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Tools UI References

Model Viewer  •  World Editor  •  Terrain Generator

Working with Terrain

About Terrain  •  Using L3DT Pro  •  Using EarthSculptor  •  Using PnP TerrainCreator  •  Importing Heightmap Terrain  •  Using Mosaic Creator

Other Tools

Third-Party Tools  •  Creating Skyboxes with Terragen

Contents 1 General 1.1 PSPad 2 Image manipulation 2.1 GIMP 2.2 MaPZone 3 Terrain and scenery generation 3.1 EarthSculptor 3.2 TerraGen 3.3 L3DT 3.4 PnP TerrainCreator 4 Video and screen capture 4.1 DGeeMe 4.2 Fraps 4.3 Capture-A-Screenshot 5 3D modeling 5.1 Blender 5.2 Mindies - Metaverse Independent Developers 5.3 Make Human 5.4 3DS Max 5.5 Autodesk Maya 5.6 DeleD Lite/PRO 6 Audio tools 6.1 Audacity 6.2 Buzé 7 Other tools 7.1 Particle Accelerator 7.2 Mod Center Development Tools 7.3 Libraries

General

PSPad

Freeware plain text editor with highlighted code syntax, HTML editor, PHP editor, XHTML, JavaScript, ASP, Perl, C , HEX editor.

• Version: 4.5.2
• License: Freeware
• Website: http://www.pspad.com/en/

Image manipulation

GIMP

GNU Image Manipulation Program is freely distributed software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring.

• Version: 2.4
• License: GNU General Public License
• Website: http://www.gimp.org/

Resources:

• Tutorials
  • Online Docs -Online Gimp Documentation
  • Gimp.Org Tutorials - Tutorials from Gimp.Org
  • About.com Graphics Software - Links to Gimp Tutorials on About.com
• Plugins
  • DDS Plugin: http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=4816
  • Normal Map Plugin: http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/%7ecocidius/normalmap/

MaPZone

The Most Powerful Texturing Tool Ever

• Version: 2.5
• License: Free download
• Website: http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/

Resources:

• Tutorials
  • MapZone Tutorials - Tutorials to help you get started in using this complex program
  • Tips & Tricks - A few tips on tweaking your textures
  • MapzoneTutorials - A MapZone Tutorial Site

Terrain and scenery generation

EarthSculptor

A realtime heightmap terrain editor and paint program featuring an easy to use interface with immediate feedback editing designed exclusively for rapid development of 3D landscapes for visualization, multimedia and game development

• License: Commercial with limited unregistered/free version
• Website: http://www.earthsculptor.com/

TerraGen

Scenery generator to create photorealistic landscape images and animations.

• License: Free for personal use; $99 for commercial use.
• Website: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/win/downloadwin.shtml

L3DT

Tool for generating artificial terrain maps and textures. Multiverse terrain system can use heightmaps generated by L3DT. See About Terrain for more information.

• License: Limited Free version and Commercial versions
• Website: http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/

PnP TerrainCreator

3D terrain and heightmap generation tool.

• License: Free download
• Website: http://www.pnp-terraincreator.com/

Video and screen capture

DGeeMe

Video-based motion capture and analysis software package. The software can be used for sports skill analysis and for real motion input to development of games.

• Version: 0.98
• License: Freeware
• Website: http://www.geeware.com

Fraps

Tool for benchmarking framerate (FPS), realtime video capture, and screen capture.

• License: Free and commercial versions
• Website: http://www.fraps.com/

Capture-A-Screenshot

Very simple screen capture tool.

• License: Freeware
• Website: http://www.popdrops.com/freescreencapturesoftware/

3D modeling

Blender

Open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.

• Latest Version: 2.45
• License: GNU General Public License
• Website: http://www.blender.org

Resources:

• News and Information
  • Blender Nation - Blender News Information and Tutorials
  • Blender Artists Forums - The Place to ask about Blender issues
• Just Getting Started with Blender
  • Blender Basics Part 1 of 4 Four very good Vids on the Basics of Blender and much more
  • Blender Newbies blog - A resource for learning Blender 3D (This is a blog so start at the beginning archive)
• Getting Deeper
  • Montage Studios - A First Class Site Modeling a Lowpoly Character at the bottom of the page
  • Geneome Blender Tutorials - A wide range of High quality Video tutorials
• Emags Wikis and Fourms
  • Blender EMag - Cool EMagazine - A monthly Emag
  • Blender Noob to Pro - A Ton of Tutorials
  • Blender wiki - References and links for Blender
  • Multiverse Blender Forum A thread for questions tutorials regarding Multiverse and Blender
• Search for Tutorials
  • Blender 3D Tutorials Search Tool - Looking for a Tutorial try here
  • Blender on Youtube - Youtube Search of Blender Vids
  • Walkercreations Links A lot of Links to Information and Tutorials
• Tutorials for Multiverse
  • Blender Tutorial for Physics How to add Physics to a model

Mindies - Metaverse Independent Developers

A site that is designed to help in moving Assets into the Multiverse framework using Blender

• License: GNU General Public License
• Website: http://www.mindies.org/xoops/

Resources:

Make Human

Tool for 3D modeling of humanoid characters.

• Version: 0.9.1 RC1
• License: GNU General Public License
• Website: http://www.dedalo-3d.com

3DS Max

Autodesk® 3ds Max® 3D animation, rendering and modeling software

• Version: 8sp2, (9 out but not supported?)
• License: Commercial
• Website: http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax

Autodesk Maya

Autodesk Maya is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, effects and rendering solution.

• Version: 8.5
• License: Commercial
• Website: http://www.autodesk.com/maya

DeleD Lite/PRO

DeleD is a low-polygon model/level editor that is ideal for creating static assets for games. The editor comes in two flavors, a free Lite version and a commercial Pro version. You can get the DeleD to Multiverse exporter (currently in Beta) here: [1]

• Version: 1.73
• License: Free and Commercial
• Price: $59.95
• Website: http://www.delgine.com

Audio tools

Audacity

Audio recorder and editor.

• Version: 1.2.6
• License: GNU General Public License
• Website: http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Buzé

Buzé is an open source modular audio sequencer and tracker for Windows. Ideal for composing game music.

• License: Freeware
• Website http://batman.no/buze/
• Forums http://www.buzzchurch.com
• Machines (plugins used to generate and process sounds) http://buzzmachines.com/
• Linux version http://zzub.com
• The linux vers is called Aldrin not the same a Buze but similar concept same community

Other tools

Particle Accelerator

Graphical tool for creating and editing OGRE particle scripts..

• License: Freeware
• Website: http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Particle_Accelerator
• Download: http://update.multiverse.net/downloads/third_party/ParticleAccelerator1.0.zip (temporary until the download link on the OGRE site is fixed).

Mod Center Development Tools

A new set of development tools to aid game design from tracking bugs, to making a design doc through a wiki, to hosting source files for your team...

• License: Free to Use
• Website: http://www.modcenter.com

Libraries

GTP - The GameTools Project is an EU project to create next generation realtime 3D libraries for Geometry, Visibility and Global Illumination. The GTP libraries are being developed in OGRE and Shark3D.