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Help with choosing 3d engine About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. Help with choosing 3d engine // Game Development 1  |   Order by default Post by Ayath // Aug 16, 2008, 8:01am Ayath Total Posts: 9 I am trying to construct an application for a kindergarten project which can utilize 3D objects (x-files) created in TS7. From a list of objects on a side bar an object can be chosen and dragged(?) to the workspace. Here one must be able to move and turn each object horizontally to arrange them in a given pattern. The workspace should be able to be viewed from different angles (lighting behind camera as well as ambient light). The result will be printed on a colour printer. A bit like those useful 3D architect thingy programs. Since it is to be used by kids and novices I can't very well ask them to use TS7 ;) Anyone know of a freeware engine I can use for this. Post by JimB // Aug 16, 2008, 8:06am JimB Total Posts: 341 Have a look at Panda 3D http://panda3d.org/ Jim Post by Jack Edwards // Aug 16, 2008, 8:06am Jack Edwards Total Posts: 4062 Hi Ayath, are you looking for a solution involving programing? Post by Ayath // Aug 16, 2008, 8:37am Ayath Total Posts: 9 Thanks JimB. I'll check out Panda. @Jack Looking for programming(?) Not sure what you mean by this. Ayath Post by Jack Edwards // Aug 16, 2008, 8:41am Jack Edwards Total Posts: 4062 Not everyone is a programmer or looking for an SDK. In those cases Flash or Silverlight might be more what you're looking for. This thread here has a good list of SDK and open source 3D engines available if you're looking for something involving programming: http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/showthread.php?t=6229 Post by Ayath // Aug 16, 2008, 9:01am Ayath Total Posts: 9 This project actually started years ago as a joint venture with my daughter. I programmed the user interface and she programmed the 3D workspace needed. The 3D bit was way beyond my programming skills and she came straight from university and Computer Science. I bought TS5.2 for this project and created the 3D models she used in the workspace. She got busy. Got a job. A boyfriend. Now she doesn't have the time to spare for her old dad anymore :( and since I have gotten TS7 now I thought it was time to start dreaming again. I think I might be able to pick up PythonScript as I have programmed extensively for Neverwinter Nights in the past. It seems to me that Pthon Script isn't that remote from C which is the basic of NWN scripting. I'll check out Panda and hope for the best. I might come back in these forums and ask a lot of basic questions. Ayath Post by Eagle // Aug 17, 2008, 10:06am Eagle Total Posts: 221 Thanks JimB. I'll check out Panda. @Jack Looking for programming(?) Not sure what you mean by this. Ayath I would say thats a big NO to the programming~ ;) You might try the A7 engine, its point and click, Always~ Vickie ;) Post by instantmovieman // Aug 18, 2008, 3:18pm instantmovieman Total Posts: 10 This one has a free trial. ShiVa! Not priced that bad and you can publish to Mac's also. http://www.stonetrip.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=28 Post by moogaloonie // Aug 29, 2008, 11:40am moogaloonie Total Posts: 64 Since it is to be used by kids and novices I can't very well ask them to use TS7 ;) Anyone know of a freeware engine I can use for this. I don't know, those kids can pick up things pretty quick. I'd be more afraid of turning them onto tS and then seeing them do things in days that I couldn't do in a year!

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