I saw a news post at VBGamer stating you could get a free copy of VB.NET 2003 standard edition and all you have to do is watch 5 movies relating to vb.net and app development.

I watched a number of movies, the site send me a activation email, I got the email right away and filled in my shipping address and pressto in 4=6 weeks I should have a free copy of VB.NET 2003 standard edition CD in the mailbox! Whoot! GO check it out at VB.NET at the movies!

DX9Tools R5 progress report...

I have a 99% complete new library called MAXExport that I expose out to COM. I have also written a MAXScript script for 3DS MAX that uses the classes from the MAXExport library to export Meshes+Animations and Cameras+Animations.

But I am having trouble on the MAXScript side not working properly.

The reason I am making this MAXExport library and MAXScript script is because I am in the process of adding custom animation classes to DX9Tools so that you can use 3DS MAX to create your meshes and scenes and export them. As well as providing the classes to load and play the animations in your apps/games. I have some Animation classes already built and working, but I want to add more features before I posting the official Release 5 for DX9Tools.

I am also doing some more work on DXEliminator and will make a post for that soon.

Added some more low resolution (VGA 640x480) photos of the Skeena Vally where I live. Including Terrace mountain trail, Panorama of lower Thornhill, Panorama of terrace from top of terrace mountain, and more.

Skeena Vally (My kinda living space)

Added a new link to links page...
Axiom :: A free, open source C# 3D game engine for the Microsoft.Net platform

The Axiom Engine Project is a fully object oriented game engine development effort using C# and the Microsoft.Net platform to create an easy to use, flexible, extendable, and powerful engine that allows for rapid development of games for various genres. By using the .Net framework as the target platform, developers can focus more on core functionality and logic, rather than dealing with the complexities of languages like C++.

The core of Axiom is a port of the very popular OGRE graphics engine, which was chosen based on its clean object-oriented design, powerful features, and flexibilty.