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Fri, Nov 16 2012 18:27:26

me_irl & John Carmack

  1. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    nerd fact: so, the term "clipping" for collision detection (and "no clipping mode" meaning "walk through shit") came from commander keen
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 15:50:21
  2. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    anyway, i emailed john carmack once to ask why he called it "no clipping" and his response was "i thought of it as clipping a motion vector"
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 15:50:57
  3. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    i don't think this is documented anywhere on the internet but My Twitter as of Now, so there's a neat fact for u if u care about video games
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 15:51:26
  4. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    .@ID_AA_Carmack hey I remember emailing you years ago asking whether you originated "clipping" in the sense of static collision
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:00:13
  5. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    .@ID_AA_Carmack ...and why you called it that, and IIRC your response was (1) yes and (2) bc you thought of it as clipping a motion vector
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:00:49
  6. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    .@ID_AA_Carmack is that how you remember it? just trying to make sure i'm not talking out my ass here
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:01:13
  7. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    i have emailed @ID_AA_Carmack a number of times since i was a Nerd Teen hacking together bad games in my bedroom and he always replies
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:02:06
  8. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    apparently i've posted about that no clipping thing before but i just found The Carmack Email, going to post it up on prastebin
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:03:49
  9. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    heres me bugging carmack about "no clipping" many years ago & his interesting response. enjoy pastebin.com/8sj4RAxq
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:07:32
  10. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    "you aren't alone in finding the terminology a bit off -- there are...developers that still complain about that and some of my other terms"
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:08:52
  11. ID_AA_Carmack
    John Carmack@ID_AA_Carmack
    @me_irl yes, that is correct.
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:04:19
  12. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    @ID_AA_Carmack haha i just found the email anyway. i got permission at the time to publish it so i just posted it up -- hope that's still ok
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:09:51
  13. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    .@id_aa_carmack is chill as hell
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:10:27
  14. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    that would be cool to have on wikipedia or whatever but i dont think it's kosher to cite an email exchange #Rules #WikipediaLaws #Jimbo
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:11:50
  15. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    there was a time that i cared about video games... A Bunch
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:12:27
  16. me_irl
    the government man@me_irl
    well, not really? Like i didn't like to play them so much as take them apart and figure out How
    Fri, Nov 16 2012 16:12:51

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