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Subject: Re: Cm9000 pieces

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 14:51:44 08/13/02

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On August 13, 2002 at 16:53:53, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On August 13, 2002 at 16:50:16, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 2002 at 16:31:21, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On August 13, 2002 at 15:43:36, Marc van Hal wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 13, 2002 at 14:28:44, John Merlino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 13, 2002 at 14:21:33, John Merlino wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 13, 2002 at 10:55:44, Marc van Hal wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I saw the 3d boards on the UBIsoft.com website
>>>>>>>But I think there is more atention givven to the boards then to the pieces.
>>>>>>>Actualy on the boards I saw you could use some stained glass pieces
>>>>>>>or use more bumb to give more detail to wood,stone etc.
>>>>>>>and the saturation of the boards also can be used for the pieces
>>>>>>>to make them a litle bit shinny.
>>>>>>>Regards Marc
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Those screenshots are small, not very good and are fairly old, even though they
>>>>>>appear to have been posted only a few days ago. They definitely do not do the
>>>>>>program justice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Once again, the ubi.com folks are not using the stuff that we sent them. The
>>>>>>screenshots that I offered to send people (the same ones that we sent to
>>>>>>ubi.com) are MUCH nicer and show all of the boards and pieces in much better
>>>>>>detail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have taken the liberty of sending you the screenshots that I have. I hope you
>>>>>>don't mind.... I think you will like them better than those that you saw on the
>>>>>>Ubi.com website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>jm
>>>>>
>>>>>Unfortunately, your e-mail bounced back, either because your e-mail address that
>>>>>is listed here is invalid, or because your mailbox could not accept the
>>>>>attachment (which is a little less than 3 MB).
>>>>>
>>>>>Let me know if you want me to send you the screenshots, and how I can do so.
>>>>>
>>>>>jm
>>>>I can't recieve emails above 2mb
>>>>Marc
>>>>Well just a litle time and i can see the real thing.
>>>>But I think you agree that the 3d pieces had not as much detail as it could
>>>>have.
>>>>Most people nowadays have good Graphic cards espacialy the hard core gamers.
>>>>So it is kind of a bad marketing
>>>>You should show the program at it's best for the selling of more copy's.
>>>>So kind of od UBIsoft thinks diferent.
>>>
>>>There are now, unfortunately, several websites showing the poor screenshots.
>>>And, apparently, none of them showing the good ones.
>>>
>>>I tried removing some of the shots until the attachment was less than 2MB. It
>>>still bounced back. Perhaps I do not have your correct e-mail address
>>>(cesaer3@worldonline.nl)?
>>>
>>>However, the pieces are actually VERY detailed. The number of polys that are
>>>being shown with some of the piece more complex sets in the initial position is
>>>over 90,000. And that is without reflections or shadows, which can triple the
>>>poly count.
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>
>>Hello John can you send me the screenshots in 2 parts, 1.4 MB today and the
>>remain tomorrow please ?
>
>at the following address : vincentlejeune@wanadoo.be

Ok, i got the 1st part, may be if you've time you can already send me the 2nd
part, many thanks !!



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