Topic: Game Tools for all (links galore ) (Read 66922 times)

TinSoldier · « **on:** January 29, 2008, 09:41:37 AM »

Feel free to post any links you think are useful for the game creation process.
Good gaming to all !.

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Free Modeling Tools:

GMAX,a free 3D modeling application based on Discreet's 3ds Max - http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax
[L3DT Terrain Generator] - http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT
Google SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com
Blender - http://www.blender.org
Ivy Generator http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator
TrueSpace7.6 is a fully-featured 3D authoring package - http://www.caligari.com
MakeHuman software for the modelling of 3-Dimensional characters - http://www.makehuman.org
CharacterFX Animation Tool - http://www.insanesoftware.de
Free and simple Heightmap Generator - http://hme.sourceforge.net/
Tree(d) is an easy to use tree generator - http://www.frecle.net/index.php?show=treed.about
Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler for Terrains or meshes- http://www.wings3d.com
gSculpt is an procedural subdivision modeler. polygon modeling tools, similar to Wings3D - http://gsculpt.sourceforge.net

Commercial Modeling Tools:

Pro motion, pixel oriented drawing/animation software - http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion/?Home+%28Pro+Motion%29 $29
3D Coat (formerly 3D Brush) - http://www.3d-coat.com/index.phpl
fragMOTION 3D modeler intended for the creation and animation of characters - http://www.fragmosoft.com
Freeworld3D 2.0 is a fully interactive real-time 3D terrain editor and world editor - http://www.freeworld3d.org
MilkShape 3D is a low-polygon modeler - http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch
T.ED Terrain editor -http://www.d-grafix.com/?page=ted
LOOXIS faceworks, face generator - http://www.looxis.com/en/k75.Downloads_Bits-and-Bytes-to-download.php

Free Tool Plugins:

Pandasoft is an X model exporter for 3DS max - http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax.aspx
Unwrap Game Tools v3 for 3dsMAX - http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/gametools-uvtools
Gimp Free DDS Plug-in - http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/files/gimp-dds-win32-2.0.6.zip
NVIDIA Plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop DDS Plug-in - http://developer.nvidia.com/object/photoshop_dds_plugins.phpl

Free Lighting Tools:

gile(s) Light mapping tool - http://www.frecle.net/index.php?show=giles.download

Free Texture/Normalmap Tools:

Wood Workshop, create seamless tile textures - http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.php
Allegorithmic MaPZone, dedicated tool to procedural textures http://www.mapzoneeditor.com
GIMP, a free graphics manipulation tool - http://www.gimp.org
Gimp Free DDS Plug-in http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/files/gimp-dds-win32-2.0.6.zip
Blacksmith 3D, Free 3D Painting - http://www.blacksmith3d.com
Free Terrain and Texture maker (T2) - http://www.toymaker.info/html/texgen.phpl
xNormal generates normal / ambient occlusion / parallax displacement and relief maps - http://www.xnormal.net

Commercial Texture/Normalmap Tools:

XARA Extreme drawing software - http://www.xara.com/products/xtreme $79
ArtRage, natural media painting program - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.phpl $25
Genetica 2.5, create seamless textures - http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/genetica.php $129

Free Sound Tools:

Audacity, for sound recording and editing - http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Commercial Sound Tools:

Atmosphere Deluxe, ambient soundscape generator - http://www.vectormediasoftware.com/atmdeluxehome.php $99

Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects:

Opuzz.com, great place for themed game music - http://www.opuzz.com
CuePop.com, Ranging from songs to full scores to use as background music - http://www.cuepop.com
Sound Dogs, A great website for sound effects - http://www.sounddogs.com

Free 3D Models:

A great resource of free cars, truck and much more - http://www.blackrayne.net/models_1.php

Other Tools:

Excelsior, Installer Program - http://installer.excelsior-usa.com/en
INNO Installer, Free installer program - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

steam_bucky · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2008, 02:23:35 PM »

Game Tools v3 for 3dsMAX version 5 or 6

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/gametools-uvtools

A a helpful tool for quick and easy texture mapping of objects.

steam_bucky · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2008, 02:34:06 PM »

XARA Extreme

http://www.xara.com/products/xtreme/

If you want a cartoony look to your game I recommend XARA Extreme - Its a vector package and is quick and easy to use ( Much easier to use than ADOBE illustrator in my opinion) - only $79

All the texture maps for the model below were made in xara. For more examples see my website: http://web.mac.com/marc_buckingham/iWeb/Folio/Welcome.phpl

steam_bucky · « **Reply #3 on:** January 29, 2008, 02:56:41 PM »

Pro Motion

http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion/?Home+%28Pro+Motion%29

From the site - "pro motion is a pixel oriented drawing and animation software for Windows designed similar to the famous Amiga Deluxe Paint (DPaint)."

The lite version is $29. This is great package for those who want to make textures with the skills they learnt from using Dpaint. The UI and shortcuts is nearly an exact copy.

GamesForGirls · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2008, 03:36:41 PM »

Wood Workshop
This has been around for while, but it's great for seamless tile textures and free!

http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ww_overview.php

With a little tweaking textures other than wood can be made - I've used it for wallpapers, textiles, etc.

DmitryK · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2008, 01:37:52 AM »

spiralgraphics also has free genetica viewer for processing of different textures

http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/genetica.php $129

GamesForGirls · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:58:27 AM »

Allegorithmic MaPZone is a little more complicated, but it will do just about anything as textures go and will also do normal maps. Documentation could be better, but it is also free:

http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/

Has some nice features like a real-time 3D previewer.

GamesForGirls · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:33:49 AM »

One for the more artistically inclined is ArtRage - natural media painting program (like Painter) with tablet support. Great for painting UV maps that don't look so "computer generated". Supports the usual graphics file formats including .psd layers.

Scaled-down free version is available, but the full version is only $25.00 USD - quite a bargain! I have the more expensive full version of Painter but I find I use this a lot more:

http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.phpl

Mic · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2008, 06:39:23 AM »

Pandasoft is an X model exporter for 3DS max version 3 and up: http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax.aspx

GamesForGirls · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2008, 09:30:17 AM »

Atmosphere Deluxe is an ambient soundscape generator, great for background sounds. It comes in three versions: Atmosphere Lite (free), Atmosphere Lite Plus (midrange) and Atmosphere Deluxe (fully featured).

To use the sounds in a game a commercial license is required, I believe the cost is around $99.00 USD - relatively inexpensive as far as licenses go! I used this for ambient sounds in my last project with the SoundEffect object in ogg format and it works great!

http://www.vectormediasoftware.com/atmdeluxehome.php

Commercial license info:
http://www.vectormediasoftware.com/atmcommercialquanda.php

Mic · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:33:52 PM »

GMAX - a free 3D modeling application based on Discreet's 3ds Max.
Link to software: www.turbosquid.com/gmax
Link to tutorial: http://www.3drad.com/forum/index.php?topic=577.0

dinhu · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2008, 11:18:02 AM »

[L3DT Terrain Generator]

i think one of the best Terrain Generator for free!
full .X and .DDS export, designed for large Terrains up 512x
for more details please visit the page

Home: http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/

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L3DT Standard is the freely available general-use version of L3DT. It includes all of the commonly-used features, but lacks some of the more advanced features of the Professional Edition

http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/downloads/standard.php
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mfg dinhu

dinhu · « **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2008, 12:54:20 PM »

[CrazyBumb Beta - Normal and Hight Map Generator]

its free and easily to use, but a nice power tool!

for more details please look at the Main Page video or join the dev community..

http://www.crazybump.com/

mfg dinhu

Dark Knight · « **Reply #13 on:** March 15, 2008, 01:23:45 PM »

I found this cool site with a bunch of all free models and textures that gave me some great ideas for my game, they are mostly in 3ds and obj formats so you might have to get a converter unless using an older version of 3drad.

www.sharecg.com

GamesForGirls · « **Reply #14 on:** March 26, 2008, 10:13:47 AM »

Ivy Generator by Thomas Luft

Import an .obj mesh, set some parameters, and ivy will "grow" over your mesh. The ivy object can then be exported as an .obj.

http://graphics.uni-konstanz.de/~luft/ivy_generator/

The Good News: Free
The Bad News: Generates extremely high polys and file sizes

Best use would be for generating ivy, rendering and then using as a texture or billboard. However, playing around with the settings can create a lower-res ivy object that can be used in Rad as shown in the pix.

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