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DarkWhoppy
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DW's Freeware Utitlities List

Post by DarkWhoppy »

I decided to make alist of useful software that owuldn't cost you a dime :P. Most of these I probably use myself... These three should be all you really need to get started with a game with fairly good graphics.

Name - URL - Description - Rating (from me :P)

The Gimp: http://www.gimp.org : 2D Image Processing ( ***** ) (BTW,I made my Avater with GIMP...)
OpenFX: www.openfx.org : 3D Modeling & Animation Rendering ( *** )
OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org : Just like Microsoft Office ( ***** )
stampsm
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Post by stampsm »

anim8or: www.anim8or.com : 3d modeling
lithunwrap (not sure of the spelling): freeware: use google to find it :UV mapping
Shadow_Wolf
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Post by Shadow_Wolf »

ProgMesh : Download : Polyreduction
Softy3D : Download : Modeling Package
Behemot3D : Download : Modeling Package
Wings3D : Download : Modeling Package
TGA Animator Suite : Download : Tga Animator
Ayam Nurbs Modeler : Download : Nurbs Modeler
Design Workshop Lite : Download
Cosmos4D : Download : 3D Authering Suite
Spilin Editor : Download : Modeling Package
Expression : Download : Face Animation Prog
Graffiti : Download : 3D Mesh Painter
Orb : Download : Bumpmap Generator
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Post by DarkWhoppy »

Hey Hey Shadow_Wolf good goin :wink:
stampsm
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Post by stampsm »

the progmesh download doesn't work this one works
http://www.paralelo.com.br/arquivos/ProgMesh12.exe
stampsm
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Post by stampsm »

i also found this program a while ago for creating seamless textures TEXSYNTH i am not sure wher to download but just use google
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Post by stampsm »

i found this to create 3d meshes in photoshop using grayscale images
http://www.ancientidolstudio.com/darkcr ... ermesh.zip
here are some more plugins
http://www.freephotoshop.com/html/plugins_types.html
stampsm
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stampsm
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stampsm
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Post by stampsm »

the orb download doesn't work here is the homepage
http://www.soclab.bth.se/practices/orb.html
Shadow_Wolf
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Post by Shadow_Wolf »

Here's another one, it would be spiffy if someone with the know-how merged this with Irrlicht :wink:

LibCSM - Download | Website - Cartography Shop file parser / loader
madinitaly
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Post by madinitaly »

And what about gmax? http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
It's a free 3D Studio Max capable of creating MD3 models, if combined with ID's Tempest Game Pack. http://www.gmaxsupport.com/html/download.asp
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Post by Guest »

http://www.blender.org
and http://www.blender3d.org (different pages) - blender, a great 3d modeler & creation/animation/publishing system
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Saalen
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Post by Saalen »

Two installer tools to make w32 setup executables:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
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