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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 05 Jun 97 14:36:31 -0700</LI>
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In <<A HREF="msg01184.html">3.0.32.19970604223327.00a05808#mail,tenetwork.com</A>>, on 06/05/97
at 08:10 AM, Jeff Kesselman <jeffk#tenetwork,com> said:
>At 08:24 PM 6/4/97 PST8PDT, JC Lawrence wrote:
>>I've been thinking of attempting a
>>three-feet-back-of-the-character's-head view with a 270 degree
>>fish-eye presentation.
>Yeah I forgot to mention that. Its what I call "over the shoulder"
>(can you tell I spent some time in a TV studio?)
Dr Cat as I recall calls it the "chase camera" view.
>Its not the logicly distinct, i think from 3/4 view, nmain difference
>being that you need to dela with perspective effects and don't have
>as good a field of view. I guess its another half-way thing, btw 3/4
>and first person.
That's why I'd go for the 270 degree, or even 330 degree spherical
view. Knocking it down from the full 360 degree view gives a blind
spot (useful for sneaks) and avoids the disorientation problems of a
360 degree view with objects appearing and dissappearing between the
back edges.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01129" HREF="msg01129.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Wed 04 Jun 1997, 10:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01157" HREF="msg01157.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01184" HREF="msg01184.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 12:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01198" HREF="msg01198.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk</a>, Thu 05 Jun 1997, 23:14 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01207" HREF="msg01207.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 06 Jun 1997, 04:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01223" HREF="msg01223.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 06 Jun 1997, 12:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01243" HREF="msg01243.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sat 07 Jun 1997, 06:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01030" HREF="msg01030.html">Resets, langs, and quests</A></strong>,
ashen <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Mon 02 Jun 1997, 05:11 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01026" HREF="msg01026.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP: TIime to define</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 02 Jun 1997, 04:05 GMT
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