open source editor, boned animation and terrain
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http://www.phenomatics.com/opensource/ all it needs is a .b3d exporter |
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Good find. I'll have to play with this. You can't swing your arms without hitting a free modeling tool, but tools for skeletal animation are rare and exotic beasts. |
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Yep, and look well at those shots, jhocking... I have spoke with the author..in algorythm says there's joint pinning..have replied back asking if that means u have it there...No ik, but fk, and maybe if understood well, joint pinning.That an FK is enough for me. I have no personal interest, but for friends using open source engines and the open format cal3d.Which is what it outputs. The controls seem to be done veru nicel for bone -kindda envelopes- or vertex level..but only guessed from screens, as u need to download the jdk 1.5 and certain java3d version. I have xsi, so don't have so much interest, besides I can only us *.x, exports. But yet so...nice thingie for open source people.. (or anyone able to do the coding loader , the cal3d loader for his/her engine) yep, they're rare beasts.... Blender did more or less for me.But i wanted more, and wasted the bucks ;). |
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((adds new link to ever increasing list of open source apps)) |
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I wish you could get that terrain plugin! |
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tools for skeletal animation are rare and exotic beasts. yep, they're rare beasts.... How dare you call my app a beast :) http://www.goddysey.com/pacemaker.htm |
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rare ... don't know ... CharacterFX? Old and well known in the modder community due to its straight connection to Milkshape3D |
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I have animated with Character Fx and Blender...for now, I prefer Blender. I can at least fake a joint pinning with it...and over all it, I prefer XSI. :] I have not tested Pacemaker. but the deal sounds very good; free for 1500 maximum tris models is quite generous. I just haven't tested. :) |
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well, what I don't know yet is if I prefer XSI to Character Studio...not enough knowledge of XSI to say that...I mean, I know the basic stuff, which is mainly what has CFX, but much better.... Once in higher levels, comparisons are tougher to do... |