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From: alex@teeth.demon.co.uk (Alex Amsel)
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Subject: Some tools and help
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:22:29 GMT
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We have done a couple of useful toolsfor both 2d and 3d work. We have
done a quick tool to extract all the point and normal data from frames
of tmd data - very useful for animating objects. Also one to change
the poly type from one type to another (for files with one poly type).

Anyone require any other features? Anyone require these features?!

If we get any requests we may upload some versions next week.

We are also likely to be doing quite a major 3d object editor and
viewer using Win95 and OpenGL. Sony's hardware may be great but their
support tools stink. If the editor comes out ok (time depending) then
we may make it available free to Yaroze owners not doing any
commercial products with it. I'm considering allowing modules to be
bolted on to you can save stuff in whatever format you require.
Nothing is set down yet though, but any ideas helpful.

If someone would like to do a 3ds and lw file reader.... ?-)

We have TMD covered already, and rsd is a bit pointless really.

Texturing options will probably include saving out flat versions of
the object although I haven't done this before so any hints of
possible problems would be most helpful - how do you ensure the
polygons only appear on the most appropriate view etc? Or is it best
to do this by hand to a certain extent? I think you could probably do
a quick bit of code to work out which will provide the most surface
area or something, but I'm probably barking up the wrong tree. I have
had no sleep again, that is my excuse.

[posting to 2d_graphics below)

We have made a couple of quick tools for combining texture files or
block files into TIM files.

Bit rough but useful all the same. Couple of tools are DOS, couple are
Win95, but we could chuck'em all into 95.

If anyone has any specific requirements let me know and we'll see what
we can do. Should be ok to have some new stuff on teh web site late
next week.

(~IBEYOND)


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