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DW's Freeware Utitlities List

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 2:23 am
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 ( ***** )

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:30 am
by stampsm
anim8or: www.anim8or.com : 3d modeling
lithunwrap (not sure of the spelling): freeware: use google to find it :UV mapping

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 5:25 pm
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

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 9:10 pm
by DarkWhoppy
Hey Hey Shadow_Wolf good goin :wink:

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:00 pm
by stampsm
the progmesh download doesn't work this one works
http://www.paralelo.com.br/arquivos/ProgMesh12.exe

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:10 pm
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

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:27 pm
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

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:30 pm
by stampsm

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:33 pm
by stampsm

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:47 pm
by stampsm
the orb download doesn't work here is the homepage
http://www.soclab.bth.se/practices/orb.html

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:02 am
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

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:50 pm
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

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 4:29 am
by Guest
http://www.blender.org
and http://www.blender3d.org (different pages) - blender, a great 3d modeler & creation/animation/publishing system

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:56 am
by CM

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:37 pm
by Saalen
Two installer tools to make w32 setup executables:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/