about Truevision 3d....

[cemetarycat]

meow, wow!

I ran the teapot and island programs.
And they are cool and fantastic!.

I just have a few questions for you both
Matthew and Guilect.

Do you guys plan to do some more examples and demos using the Truevision 3D dll?? And if you do, how about some mesh and model loading.
I don't know what models files Truesvision supports and/or their own propietary format..and which certain other 3d formats are converted too.
Like for example the teapot. Was that in 3ds?
I just wonder if it supports 3d models of 3ds, X, and even mdl and/or md2. Or even can convert these to a propietary format too.
Also, does Truevision 3d support any kind of levels and worlds such as BSP or any others too?? Especailly those Quake and Quake 2 levels and worlds.
And skies of sky domes, or sky boxes, sky cubes, sky sheres too.
Fly the friendly skies...and drive the rugged terrains too.

Also Matthew, what version or edition of the C# programming language do you use and where can I download it?? Also, are there any starter or beginner templates with using C# for Truevision 3d?

Believe me, this looks a whole lot better than 3D Game Studio. Both Brutus2d , the dll of Truevision 3d, and Truevision 3d itself.
3D Game Studio is powerful and you can do a lot with it. But, in my experience and opinion...its a pain to code and program in. Its not geared towards the beginning user or even the advanced beginner. Its more so for the intermediate user and beyond.
Beginner programs,demos, tutorials are few and hard to find.
But 3d Rad and also Torque versions using their scripting language is more of a pain.

Many cheers


also I'm wondering about True Space 7.5 too?.......

[Guilect]

Here is the help file for the version of TV that has been used with B2D.
Click Here
This is an old version (version 3.1 I think).
It was freeware, and was written in VisualBasic.
It has no watermark.
I think it supports .x and .3ds.
The island example uses a skybox.
The teapot object is built-in to DirectX. It is used as a test object.

Current released version of TV is 6.5.
It is not freeware.
You can use it, but it will have a watermark.
It is written in C / C++.
The newer version will undoubtedly have support for more features and file types.
Some of the command's names have changed slightly.

I am not sure if the new version can reside along side of the old.
It might be best to unregister the old .dll before installing the new one.
Here is a link to a handy utility to register and unregister .dll's and .ocx's.
Click Here

[cemetarycat]

mucho many thanks, Guilect.

True.

I was mostly going to download Truevision 3D 6.5 or the previous evaluation version of 6.3. Mostly just to read the documentation, the commands and functions, and articles and read and study examples and sample codes too.
And when the time is right...which would be a long time, breakout into C# programming and with TrueVision 3d.

and hey, I like 3ds and X models the best. And also md2 animated models. Then, mdl too. I have tons of X models and some 3ds models. And tons of free md2 models just waiting to be rendered and brought to life. Like the Astro Boy model...which is in both md2 and mdl formats.

cheers

[matthew]

The version of C# I was using, was the Express Edition which can be downloaded for free from here.

I should warn you not to install the C# version & Brutus2D version of TrueVision together on the same computer. There's a thread here about the mess I got into when I had them both installed.

I recommend you use TrueVision in Brutus2D & if you want to do 3D programming in C# you could use Tao or XNA.

[cemetarycat]

Seriously, thank you Matthew.


Even installing XNA is a mess as well. All the hoops and loops
of many and mega downloads. And not just of C# or those Studio Express
Editions of C# and C++. As well as XNA itself and the upgrades and the patches for everything. And even the Net frames or frameworks. I have all the Net Frames installed on my computer...just in case.
All the Frammies. ;D

I'll check into this TAO.

and thank you for the link to download C#.

cheers



Pip Boy thanks you. ;D
can't wait for Fallout 3.