Interview: Level Design : Sjoerd "Hourences" De Jong

[Synthesiz3D]

I bought the book a couple of weeks ago and it has been very helpful. I bought the printed version. This is a great book to add to your library. The good/bad examples in the book are very helpful. The Design chapter in the book was extreme insightful.

[Tank]

I bought the PDF version yesterday and found it to be a great read so far. However, I can't seem to open it with "Preview" ...a standard Mac application to open PDF's (I use "Preview" more often than Acrobat Reader since it's faster in display). When I try to open it I get nothing but:

"File Error" - Couldn't Open The File.


Any input on that?

Thomas

[Hourences]

Strange, haven't heard of that problem yet.

Your Adobe Reader does open it right?

The PDF was made with Acrobat Pro and is compatible with versions 5 and above. There's nothing fancy in the PDF, no special scripts or other such things so I don't really have an idea why Preview doesn't like it.

[Tank]

Hi there Sjoerd,

I am publishing a monthly 3D magazine myself and have encountered this once before. I couldn't figure it out either WHY it was doing it but I simply created a new version of that PDF and it worked just fine then. Acrobat Reader or Pro opens it just fine. Preview won't open it at all.

Thomas

[Lee3dee]

Ive been reading the book for a good month and its awesome. I've been using the tips and techniques in my own levels and at work. I highly recommend it!