Joshua, (01)
Joshua Lieberman wrote:
> There is an amusing / alarming story from the filming of Lord of the
> Rings concerning the use of a massive autonomous agent animation
> program for the larger battles. It seems the first attempts at
> defining the parameters of warrior behavior resulted in most of the
> agents fleeing the battle scene. Only after concern for personal
> safety was reduced to an appalling level could the battle animations
> actually proceed in a "realistic" fashion.
>
>
I went to the Massive Software site, http://www.massivesoftware.com/,
but could not find any references to published literature that discusses
its use. (02)
Do you have a reference for the story of agents fleeing the battle
scene? I don't doubt the story but would like to find published sources
for more information on the software. (03)
Hope you are looking forward to a great weekend! (04)
Patrick (05)
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