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February 2nd, 2001, 04:22 PM
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3D modeling
I know this was probably already covered a few hundred times, but what programs are out there that would be good to create 3D modeled shipsets and where can I get them?
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February 2nd, 2001, 10:47 PM
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Re: 3D modeling
Free: POVray, Truespace (is this free?)
Not free: 3d Studio Max (3d Max 4 just released, I think), Lightwave 6, maybe Rhino and Bryce
REALLY not free: Maya 3.01, SoftImage
I really don't much about the free stuff, as I don't use them. Now that you know what's out there, a search through Yahoo's directories should yield some more useful information.
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February 3rd, 2001, 12:33 AM
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Re: 3D modeling
TrueSpace 5 by Caligari is a commercial product.
I had never heard of POVray. Thanks for the tip. A free 3D renderer is an amazing thing when consider that at $795, TrueSpace is likely the least expensive of the programs mentioned.
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February 3rd, 2001, 12:56 AM
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Re: 3D modeling
You can get Moray, which works as a frontend for POV-Ray. Its shareware so you can download it and try it out and see how you like it. It's not very expensive compared to a lot of the others out there. I've been learning how to use it and I like it pretty well. I haven't tried any of the others so I have nothing to compare that to though. Quite a few of the current shipset designers use Moray.
There is going to be a freeware Version of 3D StudioMax 4 released by the company soon. it will be called GMax and is intended for game mod makers (like us). May they release it soon.
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February 3rd, 2001, 01:00 AM
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Re: 3D modeling
What ColdSteel said (he beat me too it, can't post from work).
The url for Moray is : http://www.stmuc.com/moray/
I just bought it for about DM 150 or $85 US or somefink like that 
Lastime I priced Lightwave it ran about $1200-1500 US, soooooo 
I haven't figgered it out yet but when I do, my Brachyura will have their own custom shipset.
[This message has been edited by pathfinder (edited 02 February 2001).]
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February 3rd, 2001, 02:08 AM
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Re: 3D modeling
You forgot something with the Moray: www.stmuc.com/moray
For Moray 3.3 (rocks so much, it has OpenGL preview now)
and you need POV-Ray to use Moray www.povray.org
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