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Re: A way to get shaders into A7
[Re: William]
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07/16/07 02:45
07/16/07 02:45
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PHeMoX
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In the latest PC gamer mag, it shows the 8800 GTS is almost as good as the 8800 GTX, for much cheaper($300). Probably a good buy for the price.
The 8800GTX usually is near twice as good in most benchmarks, so this is clearly impossible. Still perhaps the magazine meant that the 8800GTX is overpriced compared to the 8800GTS? The 8800GTS card it's price/performance ratio is much much better.  Btw. the ATi HD2900 in this respect is even better (higher performance than the GTS and near equal price last time I've checked. It sometimes comes very close to the GTX), not sure how the HD2900 compares to the 8800GTS at thís moment though, I don't know the current prices and they should've dropped a bit by now.
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Re: A way to get shaders into A7
[Re: Dyc]
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07/19/07 18:03
07/19/07 18:03
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Some shaders have syntax errors, so you will have to fix that before you get it going.
Or you could actually tell me which ones you're getting a syntax error with and I'll fix them in double-quick time. I'm sorry, but I'm not perfect and occasionally I make a tpyo ( sic! ) Unfortunately when people don't tell me about it and just whine about it to others, I don't get the opportunity to fix it.
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Had a go at those shaders. Looks like two or three shaders in total just different variations.
I make it abundantly clear that many of the shaders are variations. Most of the users are not experienced enough to make the changes themselves to make their own variations, so this is essential. In fact you make this point for me by demonstrating that you weren't even able to fix a typo yourself.
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To be honest the shaders available on the forums are better quality and free.
Then use them instead. This is the basis of a free market economy. I certainly haven't found any shaders on the forums which do anything close to what our shaders do, but if you can find them, I suggest you use them.
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Kinda feel stupid I spent $50 on this.
That will explain your fraudulent chargeback attempt then. I was wondering where that was coming from. I've contacted both e-commerce companies and your credit card company, documenting your fraudulent claims, so you should hear from them in the next 90 days. I have told the e-commerce company to go ahead and process the refund, though, as I don't want even a single unsatisified customer.
Incidentally, if you had sent me an email expressing your dissatisfaction with the shaders, I would have happily refunded your money without question. However, making a fraudulent chargeback is a serious offense and has serious ramifications for both you and me, so I have no choice but to report your fraud and provide the documentation to back it up.
Last edited by SFGPhil; 07/19/07 18:07.
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Re: A way to get shaders into A7
[Re: SFGPhil]
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07/19/07 18:16
07/19/07 18:16
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Well I actually came to the forum today for an announcement, so with the chargeback ugliness out of the way, perhaps I can make that announcement.
I'm both pleased and sorry to announce that Shader Pack 4, the 3D GameStudio Pack will no longer be available as of next week. The simple truth is that sales of the indie licenses ( of all packs, not just the 3DGS pack ) have been poor, and the amount of after-sales support has been too high for the relatively modest earnings.
Effective Monday 30th July, we will be licensing the SFG shaders only to corporate clients, where the profits are justifying the amount of work we have had to put into the shaders so far. I'm sorry if this news is disappointing for anyone, but it was just taking up too much time to deal with the support requests and Indie sales were very disappointing compared to the corporate sales. I know some of you were hoping that Conitec would become one of those corporate customers, but they were not interested in going that way, and it's too expensive for us to work it any other way.
All current Indie clients will receive full after-sales support, of course. These clients should contact me in email as the public forums will be removed and the Indie site will be coming down at the end of next week.
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Re: A way to get shaders into A7
[Re: SFGPhil]
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07/19/07 20:41
07/19/07 20:41
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Are you calling me a fraudster? I did no such thing as a charge back. After numerous attempts at contacting you I have asked Plimus for a refund, they tried contacting you and got no reply, after almost two weeks they issued a refund. What is so fraudulent about this? As I said before there are quite a few syntax errors such as missing semicolons etc. You have quite clearly not tested them with A6/A7 or tested them and then modified them again. As for contacting my bank, please be my guest; I will be even happy to provide a copy of all my Plimus communications as well as a copy of your website. I’malso really happy that your after refund customer service is much better than the after sales one. Regards. Edit: The missing semicolon looks like a simple copy paste mistake althou it's consistent in a large number of shaders, however undeclared variables such as decayScale in the midle of the shader are not so easy to fix. And decayScale is not documented at all. In all ohnesty after fixing all the syntax errors and declaring/initialising the missing vars the positional versions still dont work. Edit2: "In fact you make this point for me by demonstrating that you weren't even able to fix a typo yourself" Since you put it so eloquently I will only add that fixing typos in a commercially released product is not my job, and also indicates that the QA people are not really doing their job (Cough, cough). I always try to support indy devs that is why I try to buy indy products (I own sphere2, olivers editor, intensex etc) However I will not throw money away on not functioning or unsupported products. I don't want to tell you how to run your bussines, however for all it's worth, if you released a working a6/a7 demo showcasing the shaders it would maybe attract more knowledgable and less fussy custommers than myself (unless the shaders don't work... sry couldn't help myself  )
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