3D Modelling Tools

Mr Flibble · Sat 05/06/2004 19:39:27

Hi,
I am interested in some 3D things that would be compatible with AGS.
All I want to do is put in a few 3D sequences, just little cutscenes. I saw one called Blender, but thats really more for creating entirely 3D games. I'd like to make my model, then export it to AGS, or make an animation and export that. There is another I have heard of called Maplett, but i don't think does animations.

What program ( or combo of programs) could do this? (Obviously freely downloadable programs).

Minimi · Sat 05/06/2004 19:44:15

Ok, I'm now using Wings3D for a few days, and this is what I think is the best I made untill now, because it's a very easy to learn program!! :

The best is .... It's totally FREE! http://www.wings3d.com !
I'm very excited about this program, and if you follow the manual of only 130 pages, then you'll know pretty well how to model with it

(im at page 84

!)

I hope this helps you out!

Mr Jake · Sat 05/06/2004 19:46:21

I like anim8or

www.anim8or.com

Mr Flibble · Sat 05/06/2004 19:47:27

To make my life easier, I'm looking for a prog with a animation feature. Right now, I'm looking at something called 3D Canvas. It looks good, it can make windows movies which I believe are AGS compatible.

Mr Jake · Sat 05/06/2004 20:26:29

I think anim8or has the animate / scene ability, but Ive never used it so I can say how good it is, I could probably dig up a model I made with anim8or, hang on..

shbaz · Sun 06/06/2004 18:57:08

About Blender.. it was made in the beginning for video sequencing and effects and later added some capabilities for great stills.. then the game engine. The game engine is an afterthought and is in its infancy compared to the rest of the program.

You can definately use it for animations and sprites, but you'd have to learn to use it first. The download is only 3mb and the manual is available freely at blender3d.org. Volume I tells you how to use Blender and Volume II is a hotkey reference.

I've only recently learned how to use it for videos. It's not as hard as it seemed to me at first.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, you can save movies in almost any format from Blender. It can render every AVI codec you have installed on your machine, as well as WMV or MPEG and more. You do have to add the sound in another program - in Blender you can import your audio file for animating but you cannot save the file with the sound internally for some reason.

I really wonder what gave you the impression that Blender is only used for realtime games. Just look at the Blender3d.org site and you can see the galleries on the front page that prove otherwise in one glance.

EDITEDIT: If you do decide to use Blender, my contact information is in my profile. If you ever have a question, I'm here to help. I can answer general 3d questions but Blender is the only application-specific topic I can cover.

LordHart · Mon 07/06/2004 05:07:39

Minimi, are those dragon like chess pieces you made, Trogdor?

shbaz · Mon 07/06/2004 05:56:17

Quote from: Os Ã Å¡ltimo QuÃ£o Queijo ^_^ on Mon 07/06/2004 05:07:39
Minimi, are those dragon like chess pieces you made, Trogdor?

Can't be, no big strong arm or caption that says, "Burninating the villiage down."

Minimi · Mon 07/06/2004 10:02:37

Quote from: Os Ã Å¡ltimo QuÃ£o Queijo ^_^ on Mon 07/06/2004 05:07:39
Minimi, are those dragon like chess pieces you made, Trogdor?

whahaha! Trogdor rules! Nope, they are mis-shaped horses :p (my first attempt at a horse-head). But as I look more to it, It does seem like trogdor yes!

... im not sure if that's a good thing though

J.I.M · Sun 15/08/2004 03:12:32

Anim8tor or wings3d which is better

Minimi · Sun 15/08/2004 11:29:03

Wings is even better than 3dmax!

here's an image of a boat I modelled for the TeamGame, wich never got finished...

It's untextured though...but you can simple texture it with an uv-map!

but afterall, it's just personal preference on the interface.

veryweirdguy · Sun 15/08/2004 13:33:52

The best way to find which is better is to try them out yourself. I know it's pretty obvious, but the interfaces & features of each will be useful to different people. After all, they are both free, so why not experiment?

shbaz · Sun 15/08/2004 21:13:27

This is a really old thread. Why do guests dig up old threads?

Al_Ninio · Sun 15/08/2004 21:26:56

I have no idea, but it might have something to do with the amount of 'omg n00b we discussed this long ago here's teh thread' replies people get.

veryweirdguy · Mon 16/08/2004 13:50:00

I agree, if he had posted a new topic, someone would've said "We've already discussed this, reply to the old topic"

Damn newbies, they can't win.....not that they deserve to or anything Â¬_Â¬.......

shbaz · Mon 16/08/2004 14:23:59

He didn't have a question though.. unless he just wanted to start a new topic for a one liner about how good two particular apps are.

Mr Jake · Mon 16/08/2004 15:39:56

Quote from: J.I.M on Sun 15/08/2004 03:12:32
Anim8tor or wings3d which is better

sounds like a question to me.

shbaz · Tue 17/08/2004 02:19:07

Ah, I interpretted that as, "Choose either Anim8tor or Wings3d, but Wings is better."

Wings, almost positively. But phrase your questions better.

Mr Jake · Tue 17/08/2004 08:32:13

I think Ill DL wings, its getting good reviews

I dont model much but sometimes I open it up and give it ago, I like anim8or but the texturing appears to be abit poo.

mousemat · Tue 17/08/2004 09:24:54

i want wings 3d but i cant find the link to download it