Archive: Need custom AVS


12th June 2003 18:27 UTC

Need custom AVS
project Venom
link

This is a new advanced skin I have designed and is being coded now.

I want this to be the first skin to be released with a custom AVS, to be released at the same time together called Venom AVS

I will give the best avs preset that is posted here $40. and the rest will be shipped with the One that wins. Tell me what you think. Try to incorporate electricy or skin colors and graphics into it. Thanks!! prize money could go up depending on the responce to this.

Quad


12th June 2003 18:48 UTC

dounds interesting..
skin looks nice..
im not sure if i quite understand what you are getting at though, are you actually going to use more than one preset, or just the one that wins.


12th June 2003 19:05 UTC

i normally wouldn't do something like this, but for 40 bucks? woohoo!

that is one sweet skin...is the electricity on the side animated- it would be awesome if it was!


12th June 2003 22:00 UTC

Originally posted by m^2k
i normally wouldn't do something like this, but for 40 bucks? woohoo!

that is one sweet skin...is the electricity on the side animated- it would be awesome if it was!
From what I can gather from the other thread, I think he's looking for us to be the ones to make the electricity animated... (correct me if I'm wrong QH)

12th June 2003 22:07 UTC

Ok...Count me in ! :)


12th June 2003 22:27 UTC

no. that is not the avs screen. then the "custom" avs would be pointless. what QH wants is an AVS preset, preferably electric-themed that looks somewhat like the skin


12th June 2003 23:31 UTC

hi,

the electricity is going to be animated by me, and it is activated by sound. You guys just have to make your avs presets to show in the AVS's box. I dont think the AVS's can be put in the .wal but it will be released on the same day that this skin is.


12th June 2003 23:38 UTC

Originally posted by QuadHeliX
hi,

the electricity is going to be animated by me, and it is activated by sound
excellent

13th June 2003 07:46 UTC

So the avs window will be just like the normal avs window? Or a special shape? I guess one criteria also is FPS... or do you want something really complex? (not that i can do that, but just asking) One more question and that is, do you want it to be skin themed (with colors)?

Sorry for all these questions, but im interested and i will probably try to make something atleast :)


13th June 2003 08:01 UTC

Originally posted by Tuggummi
So the avs window will be just like the normal avs window? Or a special shape? I guess one criteria also is FPS... or do you want something really complex? (not that i can do that, but just asking) One more question and that is, do you want it to be skin themed (with colors)?

Sorry for all these questions, but im interested and i will probably try to make something atleast :)
Its the normal vis window, fps doesnt matter, complex or not, more thought that goes into it gets more points with me. The skin will have alot of different theme colors but to just make the avs to how you feel Venom should be portrayed is what i want. Its a cool skin make cool AVS's

they might all be in the final download, but 1 will win!! 1 month till I stop taking AVS's

13th June 2003 15:06 UTC

my first try
this is my first try at a AVS to show you guys what sorta thing i am looking for.


13th June 2003 16:39 UTC

This is your first AVS preset ? looks kinda nice :) So you want a ligthing effect and a light blue color included...OK!


13th June 2003 21:42 UTC

well I dont care if its electricity or what ever. just whatever you feel.


13th June 2003 21:59 UTC

Never use oscilloscope data to represent lightning... lightning has a hugely different spectrum.


14th June 2003 01:42 UTC

sorry to burst your bubble QH, but I have seen one or two skins with an included AVS in the skin file (to get it you would have to rename to .zip, open, and extract the file). But then again, that one had nothing to do with the skin either...


14th June 2003 02:28 UTC

yes, I've seen that alot, but I've only seen one made for the skin (it sucked anyways)


14th June 2003 03:58 UTC

UnConeD, could you please enlighten us to the actual spectrum of lightning then?


14th June 2003 07:34 UTC

I just use x(n+1)=x(n)+(rand(3)-1) as I pass down the shaft.

A lightning can be considered a fractal shape (up to the level of the air molecules that are being ionised) so the spectrum after sampling would contain an amplitude for every frequency (due to near-infinite aliasing), unlike regular music which is concentrated in the lower frequencies.


14th June 2003 12:49 UTC

Anything using that many big words must be able to destabilise time itself - Proessor Farnsworth

15th June 2003 16:24 UTC

Hey guys,

Ya I think I can link a installer program from a window that pops up when the skin is first installed. That would be really neat. Then who ever makes a vis and sends it in to this contest will be in there. They will be rated from 1 to whatever the count of final AVS's. No AVS's entered as of Yet here.


16th June 2003 09:48 UTC

Sorry quad, but everytime i tried to do a preset for your skin i ended up making such a good preset that i wanted to keep it for myself :D Besides i guess you can't use any external files/effects in the preset, am i right? You know Picture's, APE's etc. Anyway sorry man, but im keeping these myself :blah: :p


16th June 2003 17:00 UTC

HAHA,

Come on Tug, let us have 1 of them at least. You can add graphics like small bmps I will put them in a folder. There will be a installer with this pack that will be in the Skin directory.


17th June 2003 07:48 UTC

Well they are actually not that good, but they use APE's which i doubt you could or would include within the skin... I might try again to make a venom preset after i get my pack out, which is this wednesday, which is... tomorrow! (wow....)


17th June 2003 14:20 UTC

Thanks
The Venom AVS pack would have at least 10 presets in it. OK I have added


1st place: $50
2nd place: $25
3rd thru - ?-- hey your going to be in Venom when its done, with your screen name.

maybe more later I will get 2 other people to judge with me that are not in the contest.


18th June 2003 04:09 UTC

You said you can do support for small pictures, but you still didn't say anything about APE's, I made a nice preset, but it uses the colormap ape, I'll post it in a day or two, I'm still working on the background a little bit, with or without colormap.


18th June 2003 04:51 UTC

ST: Make sure you use the latest colormap (with mapcycling support).


19th June 2003 04:00 UTC

Yes, I do have the newest Colormap, but I worked on it over the last day and made it now so that it uses Channel Shift instead of Color Map. I don't know if there is a newer version of Colormap or not, but I included the one I have with it. I might try to change the background around a little bit, because I don't like the way it turned out exactly, but it's good enough for now.


19th June 2003 05:59 UTC

Realllyyyy Nice Super-T now thats what I am looking for!!! Thanks OK thats #1 for now.


19th June 2003 11:48 UTC

and here is #2. it needs a few more twitches but since im realy short on time ill do that before it goes in the pack (which I hope isnt before 1st of June)


19th June 2003 14:37 UTC

Nice effect fsk, trapped voltage.


19th June 2003 15:24 UTC

mine so far...I still have to fix the superscopes- get rid of the getosc() in the lightning and replace it with better, more realistic, coding.


23rd June 2003 00:07 UTC

sorry i was gone on vacation, nice entries so far, keep em coming.


23rd June 2003 01:45 UTC

Here's the preset that I used to make my avatar. I don't have time to make an entirely new preset right now though. Hopefully this will be alright.


23rd June 2003 02:17 UTC

Move along nothing to see here...


23rd June 2003 03:07 UTC

why is everybody doing that same preset with cubes connected by lightning? lack of innovation?


23rd June 2003 03:14 UTC

One difference, i did that preset about 5 months ago.


23rd June 2003 15:11 UTC

2 more excellent ones!! lots o electricity. guys you can do some different stuff. maybe incorporate words VENOM or something like that too. Any pattern you like.


26th June 2003 15:53 UTC

You guys can enter more than 1, July 12th is the final day of this contest. Got old presets that are really good? Maybe modify them, enter them.

QH


26th June 2003 19:50 UTC

i don't have cubes connected by lightning- my shape is original.


26th June 2003 19:53 UTC

Mine was when i made it :hang:


27th June 2003 06:24 UTC

This might look stupid:rolleyes: but this is the most electric preset i have got(lack of skills)


27th June 2003 08:27 UTC

not stupid at all, can you use a jpg instead of a bmp, file reduction. or does AVS only support bmps. Great AVS!!


27th June 2003 08:50 UTC

Only supports bitmaps.


27th June 2003 09:39 UTC

What about this then?


27th June 2003 15:24 UTC

was there a differece? i didnt see anything.


27th June 2003 16:37 UTC

Sorry for the mistake, it is this:


29th June 2003 20:52 UTC

Ok here is mine... A bit unoriginal because it's "just-another-swirly-flow-preset" :rolleyes:

TIP: You can change the colour by adjusting the sliders on the Trans / Brightness filter.


30th June 2003 15:46 UTC

Nice one Tuggummi, thank you!!


3rd July 2003 00:54 UTC

OK I am going to Cali for a week and when i get back i hope to see more.. the contest will be over then.


3rd July 2003 03:29 UTC

Venom Cube Hypno Remix
Finally made up a background I'm half happy with, that is all I really changed though, but still it looks really nice now.


3rd July 2003 21:56 UTC

holy wow really impressive...me likes alot:)

see you guys in 10 days. Vacation time!!


14th July 2003 19:24 UTC

Contest Over
Winner anounced on Friday


15th July 2003 08:18 UTC

hope you have seen my new version:rolleyes:


15th July 2003 14:43 UTC

yup


15th July 2003 17:18 UTC

can i still upload a preset for the contest ?


18th July 2003 01:11 UTC

Well heres the plug in by phaze and remade because you wanted the whole n-r-g feel to it so here it is. Phaze wrote all the code all i did was remove some stuff and added a diff pic


18th July 2003 04:12 UTC

Hope im not late...
I know im late... (as usual) but i only got inspiration till now.. i know i know...


here ya go


18th July 2003 05:06 UTC

Heres mine next is phazes


18th July 2003 05:07 UTC

Here phazes


18th July 2003 09:06 UTC

Dude,i gave you my preset so that you can tell me how it looks not to upload it instead of me :igor: :rolleyes: I mailed QuadHelix after i finished it.


18th July 2003 11:20 UTC

Originally posted by QuadHelix
You guys can enter more than 1, July 12th is the final day of this contest. Got old presets that are really good? Maybe modify them, enter them

18th July 2003 11:59 UTC

Yeah yeah yeah,i know but QuadHelix was a great mate and had let me email him my preset ;)


18th July 2003 12:56 UTC

oooh...the suspense is horrible


18th July 2003 15:33 UTC

HERE YOU GO
WINNERS ARE:[list=1][*]Super_toast-venom cube hypno remix[*]Raz Electric Cube[*]Tuggummi Venom[/list=1]

PM me your Adresses to get the prizes.
2nd and 3rd was a tie I am sending $20 apiece to them.


18th July 2003 15:45 UTC

Congrats to everyone!!! :)


18th July 2003 16:57 UTC

That is more of the AVS spirit we like to see and getting paid too. Congrats to teh winners.


18th July 2003 18:03 UTC

Im sorry alex


18th July 2003 23:59 UTC

Congrats guys !
NP jerko ! :)


19th July 2003 03:32 UTC

Oh my God, I actually won something, damn I feel sexy. I still think Raz's looks tons better though.


19th July 2003 10:45 UTC

aw..:(
anyway congrats!:) :up:


19th July 2003 18:22 UTC

need the adresses


19th July 2003 18:38 UTC

Don't bother with me. I've got enough cash. It's alright. Split it between the others. :). Its nice to have come second and all but that's enough for me.


19th July 2003 23:41 UTC

Originally posted by S-uper_T-oast
damn I feel sexy
:confused:
*runs away screaming* :p ;)

20th July 2003 02:51 UTC

Or you can just send raz's to me:p


20th July 2003 03:25 UTC

I think you are just jealous of my sexyness, or it could be that my ego was overinflated by my small moment of feeling like I am the best!
Could we get an estimate of when the skin will be finished?


21st July 2003 15:42 UTC

SKIN is about 60% and the coder is back on it now trying to get it done. I will have a link when the skin first opens to the Venom AVS. Can some help me with the zipping part, making it a Exe.


26th July 2003 10:54 UTC

Ever heard of the free installer NSIS (by Nullsoft ofcourse). May be an option, and I know how to use it.

NSIS generates a single .exe-file, no other files. And there aren't any files needed on the system to use the installer.