Which is best?

Kiji8989 · Post by **Kiji8989** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:07 am

Which 3D art program do you usually use? I plan to use Milkshap 3D for my videogame.

steven8 · Post by **steven8** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:57 am

I model in anim8or, which is freeware developed by a programmer from Nvidia, but I then texture, bone and animate in Milkshape.

metal_head · Post by **metal_head** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:31 am

and which program is best for animating?I tried in milkshape,but it's hard for me,and takes too much time.

Post by **bernie** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:40 am

Milkshape without a doubt is the easiest and simplest to use. It's cheap, has a straightforward easily understandable interface, no hassle & does the animation easily also. It has a built in but not very good UV mapper (that's it's weakness really) & a simple polygon reducer for making LOD's.

Sph!nx · Post by **Sph!nx** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:01 pm

Well, LithUnwrap 1.3 is a nice freeware program I use for UV mapping... Oh wait, it's in the RF package too right?

Milkshape all the way!

Juutis · Post by **Juutis** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:30 pm

Yeah, LithUnWrap comes with RF. Bernie said it well: MilkShape 3D is probably the best choice. It costs a bit but it's really wort it. It exports directly to .bdy and .mot so there's no need for additional exporters. I model in MilkShape -> unwrap in LithUnWrap -> texture in Photoshop.

Welcome to the forums, btw. And nice to see you posting again Steven.

Kiji8989 · Post by **Kiji8989** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:39 pm

Juutis wrote:Yeah, LithUnWrap comes with RF. Bernie said it well: MilkShape 3D is probably the best choice. It costs a bit but it's really wort it. It exports directly to .bdy and .mot so there's no need for additional exporters. I model in MilkShape -> unwrap in LithUnWrap -> texture in Photoshop.

Welcome to the forums, btw. And nice to see you posting again Steven.

It costs money? Last time I checked out the site it didnt seem to cost anything...Like how much? And is it one time or monthly?

Juutis · Post by **Juutis** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:29 pm

Kiji8989 wrote:It costs money? Last time I checked out the site it didnt seem to cost anything...Like how much? And is it one time or monthly?

The trial version is free. It last for 30 days. I think the full version costs something like 30 euros and it's a one time buy.

***EDIT***

MilkShape 3D costs USD 35 or EUR 25.

Post by **paradoxnj** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:03 pm

TrueSpace 7.6 is free. That is far more powerful than Milkshape.

Kiji8989 · Post by **Kiji8989** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:04 pm

paradoxnj wrote:TrueSpace 7.6 is free. That is far more powerful than Milkshape.

How easy is it to use?

Post by **paradoxnj** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:06 pm

It comes with free video tutorials and there are many tutorials scattered about the web.

Kiji8989 · Post by **Kiji8989** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:07 pm

paradoxnj wrote:It comes with free video tutorials and there are many tutorials scattered about the web.

kk I'll give it a try.

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