The menacing FlaKtower G

This is the menacing FlaKturm VII G-Tower (FlaKtower). Built in 1942 it was armed with 8 AA 128mm Guns 32 20mm AA guns.
These bunkers were virtually 20th century citadels where up to 20,000  people could seek shelter during bombings.

Flakturm VII G-Tower Augarten, Vienna (Flak tower)

 

Flakturm VII G-Tower Augarten, Vienna (Flak tower)

Winterbug in Vienna

Winterbug in Vienna

LaPerm cats

This is the photo I used to have as a logo for this blog.

3 LaPerm Cats (+ 1 Selkirk Rex)

12th century Scandinavian church

Sjörup

Winter still

Winter still

My daughter brought home a dog , so I shot it.

whippet

Disas ting

Disas ting, Svarte, Skåne

 

Disas ting, Svarte, Skåne

Charlottenlund Castle

Charlottenlund

In Ruins

In ruins

Colourspace

colourspace

Information on the upcoming game from Dice: Battlefield 3

Battlefield 2 is my favourite FPS game of all time , and I am thrilled about what I’ve read about Battlefield 3 (Coming Q4 2011)..

Here’s some info from the people at http://www.computerandvideogames.com/

A torrent of new Battlefield 3 details have come surging onto the web.

Retail listings have already leaked a whole load of information about the new game, including the fact it will feature battles in Paris, Tehran and New York.

The Game Informer website also reported on 64 player multiplayer for PC, but BestBuy says console multiplayer will support only 24 players.

The real meat arrives this morning from a spread in the latest issue of the US retail mag, however, which has been neatly summarised by NeoGAF forum users.

Here’s what they scribbled down:

 

 

 

• Aiming for CY Q4 2011 release
• Concept for BF3 has been in the works for years, waiting on proper tech to seamlessly come together
• Frosbite 2.0 is the culmination of this tech, entirely re-written
• Lighting sounds neat, one “probe” contains more lighting information than an entire BFBC2 level.
• Level destruction is going to be “believable” but basically everything is destructible.
• Character animations powered by ANT, what EA Sports uses.
• AI characters and multiplayer characters have different animation sets
• No more “gliding” animations that look off, animation realism is a focus
• Captured their own war audios (bullets, tanks, helicopters, etc) at different distances to ensure realism
• Better audio cues for certain actions, more easily able to listen for threats
• Plan on better, more immediate post release content
• More unlocks than BFBC2
• Dice trying to find a good balance between customization of your character and not having “pink rabbit hat(s)”
• 4 classes
• Will talk about squads “later”
• Looking into a theater mode but can’t talk about it
• Will have co-op
• There will be a kill-cam but it can be turned off
• BF3′s team is almost twice as big as the team for BFBC2
• They want the pacing of the single player mode to be balanced, with highs and lows. Makes the comparison to a song vs a guitar solo.
• Part of the single player mode takes place in Sulaymaniyah – Iraqi Kurdistan.
• “F***” will be used often, so M rated for sure
• There will be an earthquake in a level. The destruction sounds very impressive. 7 story building collapses, looks very well done
• Significant narrative that goes with the SP mode
• More than one setting, you’re not in the middle east for the whole game
• PC version is lead version
• Why 64 players for PC only? No complains from the console crowd.
• No mod tools at release. Maybe none down the line either. Frosbite 2.0 is complex and mods tools would have to be dumbed down, so does Dice really want to put their time to that or would it be better spent elsewhere?
• Original story, not based on Bad Company at all.

 

more info on features here:

Red dot, green field

Red dot, green field

Little Saga

My beautiful little niece.

Saga

Bubble theory

Bubble Theory

Industrial Texture 001

Feel free to use this high-resolution texture.

Industrial texture