Question before buying AC3D

Dennis · 13th July 2004, 05:14 PM

Hi Chris - sorry for the delay.

I currently use Blender for animation. It's good if Blender is your "final destination" for animation (i.e., you're rendering and producing a final product in Blender), but I'm not sure how easy it would be to get animation data out of Blender into other products. Also, Blender has a very steep learning curve - not to shy you away from it, but if all you need is game animation, I'd lean toward using CharacterFX...

Also, I *think* Andy & team have animation support on their list of "todo"s for AC3D, but there's no word on when/if that'd be ready.

If you're using Cartography Shop, you might be interested in static lightmaps as well - there are a couple of products that support generating lightmaps for AC3D models, and you can find a few free ones (with and without radiosity) for generic polygon-soup type levels.

Good luck,
Dennis

13th July 2004, 05:14 PM	#1
Dennis Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 899	Hi Chris - sorry for the delay. I currently use Blender for animation. It's good if Blender is your "final destination" for animation (i.e., you're rendering and producing a final product in Blender), but I'm not sure how easy it would be to get animation data out of Blender into other products. Also, Blender has a very steep learning curve - not to shy you away from it, but if all you need is game animation, I'd lean toward using CharacterFX... Also, I think Andy & team have animation support on their list of "todo"s for AC3D, but there's no word on when/if that'd be ready. If you're using Cartography Shop, you might be interested in static lightmaps as well - there are a couple of products that support generating lightmaps for AC3D models, and you can find a few free ones (with and without radiosity) for generic polygon-soup type levels. Good luck, Dennis