Game development presentations - a useful reference
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I know this is a silly question but how do I view these presentations?
I know this is a silly question but how do I view these presentations?
What was inside the zip file?
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They didn't include the video files on this page. I remember seeing the presentation before, but I can't recall if they made the videos available. They certainly did with the Rendering techniques (should be in the GDC vault) but they don't have the vids on this page either.
I remember seeing the presentation before, but I can't recall if they made the videos available. They certainly did with the Rendering techniques (should be in the GDC vault) but they don't have the vids on this page either.
Because the movie objects are pointing to a file on your harddisk, you probably don't have. (gears2_opening_cinematic.wmv)
If you edit the slides in PP, you'll actually be able to move the slides and uncover those of previous years below it... imagine 10 years worth of powerpoint pictures all in one presentation.. we're lucky it's only 139Megs..
Now I know that Chris' forte isn't making Powerpoints, but it says a lot about work ethos.
edit: the screenshots inside the ppt also aren't JPG's but straight BMPs (ALT-PRTSCR / CTRL-V) I've got one here at 1900x1425.
I think he'll never put "wicked Powerpoint sk1llz" on his resume
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pptx is (the free) OpenOffice, isn't it?
I only have a free viewer so I had no idea about these. It's kinda lame, posting this in such format to their website... they should have had some intern go and at least convert stuff into jpegs... Then again, at least they've made it available.
PPTX is OpenOffice+XML .. no guarantee it's compatible between PowerPoint and OO, but it should be.. somewhat.. in a test-lab.
I think they say OpenOffice 3 is "capable" of opening pptx/docx/xlsx files.. but it doesn't say compatible.
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Uppercase "PPTX"? On systems that have case-insensitive filenames?
FWIW "pptx" is opened, by default, by OpenOffice on my Windows machine and it seemed to display the linked slides perfectly... and in fact, my version of PowerPoint (2003!) won't open it at all.**<shrug>
**yes, I suspect there's probably some upgrade/plugin/extension somewhere but why bother looking for it when OpenOffice does it already?
You don't have to look for it, as soon as an Office2003 application opens an Open Document format, you will be guided to microsoft's "2007 compatibility pack"
Going further OT, I know, all I get is a refusal to open the file.
Guys, .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc, are not Open Document Format (ODF) files, they are Microsoft's "Office Open XML" formats. Note that it's "Office Open XML", as in MS Office 2007, the formats are described (at least by MS) as being open, and they use XML. It's not a reference to the "Open Office" suite, which uses ODF (.odt, .ods, .odp, etc.) as its native file format.
The likely reason for your confusion is that the new MS Office 2007 formats are not readable by MS Office 2003 or earlier without a special compatibility pack. OTOH, Open Office (and Apple's iWork suite, and Google Docs) will open MS's 2007 file formats without issue, which is probably why that's the default on your system. To the best of my knowledge, there is no ability for MS Office to open ODF files; the compatibility pack is strictly to allow older versions of Office to open the new 2007 formats.
The likely reason for your confusion is that the new MS Office 2007 formats are not readable by MS Office 2003 or earlier without a special compatibility pack. OTOH, Open Office (and Apple's iWork suite, and Google Docs) will open MS's 2007 file formats without issue, which is probably why that's the default on your system. To the best of my knowledge, there is no ability for MS Office to open ODF files; the compatibility pack is strictly to allow older versions of Office to open the new 2007 formats.
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Isn't there a forum dedicated to this stuff, why is this thread buried in the wrong place?
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