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It's Christmas time :)
12/17/2000
It's Christmas time, it's familly time :). I will not have a lot of time in the comning
days. So the shots here are probably the latest before for this year.
About the patch. It seems that Barking Dog is working hard on it and pay attention
to the quality. It's a good news, a great news.
Esprit-cataclysm (see link page), a french cataclysm website, have posted their strategies guides.
Specialy, a blitz attack strategie for the beast or how to kill a Somtaaw in less than 20 min !
Little big shots
12/06/2000
12 news screenshots and a new article. This 5 new screenshots belong to
the animtion screenshots page.
Why i open again the website !
12/04/2000
Since I'm working in computer business, I've always defended my point of
view which can be resumed in one word : Quality.
For barking dog team and sierra I will repeat : QUALITY !
When I created this website, it was to show internet users and gamers,
how great HW:C game was. But there are so many bugs especially in
multi-player game, that after my last game with "realfrenchy" from HF clan,
I decided it was enough and closed the website. But I was wrong and I
apologize to every people who has supported me in making this website.
Now let me explain something :
- Making money with software is ok. It's business.
- Every software has bugs.
What has happened with WH:C ? The more time you spend on testing a software
the less bugs it will have. Barking dog and Sierra decided to cut the
quality test time. Why ? well I have an idea, but this question should
be directly asked to Barking Dog and Sierra !
Will we see a patch ? yes.(info from the HW-C board).
Will that patch take care of this problem ?
Nobody knows that yet, but if barking dog and Sierra use the same quality
testing process than they used for HW:C, Idon't think that it will !
About HW:C "French version" bug. Let me resume it for you.
- - When French players play together it's ok.
- - When French players play with English players, two things happen.
1) A lot of 'sync error' will appear. 2) One or more player will be
sent back to windows without any warnings or error messages.
Having sync errors or being sent back to windows happens to all players,
but for French players this occur 90% of the time. I said 90% because I'm
not sure that it happens 100% of the time, and it's not my job to
test this !
I will add, but I'm not sure, that when a English player plays in a French
room with French players he will have the same problem as French players do
when playing in an English room.
When I talk about English player, I mean players who use an English version
of HW:C and French player, players who use a French version. There are some
French players who use an English version and they don't have this problem
when playing English players.
Therefore I assume that the problem resides not in the version itself but
more likely
because the compatibility between both versions hasn't been thoroughly
tested.
As of now I do not know if this is true for other languages Italian for
example. Input from other countries would be greatly appreciated just write
to Barbarella
Now that the website is open again (and I assure you that it will never be
close again) you will have a lot of news shots in the coming days and a new
article about D3D and OpenGL (The English part is already done, need to
translate it in French).
MESSAGE TO BARKING DOG :
If you need serious beta boys/girls for the patch don't forget French
players.
Help wanted ! Blackroy and Pepster have a lot of work actually. So they have
no time to correct my english. If you are interested to join HCS (Homeworld
Cataclysm Screenshots) website, mail to Barbarella (e-mail in team section).
Now, ladies and gentlemen, WE ARE BACK !!!!
Since i'm working in computer business, i always defend my point of view which can be
resume in one word : Quality. For barking dog team and sierra i will repeat : Quality !
When i create this website, this was to show internet user and player, how great HW:C game
is. But they are so many bugs specialy in multi-player game, that after a last game with realfrenchy
from HF clan, i decide it was enough and closed the website. But I was wrong and i apologyze
to every people who has support me by doing this website.
Now let me explain you something :
- Making money with software is ok. It's business.
- Every software has bugs.
What happen with WH:C ? The more time you spend on testing a software the less bugs it will
have. Bardging dog and Sierra decide to cut the quality test time. Why ? well i have my idea,
but this question should be directly asked to Barking Dog and Sierra !
Will we see a patch ? yes. Will that patch be a great patch ? Nobodies know that yet, but if
barking dog and Sierra use the same quality process than they use for HW:C, it will not !
About HW:C's 'French' bug. Let me resume it for you
- When french players play together it's ok.
- When french players play with english players, two thing happen. 1) A lot of 'sync error' will
appear. 2) One or more player will be send back to windows without any warning or errors messages.
Having sync errors or be sending back to windows happen to all players, but for french players
this occurre 90% of the time. I said 90% because I not sure that not happen 100% of the time, and
it's not my job to testing it !
I will add, but i'm not sure, that when an English player play on french room with french players
he will have the same bug as french players playing on English room.
When I talk about english players, i mean player who use an english version of HW:C and french
player, player who use the french version. There are some french players who use an English version
and they haven't that bogue (the 'French bug').
Now that the website is open again (and i assure you that it will never be close again) you will
have a lot of news shots in the coming days and a new article about D3D and OpenGL (The english part is
already done, need to translate it in French).
MESSAGE TO BARKING DOG :
If you need serious beta boys/girls for the patch don't forget French players.
Help wanted ! Blackroy and Pepster have a lot of work actually. so they have no time to correct my
english. If you are interested to join HCS (Homeworld Cataclysm Screenshots) website, mail to
barbarella (e-mail in team section).
Now, laddies and gentlemens, WE ARE BACK !!!!
By Barbarella
Amazing picture by Firelight
11/26/2000
Words are not enought, so ...
Super acolyte screenshot
11/25/2000
Look at this amazing shot from Zcloud.
- 4 news screenshots from ours today guests : Zcloud and Project-X.
- I've added 2 news sreenshots pages : movies and bugs.
- I've upgrated our latest article. The trick i gave only set
Opengl in 16 bits. So read it again you should be able to get OpenGL in 32 bits (thank you Booster).
Be happy ... :)
11/18/2000
We got a lot of gooddies for you. Read !
1) You can now give a note to each screenshot, yep :o)
2) You can see all screenshots that have the best score on the 'Best of' screenshots page.
3) A new article 'How to get OpenGL in HW:C under W98'
4) We add a submit screenshot button on the guest page. So use it ! ;)
5) 3 news screenshots
To medamanx Webmaster of HWShot : Don't forget to delete our screenshots you
have put on your website without our autorisation !!! If you have some trouble to
take shot, we can help you. e-mail to Barbarella. In any cases, first delete our
screenshots from your website.
DX8 is out but ...
11/13/2000
You've downloaded DX8, but you haven't seen any difference ! Well nothing is wrong. To
take full advantage of DX8 you need :
1) the game should be design for DX8 !
2) The drivers call DX8 function
But DX8 is working ? yes but The 10 Mb DX8 file not only integrate DX8 but also older
DX version. So HW:C is always using DX7 !
Pepster answer to FalseLogic : The 'beastdie' screenshot ;)
New G400 Opengl Drivers
11/08/2000
I just try Matrox's latest drivers for W98 (6.10) and NT4 (4.70). Theirs
seem ok if you use D3D, but with OpenGL not. You have to launch manually the game.
Go to 'start' then 'execute' and type :
- For HW : c:\sierra\homeworld\homeworld.exe /safeGL
- For HW:C : c:\sierra\cataclysm\cataclysm.exe /safeGL
You could use the same command line for Windows 2000 (need to be check). In fact the '/safeGL'
switch can be use for any graphic card to solve troubles with OpenGL.
Do you want screenshots ? sure you want :). 2 news shots today.
Hi there : Pepster reporting
11/06/2000
I've just seen "TITAN AE" and boy did i like it :o) !!!
http://scifi.ign.com/movies/3333.html
all of you HW and HW-C lovers this film (animation) is a must see.
It's probably been out for over six month in the U.S. ; but it just came
out in france and only over a few theaters. I have to admit i was quite
impressed about it.
"Slide show" has been enhanced :)
11/06/2000
Since Friday you can switch from high to low quality. I didn't talk about it because
it was in beta test. The low quality allow you to move quickly from shot to shot and
low bandwidth users won't no more wait 20 secondes to load a screenshot. The average size of
high quality shots is 74 Kbytes and 12 Kbytes for low quality.
Guys the beast has a secret weapon, he/she/it can bite the Kuun-Lan ;).
In the coming days a new screenshots page will appear !
Don't forget to send us your screenshots !
Emboss texture
11/03/2000
Emboss texture is one of many ways to enhance picture quality. D3D and OpenGL
(not sure about OpenGL) have the capability to generate emboss texture. But this is
not done because it will drop down the framerate. So what should looks like
a vessel with emboss texture ? I try to simulate this function :
No Emboss
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4 news screenshots today. Look at those missiles, really, really big !
Memory size and picture quality
11/02/2000
Myk wrote on the HW:C Sierra's message board that when he added 64 Mb
of RAM on his computer he could get a better image quality. So don't forget
to check that point, a great graphics card seems not to be enought !
6 news screenshots today. One from FalseLogic ('The Beastwins') and 5 from the team.
Screenshots day :)
10/31/2000
3 new screenshots from our today guest : SteelWolf, and 6 from us.
Question by Pepster :
How do You know you’re addicted to HW or HW-C ?
when you catch yourself right clicking and moving your mouse to get
a better view angle under other applications ;).
As you will notice i've removed some shots from pages 1,2 and 3 and replace
some others by better like this one :
What's new doc !
10/29/2000
The Team section is online and yes there is a new member : Pepster. Welcome on board
Pepster :)
The website is now open to french readers. Salut les frenchies !
I've updated the article 'How to take high quality screenshots'
What's next ? A lot of screenshots. Before i add a new screenshot
page, I will replace all shots on the page 1,2 and 3 that are not the top of
the art. You want a new shot now , right now ! here's the
BEAST
The "slide show" works :)
10/26/2000
It will be now easier for you to see all the screenshots.
3 news screenshots on the guest page by Artimus. (well done Artimus) and 1 from me in first page.
Don't forget to send us your screenshots ;)
Welcome Blackroy :)
10/24/2000
Blackroy has joined the team. Well i was alone but now we are a real team :). I will
now create a team section, if you want to join the team, no prob :)
Blackroy think we should make a "slide show" for the screenshots. He's right ! This will be
done in a few days.
Did you noticed ! you now have a direct access to the latest screenshots.
Homeworld TOP 100 list
10/23/2000
I've subscribed to the homeworld top 100 gamelist. If you like this website and want to
see it grow don't forget to use your mouse :). Thank you.
A lot of news !
10/22/2000
Let us begin :
- The screenshots page's design has been enhanced.
- I have added 15 news shots on page 3
- 3 new shots from Project-X in the guest page (thanks Project-X)
- I have replaced 5 shots from page 1 & 2. Here is a direct access :
1
2
3
4
5
- A new screenshots section. Negative shots, enjoy :) (thanks to photo-paint)
- More websites in the links section.
- that's all folks !
A few words about the french version of the full game. It seems it will be delayed :(. So, I
want to remind you that actually all screenshots were taken within the demo.
Don't forget the guest page it's free for all those who love great screenshots ;)
Screenshots size
10/20/2000
I have reduced the size of the screenshots without losing quality (well not a lot). The average
size from the 24 first screenshots has been reduced from 87994 bytes to 71468 bytes. Those are
first page screenshots. The others will be reduced in the coming days.
A good newd for Low bandwidth :)
Welcome :)
10/19/2000
It's alive !
You should find here some of the greatests screenshots avaible on the web ;) If it is not the
case just e-mail me. Check my
guest page, i'm not the one who can do great screenshot, and i'm sure
you can do the same. Simply send me your screenshots, i will publish them.
This website should grow and therefore i need some help, If you have a good graphic card and/or
some ideas and/or speak an another language than English or French you're welcome :). The website
will be translated in French in 2 or 3 weeks.
As you can read my english is not ... well if you have something to correct e-mail
me (Blackroy help :D).
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