OC3D animated wallpaper / 3D screensaver proposal

[dugdiamond]

hello guys and girlies

as most of you know, i am a 3D programmer, and i make alot of HD wallpapers for you all...

it has been brought to my attention that my wallpapers may look even more awesome if they were animated.

this could be done is two ways:

• a standard looping WMV media file that is signed as an official windows wallpaper. but... these 'wallpapers' can only be used on certain versions of windows(win7_ult+)
• a non-hardware-dependant 3D application. this would have total random behaviour patterns (with a <1% chance of the same screenie instance being the same)

now, the question is this... would TTL allow me to make him into a 3D 'slap-stick comedy' cartoon character, or, would the screensaver be simply based around the LOGO and text "overclock3d.net" ???

the other question is down to you guys!!!

what would you like to see happen in said screensaver?

ideas/imagery from any games are NOT allowed. all ideas must be original. all 3D meshes will be designed and created by me. the screenie will be written in super-fast C++ and assembler.



the member who has the best idea, or contributes the most, will have their name credited in the final app's config dialog.

good luck

 

[AverageNinja]

I would like him doing the thing he did at the start of the 2012 Madness competition introduction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--aPzr425MU
00:24 - 00:43
It would look like he's hiding under your desk
I would chuckle everytime I would see my desktop

 

[dugdiamond]

I would like him doing the thing he did at the start of the 2012 Madness competition introduction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--aPzr425MU
00:24 - 00:43
It would look like he's hiding under your desk
I would chuckle everytime I would see my desktop

lol

or have ttl, dressed as Ali-G, doing a 'tasteful' dance, on a PC, in the corner of the desktop

nah! i will make ONE, to give you a basic idea of where i am heading with my ideas

 

[AverageNinja]

lol

or have ttl, dressed as Ali-G, doing a 'tasteful' dance, on a PC, in the corner of the desktop

nah! i will make ONE, to give you a basic idea of where i am heading with my ideas

Can't wait to see the result
That Ali-G idea made me lol as well

 

[seumasbeathan]

lol

or have ttl, dressed as Ali-G, doing a 'tasteful' dance, on a PC, in the corner of the desktop

nah! i will make ONE, to give you a basic idea of where i am heading with my ideas

That would be class

 

[airdeano]

<-- fell outa chair laughing! (FOCLMAO)

airdeano

 

[njallday]

I can't remember for the life of me what video it's from, but I remember Tom saying "What Mr. Strawbs doesn't realize is that I've got a paintball gun," but the face he makes after is classic. I'll update if I can find it

 

[yassarikhan786]

I like AverageNinja's idea. Would be totally hilarious

 

[Excalabur50]

The Ali G followed by some hot fryingpan playing remember that LOL!

 

[dugdiamond]

can anyone remember the olde win95 'flying windows' screensaver!!! hehehe

i have just re-done it - but with a high-polygon OC3D logo.
1000 non-hardware instances
@690fps
on a test-PC: 1090T@3.8GHz
@1080p

 

[AverageNinja]

can anyone remember the olde win95 'flying windows' screensaver!!! hehehe

i have just re-done it - but with a high-polygon OC3D logo.
1000 non-hardware instances
@690fps
on a test-PC: 1090T@3.8GHz
@1080p

:O
Are you going to put it online????

 

[Excalabur50]

can anyone remember the olde win95 'flying windows' screensaver!!! hehehe

i have just re-done it - but with a high-polygon OC3D logo.
1000 non-hardware instances
@690fps
on a test-PC: 1090T@3.8GHz
@1080p

That sounds pretty cool dug

 

[dipzy]

I would like him doing the thing he did at the start of the 2012 Madness competition introduction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--aPzr425MU
00:24 - 00:43
It would look like he's hiding under your desk
I would chuckle everytime I would see my desktop

Yup this one would be awesome, makes me laugh all the time XD

 

[dugdiamond]

just making it look :drool:

it will available in a few days (i am very busy)

 

[seumasbeathan]

Looking forward to it

 

[VengeanceUK]

there is supposed to be a patch made that can re-enable "dreamscene" in normal windows 7 flavours, but all searching so far has come back with megaupload (or similar) links that are no longer available.

i'll keep looking after i've had some sleep lol

 

[dugdiamond]

there is supposed to be a patch made that can re-enable "dreamscene" in normal windows 7 flavours, but all searching so far has come back with megaupload (or similar) links that are no longer available.

i'll keep looking after i've had some sleep lol

no need - my screenie will work as a animated wallpaper (like dreamscenes) and/or a screensaver on all systems that have .NET installed. even windows phones, as no DirectX or OpenGL libraries are used (completely CPU driven).

as a screensaver the desktop will be overwritten, and as the other it will appear behind the desktop icons.

 

[dugdiamond]

deployment needs testing, before i continue:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dugdiamond/binaries/OC3Dscreensaver2012setup.exe

 

[dipzy]

Looks very good, edges appear a bit jagged but other than that, its awesome

 

[dugdiamond]

Looks very good, edges appear a bit jagged but other than that, its awesome

so it works, then!!!
did it ask to install any dependencies?

... it's just to test my installer
...now that i know it is okay, i can work on finalising the MAIN screenie.

HDR + SSAO + particles