Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nigel Critten" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics Subject: Re: SI or Alias game development Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:05:52 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 33 Message-ID: <78imab$mtp6@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <78gihq$nd410@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36AD2743.E7EA24C2@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gameware.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 If you are going to switch, you might consider Inspire 3D, a cut down version of Lightwave, it's available for PC and Mac. I found some plugins on one of the members sites which save straight out to RSD format, I'm also working with a friend to provide more functionality to these plugins and provide some kind of UV mapping as well. It's certainly the cheaper option, Inspire 3D is only £350(ukp) compared with MAX which is 2 or 3 thousand, the modeler is also alot better at low polygon modeling than MAX, MAX does have advantages but not 2 thousand pounds worth. Inspire can also use Lightwave plugins IMHO of course Nigel Critten >I haven't heard about that either, I would guess it comes with the plug-in, >huh? But its pretty useless for yaroze work any way. Can you fit a good sized >animation in 2 megs of space. Not me! > >If you find anything out about using soft, let me know.. I would gladly stay >with soft over max anyday! > >Will >