Talk:MASSIVE (software)

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computers, computing, and information technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComputingWikipedia:WikiProject ComputingTemplate:WikiProject ComputingComputing articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Software (assessed as Low-importance).

Animation Low‑importance

	Animation portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Animation, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to animation on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, help out with the open tasks, or contribute to the discussion.AnimationWikipedia:WikiProject AnimationTemplate:WikiProject AnimationAnimation articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Film: Filmmaking

	Film portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Film. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines.FilmWikipedia:WikiProject FilmTemplate:WikiProject Filmfilm articles
	This article is supported by the Filmmaking task force.

Simple Overview[edit]

In other words, remember that movie when those two extremely large armies fought against each other? Remember how easy it was to believe you were watching real people battle it out and how epic it was? That's because the visual effects artists used the M.A.S.S.I.V.E software package. Without using Massive the producers would have to either hire hundreds of more artists or add years to the production time. Both of which would add tremendous cost to the production.

I don't believe any part of this text should be admissible on Wikipedia. Why is the author of this paragraph speaking to the reader? This content should be reworked or deleted. --Pagina18 (talk) 16:12, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rumor[edit]

"Rumor has it that when the first battle was programmed, each fighter "saw" the battle scene and promptly turned and fled. However this was not due to "fear" of battle, but due to a programming error that forced the agent to run until it encountered an enemy. As the armies involved were so large, the agents that "ran away" could not sense the presence of the intended enemies, and ran in an attempt to act out their programming."

Should such a rumor be tolerated on Wikipedia? I've removed it until further notice.

I did see a TV interview – almost certainly on the BBC – in which one of the Weta software people said that in an early trial run of one of the big battle scenes in LOTR all the agents behaved as planned except two, who turned tail and fled the scene. But I can’t remember any further details. Mr Larrington (talk) 00:51, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Misc[edit]

On the Fellowship of Rings DVD, I thought I heard the software developer mention that it had been written (originally) in the Prolog language. I heard later from some guys at Rhythm & Hues that it was all C++. Anyone know if it really was originally written in Prolog? Thanks

66.210.61.254 18:15, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Massive.jpg[edit]

Image:Massive.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 07:09, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]