2d overlay on 3d

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julesd (Posted 2016) [#1]

Ok, one of the biggest problems with most simple programming languages is they seam to get a 3d engine for them but there is never a GUI that works with it. Please if there is going to be a 3D engine for monkey X 2 , make sure there is a 2d overlay. I did see a demo of this so i know it is is possible.And 64 bit please.

nullterm (Posted 2016) [#2]

There is no 3D engine as part of MX2 itself. It will have OpenGL (ES) so you can do 3D if you are familiar with the lower level aspects, but that's a steep hill to climb. There might be 3rd party 3D modules done the road, but not out of the box.

julesd (Posted 2016) [#3]

I knew there was no 3D engine yet, but if there is going to be one, please make sure 2d over 3d is in there, this is 2016 no reason why it should not.

Hezkore (Posted 2016) [#4]

I like how MiniB3D does it. After RenderWorld you'd call BeginMax2D() then just draw everything as you do with Max2D. Then when you're done you call EndMax2D() and Flip the buffers. You could even render 3D ontop of the 2D if you setup your 3D camera correctly.