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From: alex@teeth.demon.co.uk (Alex Amsel)
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Subject: Re: 3D Studio offer.
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 20:56:07 GMT
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On 18 Sep 1997 10:32:54 GMT, "Rob Sibley" <Rob.Sibley@Dial.Pipex.Com>
did quoth at me:

>I received the 3D Studio offer through the post yesterday.  Does
>anybody use 3D Studio with their Yaroze?  It looks really nice, but I
>don't want to make the same mistake as I made with Code Warrior.

3DStudio4 is on offer, not 3dsmax I should point out. Max looks a lot
better, although is pretty complex and the file format is
'undocumented' for reasons I can only assume are Business related
(they only want people to write plug-ins basically).

3ds4 was max's predecessor and is still much in use today. It will do
most things you'd like it to, but its interface is horrible and it is
DOS based. It also doesn't run well under windows 95 on some systems
[to say the least].

The offer is interesting, but in all honesty at that price I would go
out and try and get Lightwave. LW is much much easier to use, although
3ds4 and max have a few better options. I know quite a few game
industry people who love lightwave, but may shift over to max in the
near future (depends on the new version of lightwave).

So all in all, I'd be a little wary of the 3ds offer *if* the price of
Lightwave 5 is similar. Unfortunately I haven't a clue of current
prices. Sorry fellas.

All I will say - it isn't a Code Warrior! It is a professional package
used a lot in the game industry, it just has a crap interface.


Regards, 

Alex Amsel

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