Aerie

[Chacal]

Sorry, it doesn't work. I must check the url. I'll keep you posted.

[Kierra]

oh dear, it looks like DLing Aerie is very troublesome.

Sorry all, I had no idea it would be this difficult

~Kia

[Chacal]

It's worth it, Kierra. Your Age is beautiful.

Seems I have misunderstood this FTP server (I'm used to running bare-bones Linux servers but on this one I'm constrained by a cpanel). There doesn't seem to be a way of setting up anonymous ftp access.
Either ULM can use a passworded account for downloads (Trylon?) or I set it up on another server.

Anyway, right now anyone who wants the files can get them here:
http://bf1.ecgn.net/chacal/myst/ULM/Aerie/version1/

Just unzip them and copy them in your uru/dat folder. Then you can load them in ULM.

[Trylon]

Either ULM can use a passworded account for downloads (Trylon?) or I set it up on another server.

Yeah, it can. just write it down like: ftp://[username]:[passwd]@ftp.server.address/path/to/files

[Chacal]

Great!
Kierra, the ftp address is:

ftp://ulm@bf1.ecgn.net:myst@bf1.ecgn.net/Aerie/version1

This is tested with a FTP client and it works.

[Trylon]

Mirror updated in ulm to reflect.

[Chacal]

Almost there...

2007-12-03 13:35] <Mirror> Attempting download of file Aerie.age to folder D:\Jeux\Uru - Ages Beyond Myst/dat
[2007-12-03 13:35] <Mirror> Caught System.UriFormatException: [Invalid URI: A port was expected because of there is a colon (':') present but the port could not be parsed.] continuing with next file

[Mystified Explorer]

Wow! This age looks awesome! I'll have to download it to have a proper look when I can(I don't have tPotS on this computer yet).

Question: How did you go about making the vegetation? It looks awesome! It's something I've never quite figured out...

[Kierra]

Trial and error. Lots and lots and LOTS of trial and error, LOL

Most of the plants are "billboard" style. It saves a LOT of memory, but you loose a lot in the way of realism and detail. Still trying to find a happy balance there.

Since a lot of textures aren't copyright free, I had to make a lot of the plant textures myself, and it really really helps to have a nice graphics program to use. My Paint Shop Pro 7 program is a bit out of date, but still works reasonably well. I've been using PSP for years, so I'm very comfortable with using it

Even then I had to experiment with stuff, see what worked, what didn't, and keep trying to make it look better. Still not exactly up to par, but its a work in progress.

~Kia

[Kierra]

I'm getting in some reports of problems downloading Aerie. I checked all the links here and they all seem to be down.

Just wanted to check in and see whats going on

~Kia