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Isometric animals

Started by Iglobear Jan 12, 2006 at 4:14 PM 15 replies 3.2k views

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Jan 12, 2006 at 4:14 PM

Hi! I am creating a real time strategy game, but I need some animals to inhabit the place. I am thinking of dinosaurs (maybe not the easiest ones) but it is so hard to draw animals in isometric perspective. I would like to use a 3D-modeling program to create some animals, rotate them in 8 directions and save them as *bmp or something to import them in my game file. Is there any program that can do this and is not too hard for beginners? Something that you guys use...? Because you have to admit if you want 5 animals in the game, you will have to draw the 8 directions (of course you can mirror some) of all the dinosaurs... in isometric... with all the corners etc. So, anyone here that knows this program?

jdarling

Jan 12, 2006 at 4:25 PM

Check out: http://reinerstileset.4players.de/englisch.htm

He has a few dinasours and dragons and things all in ISO perspective on his website. Of course read the licenses and etc...

- Jeremy

Iglobear

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Iglobear

Jan 12, 2006 at 4:30 PM

Thanks. He's got some really nice graphics, but I don't want to rip graphics, even if they are free to use. I like to do graphics myself so I am really looking for a 3D-program.

jdarling

Jan 12, 2006 at 7:14 PM

On their some place their is a link to contact him to have custom graphics commissioned. Give that a try.

- Jeremy

M2tM

Jan 12, 2006 at 7:16 PM

I've heard good things about blender, but I'm no modeller:

blender

Iglobear

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Iglobear

Jan 13, 2006 at 3:05 PM

Thank you. The best thing about it is that it is free :) The worst thing is definitely the interface, although there are many tutorials.

I'll practice a little bit

andrew_480

Jan 13, 2006 at 4:43 PM

You could also try Anim8or. It is really easy to learn and use and there are some good tutorials for it.

Iglobear

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Iglobear

Jan 14, 2006 at 3:39 PM

Thanks. This has a better interface that's for sure :)

It's great that they offer 3D modeling programs for free

furiousuk

Jan 16, 2006 at 11:11 AM

Milkshape and LithUnwrap work fine for me, not the newest programs and I havent checked their sites in a while. Not sure that Milkshape is totally free but I'm pretty sure its cheap if not free.

levjs

Jan 16, 2006 at 2:22 PM

Milkshape isn't free, but it's either $20 or $30, not too much.

Iglobear

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Iglobear

Jan 16, 2006 at 4:11 PM

Well I find Anim8or hard enough so no paying yet :) Thanks anyway for all the comments. I didn't know such programs were free :P

Ezbez

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Ezbez

Jan 17, 2006 at 5:15 AM

I've never used a a 'professional' 3D modeling program, but I've heard that they are vastly superior to Blender and its kinda. Get what you pay for, I geuss.

The_MuffinMan

Jan 17, 2006 at 8:59 AM

I never got used to gmax or milkshape or the other 3d programs, I only learnt the gtkradiant which is used for mapping for quake based games - as wolfenstein enemy territory is free you could get that and radiant and build your stuff there. you can build meshes and make shaders/textures for them but it's no substitute for a real modeler of course, anyway to me it was a lot easier to learn...

Simagery

Jan 17, 2006 at 1:02 PM

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Original post by Ezbez
I've never used a a 'professional' 3D modeling program, but I've heard that they are vastly superior to Blender and its kinda. Get what you pay for, I geuss.

Yes. They are. Vastly. Superior. But, you are exactly right that you get what you pay for. Except in the case of Blender... it's worth way more than free, but similarly to GIMP, I don't understand why they don't invest more of the effort in copying the industry standard solutions? These are tools, and if they want to win converts they need to work like the tools users are accustomed to. I know that with GIMP you can get a mod that makes it as close to Photoshop as possible, but for Blender... unfortunately, it's a whole new interface style as compared to the major 3D packages.

erissian

Jan 29, 2006 at 1:58 PM

Unless you're using other 3d models, I wouldn't use this approach. It might look out of place. Although, one method I found that works well is created a rough model, posing it, and then drawing over it. That way the perspective and proportion is always correct, and the look is consistent.

forgottensoul

Jan 30, 2006 at 2:14 AM

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Original post by M2tM
I've heard good things about blender, but I'm no modeller:

blender

yes, blender3d is a great 3d program that i personally use, it is not very hard, it's free and you can make really great stuff with it. also check this forum: www.elysiun.com there you can get a lot of help for blender.

SelethD

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SelethD

Jan 30, 2006 at 8:04 PM

or you could use a 3d rendering program like DAZ studio, at www.daz3d.com

its free, and you can find free 3d models to load up in it. Just do a search for any animal models for poser, and they work in daz studio. Set the camera for an isometric shot, and render.

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