Blog Entries for Michael Lerch

Reason for lack of tutorial updates

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Writers block. As hard as that is to believe, I'm actually suffering from writers block. It's not difficult to write a tutorial, but finding the words to describe specific functions and why you're doing it this way rather than that way is a bit difficult right now.

I'm also suffering from a temporary busy work schedule, which that will clear up tomorrow at about... 12pm.

No worries, I have everything nearly prepared. Just give me until.. Friday. That's [...]

Fallen Empire: Legions closed beta begins!

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:39:59 +0100

As of today, this very moment, the Fallen Empire: Legions closed beta begins!

Tribes 2, developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra Online in 2001, was and still remains to be a popular game for many fans worldwide. Later is 2001, Sierra Online announced with Dynamix the closure of the company. Many of the core members took what they had and started GarageGames, releasing the Torque engine - which Tribes 2 is runs - as a cheap licensing engine.

In 2007, GarageGames a [...]

Steam Client Update released!

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:01:35 +0100

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

Fixed corrupt backup creation for certain games
Updated game overlay to support Assassin’s Creed

(RUMOR) Team Fortress 2 update today, (FACT) more Ubisoft games on Steam!

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:02:51 +0100

Rumor is later today we'll be seeing yet another update for Team Fortress 2, could it be the new map Goldrush with all the new achievements; or is it a small bug fixer? What do you think?

Also, Steam recently released an update that contains some of Ubisoft's quality titles such as Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, and Far Cry.. just to name a few. I'm expecting the sequels to Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 to be released on Steam soon.

Tutorial 2 is coming along n [...]

Crysis - Basic Terrain Generation - Tutorial 1 (text)

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:29:46 +0100

In my previous post I gave you the video on creating your first map, and some reasoning.

As promised, this is your textual explanation of what was done, although made quite clear in the video. Some people understand much better if they're told.

If you haven't already watched the video I would suggest do so now and then come back to the textual [...]

Crysis - Basic Terrain Generation - Tutorial 1 (video)

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:01:58 +0100

I've uploaded the video for Basic Terrain Generation - Tutorial 1.

It's a small high-quality download, so it should allow you to see what I was doing. Uploading to YouTube, GameFire, etc didn't work at all. I guess no one likes the Xvid codec. :P

In the video tutorial I showed you how to start a new 1024x1024 map, generate terrain, move aroun [...]

Crysis - Introduction to Sandbox 2 - Tutorial 0 (non-video)

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:47:47 +0100

Welcome to iCon's Crysis Level Design tutorial!

Before we get started I will explain to you what to look for in the subject name. I will clearly state the name of the game, what we're doing, the tutorial number, and whether or not it's a video, text with images, just text, or all three; all seperated by a dash. As an example, this posts subject is [...]

Introduction - Crysis

michael.lerch@hotmail.com — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:45:58 +0100

Crysis uses the latest in the CryEngine series, CryEngine 2. In the coming posts we will focus on taking advantage of the technology through basic to advance mapping concepts. I will demonstrate how to take full advantage of the technology, teaching the reader how I did it along the way using pictures and videos (coming soon).