Nacimota.com » video http://www.nacimota.com Technology, Gaming and Development Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:55:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 New Theme and E3 http://www.nacimota.com/2010/06/28/new-theme-and-e3/ http://www.nacimota.com/2010/06/28/new-theme-and-e3/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:14:29 +0000 Nacimota http://www.nacimota.com/?p=201 Continue reading →]]> Okay so despite my promises of content two months ago I haven’t really posted anything. WordPress 3.0 came out very recently which gave me yet another excuse to update this site. The new default theme is fittingly titled “twenty ten” and takes advantages of a number of new features in the WordPress API like custom menus and featured images for posts. It seems a lot more flexible and customizable than earlier WordPress themes. They’ve also improved WordPress in a number of other ways which have little effect on me personally, such as making it possible to manage multiple WordPress sites using the same admin interface.

In other news, E3 just passed and unfortunately, there wasn’t much to look at this year. The centrepiece of the expo, Microsoft Kinect (formerly known by its working name, Project Natal), was revealed via interpretive dance performed by Cirque du Soleil (I wish I was joking). The Sony EyeToy Microsoft Kinect promises to revolutionize the console gaming experience. Personally, I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

On the other hand, Valve showed off Portal 2 at E3 and my god, it is beautiful. Pushing aside the new features they’ve added to Portal’s already innovative gameplay, there appear to have been some drastic changes to Source’s lighting engine. The videos show off some complex and rather beautiful dynamic lighting which look completely unlike what the current release of the source engine is capable of. Portal 2 is due for release in 2011. I’ll leave you with IGN’s Portal 2 walkthrough videos from E3.

]]> http://www.nacimota.com/2010/06/28/new-theme-and-e3/feed/ 2 Creating Source Maps with SketchUp http://www.nacimota.com/2009/07/13/creating-source-maps-with-sketchup/ http://www.nacimota.com/2009/07/13/creating-source-maps-with-sketchup/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:06:44 +0000 Nacimota http://www.nacimota.com/?p=76 Continue reading →]]> Valve released the Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools recently, which included some plugins for Google SketchUp. In this video, I’ll show you the basics of exporting SketchUp geometry into the .VMF format. The plugins export generic VMF data, so it works with other Source games too. Contrary to what I said in the video, valve has included the plugins with the regular SDK now.

I have a cold so my voice is a bit off in places. Send plugin feedback to sketchuptools@valvesoftware.com.

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