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Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: HotSnoJ on September 19, 2003, 08:16:26 pm
Vote and/or reply, especially if it isn't on the list!

Mine is, of course, Blender 2.23 and 2.25!


[EDIT] Forgot to select that stupid box. Oh Well! just reply about your favorite 3D app!
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Anaz on September 19, 2003, 08:26:03 pm
:nervous:

you're all going to kill me for this

:nervous:

Truespace 5.1

(at least for FS2 ships)
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: HotSnoJ on September 19, 2003, 08:34:05 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Anaz
:nervous:

you're all going to kill me for this

:nervous:

Truespace 5.1

(at least for FS2 ships)
No. :blah:



Well maybe a little since you're using tS
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Knight Templar on September 19, 2003, 08:36:08 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Anaz
:nervous:

you're all going to kill me for this

:nervous:

Truespace 5.1

(at least for FS2 ships)


Queer. Max 0wns j00.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Anaz on September 19, 2003, 08:40:41 pm
*laughs with sadistic pleasure*

yes. but seeing as there isn't a .blend or a .max/.3ds converter, you all still have to use it.

I never said I didn't like max. I can use it (fairly effectively), but find TS easier for making FS2 stuff.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Taristin on September 19, 2003, 08:41:08 pm
Truespace rox buddies... 5.1 is beter than 6 too :p
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Knight Templar on September 19, 2003, 08:43:38 pm
Bah. Children. :p
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Anaz on September 19, 2003, 09:04:12 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Bah. Children. :p


when you make, texture, and import something better than I can do, you can say that, until then, shove it :p
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: HotSnoJ on September 19, 2003, 09:18:22 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Anaz
*laughs with sadistic pleasure*

yes. but seeing as there isn't a .blend or a .max/.3ds converter, you all still have to use it.

I never said I didn't like max. I can use it (fairly effectively), but find TS easier for making FS2 stuff.
That's why I use the IO Suite by scorpious. (sorry can't find link) It imports and exports many file formats including .cob and can read .scn!

*laughs with sadistic pleasure*
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Kamikaze on September 19, 2003, 09:46:04 pm
I use Lightwave (I'm still in the learning phase, very much so), I quite like it so far.

I've tried Blender and Truespace, both struck me as unusable. I tried gmax, that was rather good too. (I still have to try Maya, and XSI)
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Corsair114 on September 20, 2003, 12:14:42 am
Abacus' FSDS 2 Pro. Yep. Since the only modelling I do is for FS 2002-2004.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Ryx on September 20, 2003, 02:37:45 am
MAX here.

Tried Lightwave and found it confusing, though it was a half-hearted attempt.

I'll have to try XSI someday, though.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Stunaep on September 20, 2003, 02:40:10 am
Max!!!!!!

I've been thinking of trying Lightwave, but I know Max like the palm of my hand (well at least everything animatable), so I don't think I'll bother to relearn
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Nico on September 20, 2003, 04:40:54 am
Quote
Originally posted by Anaz


when you make, texture, and import something better than I can do, you can say that, until then, shove it :p


I use max :D
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Darkage on September 20, 2003, 04:42:22 am
Lightwave, havent realy tried MAX or other 3D apps yet.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Ashrak on September 20, 2003, 05:10:38 am
im with darky im used to LW allready :)
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: karajorma on September 20, 2003, 05:12:35 am
Quote
Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Truespace rox buddies... 5.1 is beter than 6 too :p


I prefer TS6 personally. Why do you like TS5.1 better?
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 20, 2003, 06:17:35 am
Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Why do you like TS5.1 better?

'Cos I managed to, er, you know, get it on the cover of a magazine... :nervous:

Anyway, TrueSpace seems easy enough for basic stuff, which is all I'm capable of. I don't know any of the fancy stuff so I couldn't comment on that. What it really needs is a map showing where each command is on that huge panel 'o buttons, cos it takes me forever to find the bugger I want...
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Taristin on September 20, 2003, 07:19:52 am
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Originally posted by karajorma


I prefer TS6 personally. Why do you like TS5.1 better?


Well, it may just be on my system, but 5.1 is alot more stable than 6. 6 is awesome for mapping fighters and the like, because of the built in UVMapper, but alot of times when I select faces, it'll crash to the desktop for no reason... SO I do the modelling and stuff in 5.1, and the renders in 6. :)
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Flipside on September 20, 2003, 07:28:28 am
Lightwave, the modeller is almost as easy as Lego :D

Flipside
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: mikhael on September 20, 2003, 08:32:25 am
Lightwave all the way, baby. :D
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Gortef on September 20, 2003, 09:43:52 am
I know, I'm the freak here :lol:

Cinema4D ;7
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Nico on September 20, 2003, 10:14:32 am
I haven't seen much of C4D, but what I saw looked actually quite pleasant.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on September 20, 2003, 11:42:35 am
I'm using LW, and like it alot. But i admit, I haven't tried any other progs expect Blender.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Descenterace on September 20, 2003, 04:09:52 pm
[aristocratic voice] Ai could never sink to the level of using Anim8or or Truespace.  Ai use a far more professional 3D package called 3D Studio Max. [/aristocratic voice]

[Yeah.  Professional.  That's just the way I'd describe you.  --SarcasticDescenter]

3DS Max is cool.  I tried using Rhino at one point, but the interface was horrible.  Next was Anim8or, but it sucked big time.  I got a dodgy demo of 3DS Max 4 from a friend, found it to be just what I needed, and went out and bought a cut-down version of it.  Currently, I'm building a model of GTVD Revenant.  Goal: to produce a video of one scene in my story.  In particular, the bit where Revenant turns up for the first time, and atomises a Sathanas.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Gortef on September 21, 2003, 04:57:13 am
C4D is quite pleasant indeed. IMO it's pretty easy to get used to and the quality is AFAIK quite top notch.
Title: What's you favorite 3D app?
Post by: Bobboau on September 21, 2003, 06:02:22 am
TS4.2, though I use 5.1 it generaly looks better and has more features, but 4.2s interface and controles (especaly textureing, before it was just painful, not it's down right un-do-able), and some aspects of the renderer too were better in 4.2

I don't like the stile of most other 3D apps, especaly 3DS