Foundation Demo discussion thread.... [Archive]

Titon

January 21st, 2004, 01:19 PM

http://colonialfleets.com/posted/shot.jpg

.....ready for download! Colonial Fleets together with Cylon.org released the Foundation Galactica demo to the public. Were sorry for the delay but we know you will enjoy it and hope the wait was well worth it. The file size is roughly a 10 meg zip file. It's encoded in divx at 320x240. A larger file size maybe available at a later date but we thought it best to keep it at a minimum for those still on modem connections. I dare not go any smaller than 10 megs folks or quality would have been lost.

We hope you enjoy it and it truely represents what could have been.

So without further adoooooo, here ya go. Enjoy. Thanks to Tom for hosting it.

Foundation Imaging Demo 10MB (http://www.thomas7g.com/battlestar-galactica/foundation_demo.zip)

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Thanks to Mark Dickson, Lee Stringer and all those involved from the Foundation team.

:)

Sci-Fi

January 21st, 2004, 02:40 PM

Cool:D Thanks to all involved:thumbsup:
:salute:

Titon

January 21st, 2004, 05:04 PM

I know it was small but tell us what you thought of the demo.

:)

parker

January 21st, 2004, 05:06 PM

Its yummy!

Orrin_73

January 21st, 2004, 05:15 PM

It was a breath of fresh air. Thanks :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Stevew

January 21st, 2004, 05:58 PM

Outstanding Don
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
S

larocque6689

January 21st, 2004, 06:20 PM

Thanks Don, Sandy and Lee!
:corona:

SeoulWind

January 21st, 2004, 08:32 PM

Hmm, on my computer it seems to just stop after the second cylon raider flys by. Sound continues, no further video though...

Update: Nevermind, it's ok now! I need to pay more attention to what I read - Windows Media Player had problems with it but my DIVX player handles it just fine :)

Mark

Sci-Fi

January 21st, 2004, 09:46 PM

Could just download the divx 5.1 codec and wmp will work just fine.

Sept17th

January 21st, 2004, 10:45 PM

Love it, proof that real Battlestar Galactica could be great fun to watch in 2004. I will spread the word...

BST

January 22nd, 2004, 07:26 AM

Dammit!!

We REALLY need to stop worrying about the other show! I want to see more of THIS!!!

Thank you so very much, Don, and to all those at Foundation Imaging who made this possible.

FIRST RATE!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Gemini1999

January 22nd, 2004, 09:01 AM

Don -

That was a nice little "gift" for those of us that missed it at the con. I was very pleased to see it at last. Many thanks for the show - it made my evening!

Best regards,
Bryan
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Ravishol

January 22nd, 2004, 10:47 AM

WOW

The only thing that would have made it better would have been some stu phillip's music

Proximo

January 22nd, 2004, 04:56 PM

And more length. :) Ah well...

amberstar

January 22nd, 2004, 06:52 PM

Thank YOU! This is amazing, and left me wanting more!

Muffit

January 22nd, 2004, 08:34 PM

Hi,

Is it possible to provide it in a non-divx avi format? My WMP doesn't have the codec and I am reluctant to download stuff like that cuz invariably something goes wrong with my system (like RealPlayer and QuickTime both really botched my system).

Thanks,
:muffit:

Westy

January 23rd, 2004, 07:31 AM

Where is the demo located? I want to see it! :)

UPDATE: I found it.

I *love* it. Damn, it's great seeing the Old Gal in flight again. sigh

Stray Viper

January 23rd, 2004, 05:18 PM

It brought a tear to my eye ...

crash4587

January 23rd, 2004, 07:41 PM

Loved everything but the Cylons. They had too much of the T3 going on.

BST

January 23rd, 2004, 08:04 PM

I dunno, crash, the last Cylon looked pretty good pitching from the stretch! ;)

Stray Viper

January 23rd, 2004, 08:35 PM

Is it just me ... or were others both ecstatic and enraged at the same time? It was soooo good and I thoroughly loved it ... but then I realized THIS IS WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN! WHY!!!!???? :rage:

Sept17th

January 23rd, 2004, 09:30 PM

Originally posted by crash4587
Loved everything but the Cylons. They had too much of the T3 going on.

They looked and moved much better than the two crappy scenes of the mini-series cylons.

I WANT MY BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

gunnerk19

January 25th, 2004, 11:02 AM

Man, that is SWEET.... :thumbsup:

P.S. I just noticed on the Galactica's landing bay hull... The rectangle piece between the pylons is off the top of a Colonial blaster! (do I get a cookie for finding it? :D)

Titon

January 25th, 2004, 11:14 AM

Loved everything but the Cylons. They had too much of the T3 going on.

Funny thing is about this quote is this demo came before T3 was even thought about.

;)

January 25th, 2004, 01:29 PM

So thats where the picture came from. Many thanks for the winzip file Titon.

Off topic, how is that "Battlestar Millienia" movie coming along you haven't abandon it all together have you? i found that to be an incredible piece of work a year or more back on BGfanclub.com a while ago.

Is that movie going to be finished anytime soon! I'm sure fans would like to see your finished work in the future.

later man.

KJ

:cool:

crash4587

January 25th, 2004, 02:25 PM

Any chance of getting the Eden effects clips? I loved the Cylons from there web site

oldwardaggit

January 25th, 2004, 03:21 PM

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome.

The real Battlestar Galactica will always live on .

OWD

Titon

January 26th, 2004, 05:39 AM

Off topic, how is that "Battlestar Millienia" movie coming along you haven't abandon it all together have you? i found that to be an incredible piece of work a year or more back on BGfanclub.com a while ago.

Wow, someone actually remembers that? Yeesh. Thanks man, i appreciate the kudos. Although it is very bad considering what i can do today versus then. I guess i haven't put much thought into it. When i made Millenia i was just starting out. The only reason yours truely got into cgi was Galactica. Pretty lame huh! But realistically the key to making a good cgi movie is being a complete artist and as of yet i haven't fully reached that point.

One of the things that has held me back over the years is having top notch cgi models to work with. My goal in making a 3rd installment to the Millenia deal was to first create top notch models to use in it. At the time i had to resort to using other's work to do that and it's not something i wanted to do.

Ya never know KJ, but at the moment there's no significant movement in the Millenia project. Thanks for asking though!

Any chance of getting the Eden effects clips? I loved the Cylons from there web site

Sorry, not at this moment. First of all Eden FX would have to allow that to go up and at this moment that's not going to happen.

:)

Raymar3d

January 26th, 2004, 12:17 PM

Guys, it looks great!

There are a few shots from "Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming" in it, notably the shot with the machine that's stripping resources from the planet, and the shot of the three raiders doing a roll in close-up. Some of the other shots I remember from pre-final versions of the trailer. The cylon design is very cool, but in my opinion, the motion capture is not in character. Still very neat.

I have seen this trailer before on video, and it looks even better. Maybe I can talk Mike into letting us post the one we did for Tom DeSanto....

Ken :)

jewels

January 26th, 2004, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by Raymar3d
I have seen this trailer before on video, and it looks even better. Maybe I can talk Mike into letting us post the one we did for Tom DeSanto....

Ken :) Yes! :choco: :alien: :bounce:

sorry, momentary elation that there might be more BSG stashed somewhere.... :D

Raymar3d

January 26th, 2004, 12:59 PM

LOL

Ken

Sci-Fi

January 26th, 2004, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by Muffit
Hi,

Is it possible to provide it in a non-divx avi format? My WMP doesn't have the codec and I am reluctant to download stuff like that cuz invariably something goes wrong with my system (like RealPlayer and QuickTime both really botched my system).

Thanks,
:muffit:

muffet:
Download this: http://download.divx.com/divx/DivX511Bundle.exe
and when you install, only check off the codec for installation (don't install the player, the free divx player is ad supported) and your WMP will play divx. I have RealOne and QT along side WMP and haven't had any problems.

Muffit

January 26th, 2004, 02:36 PM

Thanks SciFi :). I was thinking of installing the codec, but when I installed other video players/codecs on my last computer, it toasted my system. I got blue screens constantly. I was never able to fix it, finally got a new system. Am so afraid of that happening again... I have no luck when it comes to installing stuff, there's invariably some invisible system file replacement or addition that messes with my development tools. (And Windows is sadly lacking in the area of being able to uninstall stuff).

I want to try it, but am just too afraid of what might happen - it's just too hard to get my system configured and running half way decently, don't wanna jeopordize that. But thank you most kindly.

:muffit:

parker

January 26th, 2004, 04:59 PM

what codecs do you have? what operating system?

Muffit

January 26th, 2004, 07:10 PM

Hi parker! I don't know which codecs I have, just the ones that came with XP Home I suppose (WMP 8.0). I keep Windows critical updates up to date but nothing else. I have not enabled WMP's auto update. Real Player came bundled with my Dell but I'd rather get a root canal than install that again :)

Thanks,
Muffit
:muffit:

Sci-Fi

January 26th, 2004, 11:40 PM

muffet:

Codecs shouldn't cause you any problems. It's the dll's and how they are written that are the source of many Windows problems. As long as you download or load programs that are written for or are XP (NT and W2K drivers work ok) compatible, you should be fine.

Muffit

January 27th, 2004, 12:31 PM

Thanks Sci-Fi, yes perhaps I am being overly cautious about the codecs. Maybe I should try that rather than the player.

Thanks,
Muffit
:muffit:

thomas7g

January 27th, 2004, 01:32 PM

the divx codec is pretty safe. :D

Its one of the more standard codecs. :D

Stray Viper

January 27th, 2004, 03:42 PM

and i was running 3.11 alpha for the longest time with no problems ... even encoded "Spy Games" to absolute perfection. No one who's seen it can tell it's not a DVD!

But yes, speaking from personal experience, Divx 5 is very stable. Just don't use the player. Let your default media player work.

Muffit

January 27th, 2004, 05:34 PM

Thanks Stray Viper and Thomas :)
:muffit:

thomas7g

January 28th, 2004, 04:04 AM

our pleasure!

Btw one really sad thought about this piece came to me. Look at the date.

Three months from the date the World Trade Centers would fall. And the crew that made the DeSanto miniseries would lose morale and fall behind. And the project would collapse.

Jayworld

January 28th, 2004, 10:17 AM

A little help, please....

Being a Mac user (G4), how do I view the file? I downloaded it, but got errors in QuickTime, then had a friend download it on a Windows based PC, and he can't see the video, either, only sound...

Thanks for any help in advance!

Jay

Sci-Fi

January 28th, 2004, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by Jayworld
A little help, please....

Being a Mac user (G4), how do I view the file? I downloaded it, but got errors in QuickTime, then had a friend download it on a Windows based PC, and he can't see the video, either, only sound...

Thanks for any help in advance!

Jay

Believe Mac users have to download the Divx Player: http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/

The minimum requirements for Mac:

400Mhz G3 or faster
Video acceleration card with QuickTime support (ATI, NVIDIA)
QuickTime 5 or later
Mac OS 8.6 or later (includes OS X)
CarbonLib 1.2.6 or later

If your friend installed just the codec, he should be able to see the video and hear the sound thru WMP. Check to see if he is running at 24-bit color and has DirectX7 or higher installed. Or did he install the Divx Player?

thomas7g

January 28th, 2004, 04:02 PM

follow Sci-fi's advice. It sounds like you have a codec problem. And his advice should fix it. :)

Stray Viper

February 7th, 2004, 02:16 PM

right. It sounds like his player is only decoding the mp3 audio portion of the avi.

mixedbag

February 15th, 2004, 08:05 PM

thomas7g

February 15th, 2004, 08:51 PM

do you have the latest divx codec installed? its free for download at www.divx.com.

dilbertman

February 16th, 2004, 03:12 PM

shiningstar

March 11th, 2004, 06:28 PM

Thanks for posting the link. Unfortunately my computer won't let me download it :(

gmd3d

March 12th, 2004, 09:20 AM

Fa Fan Fantastic first time i have see it what could have been the only place for the first BSG is on the big screen " oh what could have been. :warrior: where do I sign up.. far Superior to the mini effects, it was like coming home.
don't get me wrong I think the new one is ok has somethings going for it but after seeing that DEMO "oh what could have been" yes I said it twice. :salute:

shiningstar

March 23rd, 2004, 07:02 PM

It won't load ...........on my computer ...........it keeps showing an ERROR :(

Sept17th

August 19th, 2005, 07:43 PM

Bad link now...to bad kind of need to see it again for my fan film research.

3DMaster

September 27th, 2005, 06:23 AM

404 error. Can it go back up some place?

paganize

September 28th, 2005, 11:07 PM

i've been sort of looking for this seemingly forever... is there another link?

Titon

September 29th, 2005, 04:29 AM

I think i took it down but i'll see if i can get it back up for you.

:)

Titon

September 29th, 2005, 04:55 AM

Here, right click it and save to the desktop or where ever.

Have fun!

http://www.colonialfleets.com/titon/foundation_demo.avi

:)

Sept17th

September 29th, 2005, 07:19 AM

Here, right click it and save to the desktop or where ever.

Have fun!

http://www.colonialfleets.com/titon/foundation_demo.avi

:)

Oh the tears...I still well up when I watch thinking what could have been.

...then I smile thinking of what will be :D

Titon

September 29th, 2005, 07:25 AM

then I smile thinking of what will be

And to think with this new begining how much this site will finally evolve.

;)

oldwardaggit

September 29th, 2005, 09:35 AM

Oh the tears...I still well up when I watch thinking what could have been.

...then I smile thinking of what will be :D

What could have been or what should have been.

And I agree, it's what will be.
We just have to wait a little longer thats all and I agree with Don, the new changes to this place will make it more easier to focus on the task at hand (Getting our show that stays true to the original)

Getting our updated continuation.

OWD

paganize

September 29th, 2005, 11:26 PM

would it be all right for me to host that file? I've been hosting select hard-to-find things for years, like for instance this:
http://www.changestorm.com/godzilla/
Of course, I did just have a report that my site wasn't working, but i'm pretty sure it was user error. I Hope.

_No_Name_

October 11th, 2005, 09:32 PM

That was awesome. If that is indicative of the quality of work in the fanbase, a fan film is in the scope of the possible.

ernie90125

October 30th, 2005, 05:18 PM

May I link to this file on my BSG fanfilms website ? Link to where it is currently hosted that is. I'd also need to create two screenshots from the trailer as well....hope that's OK ?

I don't know if there are any limitations on its usage, but I hope it is OK to link to it.....it is a very valueable piece of fandom and well worth including in a website that catalogues all the fanfilms and promotes/supports a Continuation....

oldwardaggit

January 18th, 2006, 11:54 PM

this trailer is down right awesome . I Like this Demo so much that I took the last two weeks and, well..........
Don , I think I'm going to send you a PM real soon.

:)
OWD

Clifford Hoeft

April 12th, 2006, 07:49 PM

Is anyone able to repost a working link to this, I would really like to see it.

oldwardaggit

April 12th, 2006, 10:01 PM

Well it use to be here

http://www.battlestarfanfilms.com/fanfilms.htm

But it looks like the link isn't working anymore but there are lots more great shorts over there. :)

Now it's back to work for me. :(
OWD

Aussie Warrior

May 25th, 2006, 05:54 PM

it is amazing to watch and it's proof that the original Galactica can work with a modern day audience, maybe one day they'll make a movie that will give the original Galactica a entertaining ending

BCazzell

June 2nd, 2009, 12:47 AM

In case anyone's interested, the FI Galactica demo is now on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a0ZfjkbaTo

The FI original concept "Vortex" from 1997/98 is also up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2LhoVUd3qM

October 7th, 2009, 11:57 AM

oldwardaggit

October 10th, 2009, 03:45 AM

Well I'd hope so, I'd love to buy you a round ;)

A free round. :)
I won't pass that up :)

OWD

oldwardaggit

October 10th, 2009, 04:05 AM

I'd love for the rest of the CGI BSG Foundation revival footage to surface now, by whomever owns'em!

:(

Found this on there?

I could imagine the 2001 pilot having this for its opening, seriously?

Galactica 2010 Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa_f83EabHE&feature=related

Enjoy

KJ

I remember when I did that a while back.
I sat back and watched it and I actually had a bit of a tear in my eye even though I would have loved to have a little more flashback footage from what took place after the show went off the air so that we could have been brought up to date just in the opening, but ow well.

I just don't have the time now.

I also did a version of the foundation trailer where I took out the existing music and replaced it with new music and sound effects and made a new trailer out of it. I had permission to do that but when I asked if it could be released publicly, I never heard back but I understand a lot of people are really busy these days as I am my self so that's OK.

but with that said, if any one is interested, I can put it up on yousendit for a week and it could be downloaded.

I've also had a lot of other projects on the back burner that I still have to get to some time. Hey ernie90125, I haven't forgotten about ya. I've Just been buried in work and other projects I have to get finished first.

anyway. Take care all

OWD

peter noble

October 10th, 2009, 04:09 AM

but with that said, if any one is interested, I can put it up on yousendit for a week and it could be downloaded.

OWD, that's be great. I'd love to view it with your music and sound effects.

Best,

Peter

ernie90125

October 10th, 2009, 06:39 AM

I've also had a lot of other projects on the back burner that I still have to get to some time. Hey ernie90125, I haven't forgotten about ya. I've Just been buried in work and other projects I have to get finished first.
Thank you !!!! Looking forward to hearing from you as and when you can get back to me...

oldwardaggit

October 15th, 2009, 10:27 PM

OWD, that's be great. I'd love to view it with your music and sound effects.

Best,

Peter

Well the music belongs to Stu Phillips and the quality of the video is poor due to the fact that it was shrunk down when I got it and I had to shrink it yet again.

But with that said, you still get an idea. I did this right after the foundation demo was released.

I've had problems posting links here in the past for some reason which is weird because all I'm doing is copping and pasting but anyway, here it is.

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=Z01NblRucVh6NEpFQlE9PQ

Every one has one week to get it or it can be downloaded 100 times before the week ends. :)

OWD