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- b3tRVW: EpisodetDr. Dreyerthpf2s1c08 Review: Episode by Nah-Kolor
- f1c09 by Dr. Dreyer
-
-
- f2Name : f1Episode
- f2Group : f1Nah-Kolor
-
- f2Year : f17
- f2Event : f1Gravity
- f2Placing: f1???
-
- f2Code : f1Kloo
- f2Graphic: f1Fame, Lazur
- f2Music : f1Scorpik
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- f2c08 The Effects
-
- f1c09This production is one of those that
- takes most Amigas beyond what is
- possible to do. Unfortunately this
- isn't ment as anything positive,
- because only owners of Amigas equipped
- with a fast c1040 c09processor or better
- will be able to enjoy the demo fully
- (if it works on those processors at
- all). The reason for all this
- complaining is the frame rate
- throughout most of the show, which is
- often below ten frames per second on a
- c100-40MHz c09(testcomputer), but then
- again I believe that it might have
- been made for the powerful MC's, as
- two different routines are on at the
- same time (for example a phong object
- with a tunnel in the background)
- frequently, and the resolution is 1x1
- throughout the entire demo more or
- less. To try to boost the speed a
- little, c10Kloo c09has cut off the left and
- right edges of the display area, so
- that everything is shown in a square
- box. There are some effects which run
- at an acceptable speed, but f2without
- ever being really fastf1, though.
-
- The demo contains f2many different
- routinesf1, most of them aren't shown
- for very long, so you're somehow
- entertained all the time. However,
- nobody seems to have taken care of the
- design, so the constant stream of
- effects never really "catches" you.
- None of the visual impressions you get
- from the demo relates to other of the
- demo's parts. Luckily the
- Techno-/House score is there to hold
- the pieces together, even though it's
- a difficult job. It doesn't succeed
- completely, but somewhat f2saves the
- design f1from being a total mess.
-
- Just to mention some of the effects
- (only to mention the most interesting
- ones) I could describe the very first
- routine: A nice combination of four
- or five different effects, that is a
- rotating, stretching, zooming,
- bumpmapped plasma! In front of this
- the credits are shown, or more
- correctly most of them are shown,
- because the right-most letters seem to
- have f2disappeared f1beyond the display
- area's border. If this is so called
- design or if it's an error is an
- unanswered question, but I tend to
- believe in the last of the two
- possibilities. The reason why is that
- some of the later effects have also
- gone over the border, but instead of
- just disappearing they appear on the
- other side of the screen. Anyway, the
- effect is good, but f2lasts too short f1I
- guess.
-
- The title is shown afterwards using a
- colored bumpmap, looks much like a
- piece of tinfoil. One of the f2best
- routines f1in the demo (maybe except for
- the start effect) is a view over the
- ocean. c10Nah-Kolor c09have made a quite
- realistic water-effect, looks just
- like if you're standing on a dune near
- the beach looking over the sea a day
- when the wind is quite.
-
- Another f2interesting effect f1is a voxel
- vulcano where lava slowly appear from
- the top of it running down its sides.
- This routine is slow though, the
- colors few and would probably have
- looked better if some small pixel
- explosions could be added. We want a
- real eruption (waiting for the c10PPC c09to
- come)!
-
- The last effect in the demo is some
- kind of c10Doom c09routine where you're
- flying around in a wall-less room
- filled with square columns with
- different pictures or animations on
- them. On the texts that are presented
- in the bottom of each effect it says
- something about some bumpmap and
- mirrors, but to be honest this is
- difficult to see, maybe if you look
- very closely, but... The speed is
- f2surprisingly good f1(still it's not more
- than acceptable, though).
-
- f2c08 Comment
-
- f1c09The demo is generally rather colorful,
- but somehow the palette doesn't seem
- to have been used to it's full
- extends, sometimes causing bad color
- fadings. This combined with the
- "design" and the bugs leave a not too
- positive impression of this demo, but
- the music pulls it up a little. Also
- the pictures presented drags it up a
- bit, but unfortunately none of them
- fits the demo very well (or else they
- both do, because it's such a mess
- already), but seen as single pictures
- there are mostly positive things to
- say about them. Especially one of
- c10Lazur's c09contribution (I believe it
- took part at one of c10The Party's c09GFX
- compos) is a f2beautyf1.
-
- Despite the lack of design and the
- messy look many of the effects are
- actually f2worth having a look f1at,
- especially on fast machines. A
- standard A1200 is totally out of the
- question though, but then again isn't
- it always nowadays?
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- f3b f2GFX & Design: f1OOOO------ f3b
- f3b f2Music : f1OOOOO----- f3b
- f3b f2Originality : f1OOOOOOO--- f3b
- f3b f2Rating : f1OOOOOO---- f3b
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