What do artists want from a Scene Editor ?

Mr. Turner · Post by **Mr. Turner** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:48 pm

Thanks Mr. Bloodworth that was exactly the kind of answer I was looking for.

Mr.Bloodworth · Post by **Mr.Bloodworth** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:03 pm

Just trying to help. I'm excited to see your creation. I have 0 programming knowledge (well that's not completely try I understand concepts, every artiest should at least understand "Some" of that stuff). So I hope my perspective will help you.

Antiarc · Post by **Antiarc** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:56 pm

I'm gonna keep an eye on this thread, cuz I need this kind of info myself. =)

Mr.Bloodworth · Post by **Mr.Bloodworth** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:04 pm

Antiarc wrote:I'm gonna keep an eye on this thread, cuz I need this kind of info myself. =)

I have been looking at your editor. Sadly i cant put my hands on it.

Im not a programer, and i cant compile things. and you cant just give me and EXE, lol

Im full of sugestions, i cant tell you how many tools i have tryed in the past.

If you would like to break your questions into small catagorys i can give you my opinion.

Mr.Bloodworth · Post by **Mr.Bloodworth** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:28 am

Hows this comming along anyway?

BlasterN · Post by **BlasterN** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:31 pm

In one word: Hammer (the source-engine one)

Is the best Editor ever seen. I try to make Maps with 3DSMAX but it's totally diferents, brushes is a way to make maps that can be surpassed.

STM · Post by **STM** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:07 am

I'm not sure if everyone else wants what I want, but maybe something along the lines of a Buzzmachines/Reaktor shader and procedural texture developer (i.e., a flowchart that you can link basic objects to create complex shaders maybe including some plugin architecture so people can make their own building blocks).
That, coupled on top of some solid scene/model editing, like what has been suggested, would be excellent.

DarkSeraph · Post by **DarkSeraph** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:17 pm

BlasterN wrote:In one word: Hammer (the source-engine one)

Is the best Editor ever seen. I try to make Maps with 3DSMAX but it's totally diferents, brushes is a way to make maps that can be surpassed.

Precisely, which is why I'm looking at DeleD. It has the potential to be Hammer or better (the devs are still working hard on it), it just needs an entity parser. Everything else I've looked at is crap, and 3dsmax/Blender is way too hard to create levels.

BlasterN · Post by **BlasterN** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:43 pm

DarkSeraph wrote:
BlasterN wrote:In one word: Hammer (the source-engine one)

Is the best Editor ever seen. I try to make Maps with 3DSMAX but it's totally diferents, brushes is a way to make maps that can be surpassed.
Precisely, which is why I'm looking at DeleD. It has the potential to be Hammer or better (the devs are still working hard on it), it just needs an entity parser. Everything else I've looked at is crap, and 3dsmax/Blender is way too hard to create levels.

Take a look to this: http://www.ogre3d.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11580

I waiting to sf.net to give me a project. Then i release all the exporter & the mini-engine. Now I'm working in a powerfull func_train

Mr.Bloodworth · Post by **Mr.Bloodworth** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:56 pm

DarkSeraph wrote:
BlasterN wrote:In one word: Hammer (the source-engine one)

Is the best Editor ever seen. I try to make Maps with 3DSMAX but it's totally diferents, brushes is a way to make maps that can be surpassed.
Precisely, which is why I'm looking at DeleD. It has the potential to be Hammer or better (the devs are still working hard on it), it just needs an entity parser. Everything else I've looked at is crap, and 3dsmax/Blender is way too hard to create levels.

Thats a matter of opinion, and what type of "level" you are making.

BSP, and"brush" type "levels" are limited in many ways.

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