EDIT: Sorry for the bump, just saw the topic on the LFS Movie Awards thing...

TLDR but...

F*** me, that was extraordinary. One of the most original pieces of Machinima I've ever seen, how did you choreograph all that??

Loved the soundtrack too and LFS physics and scenery did a great job in replicating a movie car chase!

Absoloutely awesome, well done!

I thought the camerawork worked well by the way, it was very typical "car chase" camerawork and I didn't think there were too many impossible angles. Could maybe do with some more filters on the video, I don't know if it was colour corrected or vignetted but it looked quite "standard". And the car skins were very believeable, not sure about the 08 plate on the AE86 ripoff though!

Well now you mention it...

Soooo, does anyone have a few minutes to fill in the .doc on the first post? Don't worry too much about the blah at the top, it's the questions that are important.

I quite like the idea of leaving them in there to see if the oh-so-serious academics will notice they're looking at something resembling a rubber sex toy...

Woo!

My attempt below:

So, for my final project at uni I've had to design some characters and environments for an arcade game which is based on flying the space shuttle.

I'd be really grateful if you guys could offer your opinions on it. All you have to do is look at the pictures, answer the questions on them in the attached .doc file and re-attach it/post your answers here. Simples!

A video mockup of the "attract" video can also be seen here if you're interested: http://vimeo.com/8817480

Last edited by TiJay, Tue 19 Jan 2010, 23:21.

Radio Killed the Video Star?

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I guess I'm in that 10% then lol, I drove 10,000 miles in a couple of months, never had an accident or even went off the road... Had my hair-raising moments, I'm sure everyone has....

How did you get insured for 10,000 miles for £900? I paid £2000 to insure a 1.25 Fiesta for something like 2000 miles a year on third party!

Talking of French car ads, has anyone seen the C3 one in the dockyard?

I'd love a car show to try that for real...

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I'd like to know which car is cheapest on insurance in the UK at a young age.

Aygo/C1 etc. Although, I'm 20 and it's still £700 a year for my Aygo (had a reversing scrape in the Puma so +1 claim....). No car is cheap to insure at 17 because 1: insurance companies are ****s and 2: 90% of 17 year olds WILL understeer that car into a ditch and write it off within a week. Which is because of 3: driver education standards over here are shit.

Also, the Aygos are still worth a fair bit so that pushes the insurance up. And I'm willing to bet the Aygo's insurance prices will go up as the car's price decreases as Johnny Chav and his mates will be able to buy one at 17 and write them off. Conclusion, there is no cheap insurance for young drivers ever.

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just like when o2 ran out of 3g and you claim on insurance, you get a 3gs back for free

Did you "lose" your 3G once you discovered this fact?

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"Hi. I'm a girl. I'm chatting with my friends when I should be in the kitchen".

I'm pretty sure there's a group for that already

About that interior... The shapes and design look great, but thats a LOT of electronic stuff in there. What happened to big, simple knobs and switches? I know this car is an American model for people who spend more time watching the TV on the dash than looking at the road, but it looks stupidly complicated and distracting.

And that massive front intake? It can't need THAT much cooling, surely.

Much more style than the last Focus, which was designed in Ford's Mk3 Mondeo/Mk6 Fiesta bland period. Don't like that stupid SUV style rear end though.

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I was looking at something like that i'd rather just get the Proton Coupe...

I'm pretty sure there's a big handling difference between the two as I've never heard of the Proton Coupe, let alone heard anything good about it

BMW servicing is MASSIVELY expensive by the way.

TLDR so don't know if I've posted this before but.

Ford Puma or Mk5 Fiesta Zetec S. Just do it.

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just get windows out of that comp and put linux on it

When I got my 701, the first thing I did was put XP on it. Turn off updates and hibernation and you're well away. The default Linux is crap.

Awesome, which bloom patch are you using?

Yeah, the N95 still beats every "normal" phone on the market today, some of which are more expensive.

EDIT: Bit of a fail for WinMo phones this year: http://www.wmexperts.com/y2016-sms-bug

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It's good to have fun on your own (polish roads map is quite cool)

I downloaded this for World Racing 2, it's much more fun trying to overtake the traffic. Physics aren't much worse either.

No idea, for a big package like this I'd expect some sort of help instead of an obscure website and some pretty pictures. Didn't work for me either.

£289? Worst. Price. Ever.

Very good idea, that...

Wow, this topic snowballed! Some interesting points though...

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And if you want to take decent quality photos ? as other have said, buy a real camera.

I have a Fuji 5700 bridge camera as well More than photos, I want decent video from my phone. When it comes to still pics though, generally like Jack demonstrated, higher MP equals better images when scaled to desktop res.

Interesting comment from whoever said the WinMo office apps are a bit rubbish. The reason I was drawn to the Omnia II was that it had everything. Thing is, I'm not sure if I really need it. Day to day I won't do more than Youtube etc and a bit of writing on some kind of office app, so the N95 is looking really tempting especially as it has the camera quality I want. And the N95's screen is bigger than that on my Satnav (Garmin i3, ancient!) so naviagtion won't be a problem. Loving the Windows 3.1 too, wouldn't do it myself though!

In terms of buying, I'll either go PAYG or SIM-free. Budget is £350ish.

EDIT: The Nokia N97 Mini looks good too... Ticks the boxes.

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Crashgate: Love the way you made it look like a quick Paint job when it clearly took effort in Photoshop

Thanks for the feedback on the N95... Definitely worth thinking about