Well, I've managed to draw shapes and munge them with SoftImage|XSI, but shaders and materials are a whole new ballgame. There is a LOT to learn to even make a simple scene look halfway decent...and I'm not anywhere near being able to do that. I did find a nice little tutorial that talks about glass...but it starts with a scene to download that didn't quite work. I've started reading the materials chapter in the 328-page XSI basics PDF, but it's going to take a while to slog through it.
I'd like to get a scene (er, simple cube) to render somewhat correctly and then ship it over to XNA and see what changes.
Much of the evening was taken up by shopping and studying. I finally went and bought a new pair of sneakers, and found some hiking boots that were on sale (and even my size!) that will come in handy when it starts snowing. (I love my Sorrel's, but wearing them to work/school isn't all that comfortable.)
The usual suspects (Fishlips, Gortel, Spotano, and Dagann) took on some quests in The Wetlands yesterday...we each gained about a level and a half. That was fun, but the day was dreary outside, and the Vikes looked awful in the game against Dallas.
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