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Jun
14
2007

Call for submissions

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As brilliant as we think we are, on occasion we have to admit that we’re nowhere without you. However, we’ll all be merrily skipping down the path to nowhere if you don’t submit things to od[force].

“But what does that mean?” I hear you ask. Well, we’d love to offer more tutorials, reviews, interviews and all that good stuff to the world, and we certainly have plans to offer more over the coming years. But we are few and you are many, so it would go a lot faster with your help.
“But what does it pay?” Is another valuable question. And until we start making money from the site, you’ll recieve the same as we do, which is the joy of a job well done.

To get the ball rolling we have asked Stu to build us a shaderball scene for you to start working on those shaders. Grab the file from here, and run with it. If we have enough interest and response then we will open up the od[force] shader section where we can list, rate and use shaders submitted by everyone else.

Well, are you game? Do you have what it takes? Bring it, and we’ll all be grateful.

Thanks
Marc

*image gratefully snagged from project gutenburg

Jun
12
2007

Yet Another od[force]

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odprogressionYip, you guessed it, it’s time to once again welcome you to a grand od[force] upgrade event. I know it seems like we go through this on a quasi-regular basis, but really it’s only been 6 times (not counting nazi hackers, server crashes and the odd spam blast).

So, v6… six upgrades in just under ten years. I believe we’ve mostly tried to go forward and bring you more content with easier access and a prettier interface. Yes, I said tried, I think sometimes we went a little more sideways than forward. But be that as it may however, we’re still dedicated to making this one the best yet, stiff upper lip and all that.

As we launch you’ll see that we have added a gallery to the site. You’ll also no doubt notice that it’s currently devoid of anything resembling images. Hopefully you can set that right, we have faith in your ability to add some of the most beautiful Houdini made imagery in the world. Please make use of it and come and discuss its many graces in our forum.

If you’ve been a regular visitor for any length of time, you may also notice that the codex is missing from the menu. Sadly the codex has been shelved until further notice. We felt that we couldn’t compete with the exchange and it’s auto-un-apprenticifying of uploads and that there was more value in focusing our time elsewhere. Of course if there is enough demand then we can bring it back at any time.

With all that being said… Welcome to od[force].v6 we hope you enjoy your stay.