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Solitude by Unknown Artists [web]
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screenshot added by prophecy on 2008-08-27 23:54:08
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release date : august 2008
release party : NVScene 2008
compo : pc 4k
ranked : 7th
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popularity : 66%
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  • 0.87
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alltime top: #1757
added on the 2008-08-27 12:43:45 by Quarryman Quarryman

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bah.. this is the old version.
The version it should've been can be found here:
ftp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/unkki/solitude.zip
+ some more resolution choices
added on the 2008-08-27 13:53:22 by prophecy prophecy
Some nice effects :)

A little slow pace, but I guess that the music didn't allow much more.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 14:09:01 by Lord Graga Lord Graga
Movement <3
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 19:59:16 by leijaa leijaa
what leia said.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:22:02 by Zest Zest
i loves this one a lot!!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 23:57:57 by blackpawn blackpawn
Love the colours and smoothness of everything.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:02:41 by stijn stijn
cool
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:04:43 by aha aha
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:10:39 by gentleman gentleman
sharing the dumb vote(r)s. pretty cool and nice tune..
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:17:24 by mad mad
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:24:11 by Alpha C Alpha C
solid
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:37:14 by gopher gopher
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 01:14:26 by PENETRATOR PENETRATOR
well done
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 01:18:44 by EviL EviL
very nice.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 01:20:11 by keito keito
cool
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 11:19:14 by Zplex Zplex
one scene,but i like it a lot. :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 11:19:56 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Nice 4k, with nice music! my personal #4 in the compo
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 11:20:01 by Puryx Puryx
Cool stuff. Maybe a bit too long for the content.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 11:23:21 by rale rale
weak thumb
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 14:40:20 by psenough psenough
SSAO \o/
a bit long tho', but still...
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 17:00:54 by muhmac muhmac
Great feeling! It's like you are inside a sea of cubes :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 17:10:34 by Optimus Optimus
Very cool! I love the progression of the cube connectors :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 18:40:48 by ryiinn ryiinn
very very nice
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 18:43:39 by Gargaj Gargaj
I hate these compressed ones, which crash while they are decompressing...
added on the 2008-08-28 20:12:21 by Al3x Al3x
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 20:22:48 by Osmic Osmic
Nice :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 21:40:03 by shash shash
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 21:52:06 by Buckethead Buckethead
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 23:18:22 by #535 #535
visuals and sound are both quite nice
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 11:50:01 by a-move a-move
nice glow :D
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 13:05:48 by las las
Good one! Should've placed much higher!
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 13:07:41 by Stebo Stebo
nice rendering, nice effects, nice music, I loved it
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 06:55:38 by pohar pohar
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 10:27:21 by got got
precalc took ages ... but it was worth to wait !!!
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 13:42:18 by BiTbUsTeR BiTbUsTeR
great movement, great show-room!
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 16:46:52 by Bobic Bobic
Cool effects and good sound. Lacks some camera movements and progression though
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 11:08:23 by Duckers Duckers
Yep!
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 14:22:52 by Ized Ized
Indeed!
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 14:43:46 by p01 p01
An incredibly pleasant in4k to watch!
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 01:50:16 by deathy deathy
Should have placed higher!
rulez added on the 2008-09-02 22:12:33 by gloom gloom
Yes.
rulez added on the 2008-09-05 23:25:03 by Pirx Pirx
Anyone is having "An unhandled win32 exception occureed in sollitude...exe [2744]" .
added on the 2008-09-05 23:40:14 by Dbug Dbug
Very nice 4k :)
rulez added on the 2008-09-07 03:37:18 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
"4k - it's all about cubes (TM)"
and i dig the music :)
whoops.
rulez added on the 2008-09-07 18:26:44 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
Fucking awesome. Why is this 7th?
rulez added on the 2008-09-10 21:46:53 by Preacher Preacher
rulez added on the 2008-09-21 13:16:33 by seρρjο seρρjο
Should have scored higher.
rulez added on the 2008-10-03 10:31:13 by PurpleScroll PurpleScroll
Great intro. I didn't like the distortion in the snare drum, but otherwise a really great synth. Ran really smooth in 1920x1080 - but something smells burned I think :-).
rulez added on the 2008-10-21 17:04:56 by d3pth d3pth
very nice.
rulez added on the 2008-10-29 20:13:56 by s7ing_ATZ s7ing_ATZ
proper
rulez added on the 2009-01-10 03:15:49 by T$ T$
vid :/
Nice music. Simple and relaxing.
rulez added on the 2009-01-10 05:05:25 by bdk bdk
Should've been at least 3rd. One of my all-time favorite 4k's.
rulez added on the 2009-01-25 13:01:31 by noby noby
boring
added on the 2009-01-25 13:09:41 by Tigrou Tigrou
 
rulez added on the 2009-01-25 13:34:22 by rbz rbz
A nice way to relax.
rulez added on the 2010-03-27 21:45:34 by Defiance Defiance
nice nice
rulez added on the 2012-03-02 23:21:05 by Frequent Frequent
Can someone make a video? I can't run this on any computer anymore :/
added on the 2013-05-12 14:46:42 by noby noby
Ahh now it seems to run, thank you ethereal void (or a driver update)!

A lot of it is very primitive, some parts a bit garish, and there are some annoying details, but... there's a lot more emotion and honesty baked into these simple oscillators and geometric shapes than your average demoscene production, let a one a 4k.
added on the 2017-05-24 00:21:26 by noby noby
Video please.
added on the 2017-05-26 05:42:02 by AntDude AntDude
Any solutions for getting this to run on Windows 10 / modern hardware? I've been told not to make threads on the BBS about troubleshooting. :x
added on the 2017-07-12 15:56:53 by MagikGimp MagikGimp
umrubbable here on win10 with 1080. does make a go of it -- nice tune and whitescreen of unhappy shadercompiler.
added on the 2017-07-13 21:38:16 by Fell Fell
If at first you don't succeed...
1) A lot of 4k demos from this era (and possibly beyond) use Crinkler to remove unnecessary stuff from the executable to get them down to this size but Windows 10 looks for other things previous versions of Windows did not so we need to 'uncompress' these files so they run on modern hardware.
Quote:
Recompress the 4k with Crinkler 1.4 or better (http://www.crinkler.net/). Command line is: "crinkler.exe /recompress demo-name.exe".
(thanks ramon)
Don’t run Crinkler in a system folder (Program Files etc.) or in the demo’s folder unless you don’t mind losing the original file you’re working on as it’s overwritten, unless you specify otherwise in the parameters (see manual).
2) To keep things small, 4k demos seem to look for whatever version of DirectX/3D was around at the time so demos either won’t run at all (in the case of solitude) or you’ll get a basic error message mentioning the version the demo’s looking for e.g. “d3dx10_33”. Your modern OS has the undreamt-of at the time DirectX 12 already installed which is little problem for most old games but no good for demos. To solve this, download and install the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer here. This basically gives you every old version of DirectX’s system files for compatibility. It’s an old trick. Whatever you do, don’t go downloading random .dlls from random websites. You just can’t trust ‘em.
3) The last thing to do is to run the Compatibility Troubleshooter on your new exe. Right click and it’s under Run as Administrator. Once it’s done its thing, clicking Test will run the demo. It’ll decrunch things for a while but should work so don’t be put off by the wait; there’s a lot of work for your computer to do now you’ve done some. You can then save those settings for next time (and tell Microsoft about it while you're at it).
And if all that doesn't work, perhaps it just won’t run on your AMD hardware? I dunno. I don’t have anything AMD that works beyond DirectX 9, sorry!
rulez added on the 2017-07-18 02:12:11 by MagikGimp MagikGimp
Alright finally took that vid cap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5e4MqcM2Q
added on the 2017-07-18 10:11:41 by noby noby
Video link added. Lovely intro with great music.
rulez added on the 2017-07-18 10:51:27 by StingRay StingRay
Thanks noby!

Yep lovely :)
rulez added on the 2017-07-22 16:07:56 by Fell Fell
lovely, nice chilling music too
rulez added on the 2017-08-07 09:55:04 by potasmic potasmic
Peak SSAO. But nice.
rulez added on the 2017-08-14 12:22:24 by psonice psonice
I finally watched this as a video. Not bad. :)
added on the 2017-08-19 02:22:59 by AntDude AntDude
bland.
The lighting actually works pretty well on the tubes.
added on the 2017-09-17 12:36:02 by cce cce
Two sad cubes.
added on the 2019-01-17 21:17:49 by raer raer
Nice one! The animation of the cubes, the minimalistic but chic vibe, and the electronic yet chilling music make the 4k intro worth watching.
rulez added on the 2022-10-15 19:55:51 by SoDa7 SoDa7

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