Suppose we get tools from Cyan now...

[Marcello]

Just chipping in a sec.

I think we have great tools and a great modeller in Blender. Cyan knows damn well what we are using and I think it'd be foolish of them to start building something that already exists and already has an enthousiastic userbase.

So I don't consider 'other tools' an issue. If they do surface however... like Hoikas said about PRPExplorer... some interesting competition might bring us the best.

Most important for us (read the devs, but with our feedback) is to make sure the tools are usable for as many people as possible. There will be some tough limitations, but steps can be taken to enhance things. Custom UrU GUI in Blender, sample scripts, base scripts,etc. Refering to an example posted a few pages back: the opening of a door could be preprogrammed with a reference to the animation of the door. All other stuff (clinking the door, disabling of avatar(s) during animation, etc.) could IMHO be standardised. Wouldn't drag and drop of base funcionality like that be awesome. Game logic like puzzles is a whole other ballgame off course, but doors, journals, etc.... could probably be GUI driven in Blender.

My biggest fear is that the base of writers won't grow enough because of the learning curve.

[Chacal]

That's great, Zrax. Thanks!
Should this worry me?

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    printf("Successfully wrote %u objects\n", nObjects);
   
    delete OS;
    return 0;


Although it might be the solution to some Windows problems I'm having...

[Zrax]

hahaha, I hadn't thought of it that way... In that code, OS stands for "Output Stream", so I think you're safe

[Paradox]

Might be worth it to add that libPlasma is entirely Linux compatible (and probably Mac compatible if anyone got around to compiling it). IMO the Linux natively compiled binaries run much better than the Windows equivalents

[Nek'rahm]

Anyone else seen the big poll for "Should Linux be able to run Uru" thread on the MOUL forums?

[Paradox]

Parts of Uru (PotS) run better on Linux in wine than they do on Windows Vista running natively.

[Nek'rahm]

That's why I have XP

Runs better than Vista and is 2 generations old (I think...)

[Aloys]

Most important for us (read the devs, but with our feedback) is to make sure the tools are usable for as many people as possible. There will be some tough limitations, but steps can be taken to enhance things. Custom UrU GUI in Blender, sample scripts, base scripts,etc. Refering to an example posted a few pages back: the opening of a door could be preprogrammed with a reference to the animation of the door. All other stuff (clinking the door, disabling of avatar(s) during animation, etc.) could IMHO be standardised. Wouldn't drag and drop of base funcionality like that be awesome. Game logic like puzzles is a whole other ballgame off course, but doors, journals, etc.... could probably be GUI driven in Blender.

My biggest fear is that the base of writers won't grow enough because of the learning curve.

Hear! hear! (I still use the 'Uru Properties' and Uru GUI regularily). Automating some of the more usual objects (journals, doors etc) would go a long way to make some Ages more alive. Also, I still think the idea of a custom 'Uru Blender' is sound. *runs away*

buy max

I hope you have $2,000 to waste

Actually 3DS Max is 3500$ right now. (which is roughly 3499$ more than what I can afford )

I seem to recall someone saying the G-max was no longer supported and that it only had version 4 of Max

Right, Gmax stopped being supported long ago (fall 2005). It is still available online (here), but it'd be of no use because it can only use Gmax specific plugins, and not the standard 3ds Max plugins. I'm still a bit baffled at why it failed as it looked like such a great idea.. 3DS Max offers a free 30 days trial though, for those who want to.. well, try it. ( here )

Some people say that learning Blender is too hard and that's why they hold on in the hope of seing 3DS Max tools, I'm sorry to disappoint, but if you are new to 3D and you can't handle (or wont' spend the time to learn) Blender, then 3DS Max is not easier, even harder in some aspects.. Blender is not that hard, just spend the time to properly read and apply some of the tutorials.

[Nadnerb]

Some people say that learning Blender is too hard and that's why they hold on in the hope of seing 3DS Max tools, I'm sorry to disappoint, but if you are new to 3D and you can't handle (or wont' spend the time to learn) Blender, then 3DS Max is not easier, even harder in some aspects.. Blender is not that hard, just spend the time to properly read and apply some of the tutorials.

I generally frown upon posts that simply quote something and offer agreement, but this deserves an exception. Read it again. Thank you Aloys!

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