THE THIRD DIMENSION 19 KIPLING CLOSE LOCKWOOD,HUDDERSFIELD ISSUE 21 - New Year Edition YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND JANUARY 1995 HD4 5HA Telephone O1484 46O888(24 hrs) Personal Callers strictly by appointment. World Wide Web address site is- HTTP://WWW.GRE.AC.UK/~CJ375/INDEX.HTML Registered member of the A.O.A.U.G.special interest groups. Registered member of the Amiga International User Group Association ( Tony Hartley comittee member -A.M.I.G.A ). Registered member of the VRGB society. Welcome to Issue 21 of the Third Dimension disk magazine for 3D Construction Kit 1 and 2 users on all computer formats.This month's diskmag is the New Year issue.So I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Prosperous and Happy New Year! Because this issue was created over the Christmas period the content is not as great as usual because contributions are always slow to come in over this period.Even so there are still some great items to look at.This month we have a large tutorial on using the LOCK MODE function,creating animations from kit objects, colour remapping,animbrushes/brushanims of kit objects,colour mattes plus kit 1 and 2 tutorial step by step games,some funny textfiles,a tutorial on recreating actual rooms and buildings, some Kung Fu sound samples and loads more! The New Year diskmag editions will see tutorials on some of the more difficult aspects of the kits being explained and you will be shown how to implement these ideas into your own datafiles and routines.These include tutorials on such things as- Characters,Strings,Arrays,Advanced sound effects,Brushanim effects,Fade effects,Animations,Variables,Triggers and lots more! These will all be explained easily and clearly so that they are easy to follow.There will also be easier routines and ideas to follow.Issue 24 ( our second bithday issue ) will be a very special edition that may come on several disks.We may also be starting up a new idea in the New Year.The best 3D kit games will be appearing (with the authors permission) on a new series of disks entitled 'Third Dimension Gold'.These will probably be advertised at 2.99 each and will be full games.The author will receive half this amount for each disk sold and all the disks will appear in any adverts that we take out with computer mags. If you like this idea then let me know. If you are new to this diskmag then please note that you need either 3D Construction kit 1 or 2 to be able to view the datafiles on this disk.Details of where to get this is mentioned further below.To see what can be achieved why not purchase one of the many disks shown in the PD library section that are available for all computer formats.Alternatively,try the Amiga-VR-PIANO, VR-CITY,VR-DRUMS disk available from most good Amiga PD libraries and the Third Dimension PD library. Yet more members have approached me on the subject of a get- together for kit users.If you like this idea of a central place to swap and show your ideas and to put a face to the many members then please let me know. The OUR-TOWN datafile now has an accompanying textfile (as well as the our-town.txt) called OUR-TALES.TXT.This provides you with stories about what actually happens there.The town has also expanded yet again and now has a festive feel to it.Take a look and if you haven't sent a building or object in yet,then have a go! Thanks goes to Peter D Ward for giving it a festive feel. You should have at the very least,version 2.09 of 3D kit 2 for the Atari and Amiga.PC users should have version 2.11.To find out your kit version,load up kit 2 then look in the ABOUT pull down menu.Mandy Rodrigues can supply you with the very latest version providing that you send a SSAE and your old kit disk.Mandy can also provide back issues of the kit newsletters at œ2 each. Tel- 01492 877305 for more details. LIMITED SPECIAL OFFER! LIMITED SPECIAL OFFER! LIMITED SPECIAL OFFER! --------------------------------------------------------------------- You can buy 3D kit 2 for only œ19.95 including a six month subscription to the Third Dimension diskmag.This means that you get a new boxed Kit 2 ( recommended retail price œ50 ) with full manuals and six future issues of the Third Dimension diskmag ( usually œ7.20 for six issues ) for only œ19.95 including P&P.This would make an ideal present for someone if you already have kit 2 and especially with Christmas coming up soon! This is a limited offer so get your order in now while stocks last.Available for Atari,Amiga and PC/IBM compatibles. Please make cheques/P.O's made payable to - Tony Hartley at the postal address above and clearly print your full name and address and state which computer format it is for.Please allow upto 14 days for delivery. So you have got kit 1 and/or 2 and you are still having some problems with certain parts of the kit.You would also prefer it if your problem could be solved with a datafile example and an explanation in easy steps to show how it's done.You also don't want your name mentioned for fear that you may not quite be as proficient with using the kits as other members.What can you do? Easy! fill in the questionnaire (found on this disk) and post it to the Third Dimension! You don't need to add your name and your problem will hopefully be solved for the next issue! Tony Hartley.