In creating this game, we decided that instead of focusing on creating pretty graphics, we would instead focus on creating a game which was fun to play. Also, since we do coding for this game in our spare time, we decided to try and limit the complexity of the task we were undertaking. A third reason is that none of the current development team is familiar with either of the two dominant graphics APIs: DirectX and OpenGL.

The comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ contains a lot of 3D graphics information that isn't specific to OpenGL. excellent general computer graphics text is Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, by James Foley, et al. ISBN 0-201-12110-7. It has been mentioned that this book is out of print and that a third edition is planned for release in January 2001. However, some online book retailers still seem to have it for sale. Try amazon.com.

We use an overhead view because it's better for seeing who is in your adventuring party. Smaller graphics mean that you can see farther and more people, and Clan Lord tends to have lots of people playing together. (Why else be online?) And tiny graphics look better hand-drawn than 3D.

Surprisingly there is no simple way in Windows to check the 3D graphics capability of a PC. The best way we have found is to Start / Run / DXDIAG and view the Display information reported. If the Device name contains nVidia GeForce or ATI Radeon and the memory is 32MB or greater then the 3D graphics aspect should be satisfied. We have received feedback that the Intel 915 (with 128MB of shared memory) also performs satisfactory.

This problem is often caused by an incompatibility with certain chipsets used on modern video cards. For information on a possible solution to this problem, please visit: Soleau Software's Guide to Scrambled Text in DOS Games.

No. The competition is open to both 2D and 3D games and neither game will be scored differently than the other.

No, The Five Pillars is massive multiplayer text and browser based game, which means you don't need to download anything to play it, and besides it's free. You can compete with people who donated to the game to play its maintenance and evolution on the same level or donate yourself to gain a few minor benefits that make the game look and feel even better. But the actual gameplay will not change whether you donate or not.

Not anymore. I started out doing that in the mid 1980's and did so for many years. At that time there really wasn't any software capable of doing what needed to be done so I always found myself writing the software and tools to support the production role. After many years I decided that I liked development a lot more than the production side and focussed on that exclusively.

I am an independant artist for hire, modeling for animation, stills, video games etc. But I have to warn you, 3D art this complex can be very expensive and typically only large commerical firms can afford it. Were I to perform all the requests that I recieved for free, I would never have any time to myself B). As much as I like creating, I'm limited by time and cost.

A high-performance graphics card will certainly help. The underlying system spends a lot of time blitting 32-bit RGB bitmaps to the screen. But no 3D capabilities of the card will be used.

If you have more than one 3d accelerator card and would like to change which card the game uses, edit the config.dat file in your install directory (using a text editing program such as notepad). Remove the semi-colon from the line ';ChooseDevice=true'. When you next run the game, you will be given the option to choose which accelerator card is used.

For each card option the text is fully customizable allowing you to personalize your message to your guests. At present, we do not offer the option of adding additional graphics or images to the card. We have designed the standard templates as elegantly as possible, allowing them to fit the theme of almost any wedding.

If you have security features like I do, it may be simply a matter of putting your mouse over where the graphics should be (if they're empty boxes) and clicking the right mouse button to download them. However, if the text and graphics are jumbled or running together, the issue is probably related to an old e-mail program. The newsletter is best viewed with Outlook 2000, Express 5.0, Netscape 6.0, Eudora 6, AOL 7.0 and later versions of all of these e-mail programs.

Electronic photographs should be at a resolution of at least 300 dots per inch (dpi). The TIF format is preferred, but JPG format is acceptable. Most images downloaded from a Web site or PowerPoint presentation are NOT acceptable, since they are usually 72 dpi in size. Text should be submitted in its final format as MS Word or rich text format (rtf). Iowa State University’s approved fonts are Berkeley and Univers.

Yes. Typical text changes can be as simple as the addition of the name of somebody to report issues to, or the inclusion of a contact number though to wider ranging changes to the content and structure of a course.. Graphical changes include adding pictures of specific equipment such as standard chairs, or images of any other equipment, signs or documents.

Click the print icon in the window. Print the document. Depending on your browser you can also print selected text and graphics.

To save a graphic, select the graphic you want. Right-click and select "Save Picture As" and save it to your hard drive. Open Word and import the image.