any ideas give me a call

Our group is applying for this research grant to fund an interactive digital world project. We are creating a real time strategy game for Microsoft’s 2008 Imagine cup. The theme of this year’s competition is “Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment”. Our team consists of Cody Wright of Kinetic Imaging, Matt Taylor of Communication Arts, and Francis Yaconiello and Chris Bradford from the Scxhhool of buisnass Information Systems department.

I feel bad about missing this weekend, I will definitely make it up to you guys. I am continuing work with squad movement / tactics. I will keep everyone posted. Also If anyone wants to work Thursday I am free all night.
~Chris

I'm getting an error when I try to load the HeavyRebel Model. I attempted to replace the dwarf Model with the heavy rebel, and this is my error. I assume this is an exportation issue?

Error 1 Error normalizing vertex bone weights. BoneWeightCollection does not contain any weighting values. C:\Documents and Settings\fyaconiello\Desktop\DwarfTutorial\DwarfTutorial\RebelHeavy.X DwarfTutorial

I tried googling this and came up with : http://forums.xna.com/thread/7812.aspx

tell me what you guys think.

A new world has been uploaded to the enviornment repo. It's got a quick texture on it that still needs alot of work, but let me know if it still too big filesize-wise. It was 30,000 kb, now it is 9,000 some. Also the power unit for the "Planeteers" is completed and uploaded. Let me know how it looks, (I still don't have the model viewer.)

Started a basic framework and class creation for units and how they react. Currently I have a game class and a small unit class which should be abstract enough to become a base class.

~Chris

Ok guys, in the enviornment repo is a first draft of the planet. I know the colors are bad, it's just a real simple color so you can see how I am trying to block it out. So play around with it!

Buildings
Each Faction has a:
Command Center - (Biodome)

• Planeteers - attached solar panels
• Looters & Polluters - attached lightning Rod

Humanoid Manufacturing Center - (Barracks)
Vehicle Manufacturing Unit - (Factory)
Research Facilities

• Energy
• Pollution Diffusion
• Offensive

Energy Refineries

• Planeteers
  • Solar
  • Wind
  • Hydrogen
• Looters & Polluters
  • Coal
  • Oil
  • Geo Thermal

From: Dept. of Information Systems List Serv [mailto:INFO-SYS@LISTS.VCU.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Stickles
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:18 PM
To: INFO-SYS@LISTS.VCU.EDU
Subject: Microsoft Imagine Cup Information Session Monday Nov. 5th 6pm Virginia Room C in the Commons

Hello Students!!!

Do you want to innovate and be creative?
Can you “imagine a world where technology helps to sustain the environment”?
Are you studying Information Systems, Computer Science, Art, or Math?
Do you want the chance to travel, win great prizes and earn college credit for competing?

I've had a crazy last week and a half, I haven't been available at all. But anyway, things seem to have calmed down a bit.