Seamless3d Log

Rigging an Imported Poser Model's Shoulder YouTube Video

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:51:44 GMT

In response to griff asking some questions on the Seamless3d forum I uploaded this short video that explains how a poser model can be imported into seamless3d and how a single TransferBCyl can be used for the shoulder to make a smooth bending joint. This video uses the pre-release version of Seamless3d 2.161 which you can now download from the download page (under Download Seamless3d 2.161 Pre-Release)

3D models on YouTube made by Neoreina using Seamless3d.

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:23:09 GMT

Please checkout Neoreina's wonderfull 3D models she has made using Seamless3d on her YouTube channel. Neoreina is an established artist on YouTube with many uploads of her cartoon drawings that will soon reach 6 million views ! Only recently she has been learning how to use seamless3d. Neoreina says it was difficult at first and that it took her a few weeks before she could use seamless properly but she has demonstrated perseverance gets results. It is important to note too that Neoreina has had no help from me apart from the tutorials that were already on the seamless3d site. I am delighted to hear Neoreina wants to continue advancing her skills using seamless.

Thyme's 2010 Birthday Party on YouTube Narrated

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:05:02 GMT

HD Photos of my 2010 birthday party in seamless chat with narration.

Lip-Synching Lucy

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:50:32 GMT

Lucy Speaks! This is my first attempt at lip-syncing using a real life video for guidance. Sorry for the male voice but I doubt my female impersonating skills are up to the task, so you will just have to bear with my voice until I find an actress.

Lucy with facial expressions & revealing her new teeth

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:27:43 GMT

My first attempt creating emotions using animated NURBS control points.

Photos and review of hermie's 2009 birthday party

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:18:09 GMT

Herm's birthday was a fun filled event. What makes developing seamless chat feel worthwhile :)

Hermie's Birthday Party This Sunday the 13th 20:00 GMT

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:56:38 GMT

hermetic_cab's birthday party will be in techuelife island on Sunday, 13 December 2009 at 20:00:00 Just download the latest version of the modeller (download size is less than flash) Click the "open smls from the web" button , add your nickname, click on the worldList checkBox and then click on the techuelife island link that will appear. Tip: don't click just under the edit line in the chat box to avoid crashing. I fixed this bug months ago thanks to nontiti isolating the condition but the fixed version is not online yet due to other developments. All are welcome, look forward to seeing you :)

Seamless3d forum now has its own feed

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:26:29 GMT

I have recently upgraded the Seamless3d forum to the latest phpBB version which supports ATOM feeds so anyone can now easily follow the Seamless3d forum. By subscribing to different feeds you can follow many small forums all over the net with the same ease of following a single centralized forum.

Lucy Opening and Shutting Her Eyes

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:34:52 GMT

Another NURBS animation of Lucy uploaded to YouTube. Note the eyelashes I added.

Lucy Waving Hello Using NURBS Control Point Animation

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:04:28 GMT

NURBS Control Point Animation is one of the key features I have been working on for the upcoming version of Seamless3d as the year comes to a close.

WebGL, One of the New Low Level 3D Languages for the Web

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:38:52 GMT

I recently installed the latest FireFox nightly build (Minefield) to test WebGL.

9 New File Features including Auto-Complete, Filtering & Drive buttons

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:01:18 GMT

9 New File Features including Auto-Complete, File Filtering, Open Disk Drive & Open Folder buttons, & Drag & drop files from windows explorer.

Transition Fix & Enter Key to Open/Save for 2.159

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:43:37 GMT

2.159 addresses the issue that arises if a version prior to 2.157 last saved a filename in the seamless3dSetup.wrl (the settings file) that did not include the drive and path.

AntiVir Harmony for 2.158

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:02:54 GMT

I found the TTS version was not getting any false alarms because it was not using the ShellExecute function to launch the default browser and notepad. So 2.158 bypasses the problem by using the CreateProcess function instead.

Avira AntiVir gives a false alert of the TR/Spy.Gen - Trojan for the NON TTS version

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:54:26 GMT

Because the non TTS version is the only file on my computer that gets this warning and because if I delete the NON TTS exe file and recompile it from scratch AntiVir alerts soon as the file is regenerated, I can only conclude this has to be a false alarm because it is impossible for a program to spontaneously infect itself when no other files are infected.

Seamless3d 2.157 ready for download

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:12:59 GMT

Rewritten Filling System, Mirror Polymaps, Color Per Vertex to Texture, Automatic Recalc Default Pose and Lots More

Version updates condensed to a single file

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:58:51 GMT

I have made an index of version updates all the way back to January 2003 when Seamless3d 2.000 was announced. This is a good chunk of my life condensed to a single file.

Updated FAQ

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:29:30 GMT

Updated the FAQ for what stage Seamless3d is at, its roadmap, how to join the forum and scripting

Two bug fixes and a minor but helpful feature added for 2.156

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:30:55 GMT

An idea for the new feature and the 2 bugs were found while composing a walkthrough for importing Laz's perch

Important bug fix for 2.155

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:26:39 GMT

I have Fixed the bug for 2.155 which is now ready for download. The problem was caused by the wrong amount of pixels getting allocated for a 2d window. It was not a new minor bug added, but an old low level bug brought to the surface. I am now very hopeful this bug was behind the crashes that could occur after resizing a 2d window and who knows what else.

Shared TouchSensor Events, ColorEffect Animation, CopyPart transform & landOffset for 2.154

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:28:16 GMT

With the latest version of seamless3d, the train's start and stop buttons in techuelife island will now be shared in seamless chat and now the buttons change color too. scale, rotation, and translation fields have been added to the CopyPart node, this makes it possible to add all the leaves to a tree from a single leaf using just a few lines of script and a single CopyPart node. I have added a landOffset field to allow the user to adjust the height of the avatar. This field gets saved so you do not have to keep resetting it each time you log into a world.

Made all named ToushSensors shared events in seamless chat

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:10:34 GMT

I decided to make all TimeSensor's that are named (so they have an ID) shared when in seamless chat mode. So today I added a new TOUCH_SENSOR command to the seamless server protocol. Implementing this proved very simple, just a few lines of code were added to the server and client. At least 90% of the time all a user wants is their TouchSensors shared when they want shared events so this should greatly simplify adding shared events most of the time compared to how this had to be done for Blaxxun.

Added Start/Accerlate/Decelerate/Stop Train Script

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:32:27 GMT

Yesterday I had a chance to do some more work on Techuelife Island. I began work on the train's start/acceleration/deceleration/stop script and late in the night I uploaded this new script so the train is no longer a static object. Some issues have surfaced. The red and green boxes don't change color to indicate the state of the train so I need to make it so a Seamless node can animate color. Also the switch is not shared so I have been giving much thought recently on how best to implement shared events.

Updated the Compiling The Source Code for Seamless3d tutorial for VC9.

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:44:27 GMT

I have updated the Compiling The Source Code for Seamless3d tutorial to VC9 which greatly simplifies it. There is no longer the need to download MASM or the Win32 SDK. I also uploaded some old DirectX 8.1 files that are no longer supplied on the DirectX SDK that seamless still uses.

Land Gravity, Av View, Fog, Multiple Effects, backfaceRender, Export BVH, Recalc Animation Default Pose, doBuild(), Import HAnimSegments & Bug Fixes for 2.153

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:50:29 GMT

Sorry I am a bit late announcing this version but I was up much of the night getting it ready for Saturday's chat and had no time left to write the announcement until after a rest. Just as well I took a rest because documenting this many features has proven to be a few days work. While testing some of the new features I found some minor bugs that has now been fixed for 2.153 and so to save time I am announcing 2.152s features here for 2.153

Converted Vase robot

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:31:12 GMT

Converted the vase robot (the one with the caterpillar tracks) to nurbs and his script to SeamlessScript

Lathes from pivot points

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:32:02 GMT

Added a lathes from pivot points feature, this simplifies the avatar to like what you get from an imported bvh file

Anim bar to bvh

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

I have added an export Anim bar to bvh file feature for seamless

Eureka! I have the default pose conversion formula :)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:02:37 GMT

Eureka! I have figured out the formula for converting the default pose for an animation and maintain exactly the same animation :)

Frosty morning but the sun is shining on the tree of reason

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:04:11 GMT

Its a frosty morning but I see the sun is shining so I will soon be able to loose my self in my thoughts while I walk around the tree of reason

Create RSS Date

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:10:36 GMT

I have just written a fast convenient utility for hand coding RSS feed files. It copies a pubDate tag with the current date to your clipboard, so all you have to do is run it and then paste the pubDate to your text editor. I have made it free open source software available under the MIT licence.

Finally got twitter to read my RSS Feed

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:04:00 GMT

After fixing some errors highlighted by feedvalidator.org twitter is now reading my RSS file :)

Recalculating the Animation to Match Default Poses

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:44:00 GMT

Recalculating the default pose for this animation Alain made for Zoe using a mocapdata.com file