running on the 30ft screen in the Lecture Theatre. It was a bit too big though... easier to play on a small screen.

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:08 am
by Agent West
... just wish i could play BZFlag in true 3D (kinda like 3D movies). that would be awesome
;)

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:58 pm
by flying_popcorn
... just wish i could play BZFlag in true 3D (kinda like 3D movies). that would be awesome
What about bzflag -view anaglyph ?

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:34 pm
by Agent West
even though i did get a pair of special red/blue glasses, i did not get that 3D effect (possibly because my "red" was slightly different from BZFag's "red")

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:36 pm
by clarahobbs
flying_popcorn wrote:
... just wish i could play BZFlag in true 3D (kinda like 3D movies). that would be awesome
What about bzflag -view anaglyph ?
I've done that myself many times before. It's pretty cool, and the colours aren't distorted as much as you'd think. Or maybe it's just because I'm so used to the grass texture being green, boxes being red, etc.

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:33 pm
by fluffy mcduff
aw man, a had no idea that you could do that! now all i have to do is get some 3d glasses... :D

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:24 am
by optic delusion
Anaglyph is awesome if you have the right glasses.
Just search the web for "Free 3d glasses", you send them a stamped, self-addressed envelope. they send you the spectacles.
try to find one that specifys the glasses are for anaglyph viewing.

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:00 pm
by fluffy mcduff
well, these probably would last longer. no? that is, if you plan on using anaglyph mode often.
http://www.3dglassesdirect.com/3D_Glass ... asses.html



oh my gosh... what if theres a linux plugn for anaglyph universally???? :shock:

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:07 pm
by tobylane
It seems you can do it in Compiz.

Wow had no idea about the anaglyph, even as a word. Will get goggles.

Re: Dreams DO come true

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:03 pm
by fluffy mcduff
i assume the anaglyph view is red/cyan, not red/blue, right? or should i get both?