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steve_t Member since: 4/12/2000 From: Cheshire, United Kingdom |
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| A Great article for this site, although its about 5 years too late for me ;-) Well done. Steve T. |
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Rykard Member since: 5/15/2001 From: Oscoda, USA |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 2:37:22 AM |
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Aye, same here. Of course... if I was to rewrite the article, I could fill all your heads with communistic Open Source development tools  My two chunks of silicon, Rykard Lord High Wannabe, Blackstaff Intertainment |
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 Posted - 10/15/2001 3:22:57 AM |
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| The sound and music section was a bit sparse though... www.maz-sound.com or samplenet.co.uk for reviews and resources... |
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NuffSaid Member since: 1/13/2000 |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 8:25:02 AM |
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| There isn't any mention of lcc-win32. It is a free C compiler with a pretty good IDE, functional resource editor. I think it is one of the few C compilers out there that support the C99 standard, so that gives it a plus. The only down side is that it doesn't do C++.  |
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Rykard Member since: 5/15/2001 From: Oscoda, USA |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 9:26:41 AM |
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| NuffSaid - IIRC, the fact that it doesn't do C++ is the reason I left it off the list.. As I said in the article, I was mostly listing stuff I knew and used, and I pretty much develop exclusively in C++. AP - As for the dearth of sound programs, I know. I am not much of a digital sound guy, and didn't really know too many programs, other then a few that were pointed out to me when I put my article up for review before submission. Perhaps you might like to do a followup for the sound stuff? My two chunks of silicon, Rykard Lord High Wannabe, Blackstaff Intertainment |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 11:37:04 AM |
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| freeware 3d model format converter: http://home.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads/ |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 12:59:45 PM |
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| A great free 3d modeler that is very 3d Studio like is 3d Canvas. http://www.amabilis.com/ |
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CruxMihiAncora Member since: 10/15/2001 |
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 Posted - 10/15/2001 1:16:37 PM |
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| Hey, I was checking out 3d Canvas. I can NOT believe that a program with this much functionality is freeware!!!! Tell you what, I am downloading now and them I am going to upgrade it. After upgrading, it only costs around $50 (us dollars). Sweet!! |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 2:43:35 PM |
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| Well done, and very useful. Especially to the small guys that I help. |
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jonnyfish Member since: 5/29/2000 From: Canada |
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| I think there are some important free tools that you missed. First, there is lcc, which is, in my opinion, the best Win32 C compiler (full support of OpenGL and DX8, if you know what you're doing). Second, there is Delphi 6. Delphi may be a RAD tool, but its langauge, Object Pascal, is second only to C/C++ (and may even exceed them in certain areas). Third, there is gmax, which is basically a version of 3D Studio Max that is limited to the tools required to create low-poly models. All three tools are free. I'm sure there are tools that I missed, but these three immediately came to mind. EDIT: I just want to say how much I love lcc  . MSVC has a great IDE, but the compiler is basically poop on a stick (yes, I use Professional). The exe's are huge and it likes to crash a lot (try using a lot of templates). When compiling C source, I use lcc, and when compiling C++, I use a Win32 gcc port (I think MingW32 was mentioned in the article).Edited by - jonnyfish on October 15, 2001 6:02:46 PM |
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Sly Member since: 7/28/2000 From: Brisbane, Australia |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 6:31:29 PM |
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For those people that remember (and love) DeluxePaint on the Amiga, try Pro-Motion. It may only do 256-colour images, but do you REALLY need true-colour? Some of the best graphics I have ever seen were 16- or 32-colour. The lite version is US$19.95 and the full version is US$58.00. Trial versions are free to download. jonnyfish, amen to Delphi 6. I have used Delphi since version 2 and love it. I use C++ in my day job but still use Delphi for my personal projects. Steve 'Sly' Williams Monkey Wrangler Krome Studios Edited by - sly on October 15, 2001 6:38:50 PM |
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Big B Member since: 6/21/2000 From: Ottawa, Canada |
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Posted - 10/15/2001 6:51:20 PM |
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| Regarding Java: At work I use Java on a machine with 96mb of RAM. So using Forte or JBuilder (which is also free) is useless. JCreator is good for code navigation but crashed on me periodically and its debugger wasn't worth squat. Since all I really needed from an IDE was its debugger, I found JDDB. Its made by a subsidiary of Sybase and they aren't going to update it, but it works great. It runs as an applet so its not a hog on the memory. Whenever I'm stumped, I turn to it. |
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zircher Member since: 12/1/1999 From: Oklahoma City, OK, United States |
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Posted - 10/18/2001 3:11:05 PM |
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| DoGA CGA is good free modeller for 3D newbies. It uses a parts bin metaphor for creating models and has DirectX and VRML export. For less than $50 bucks, you can register it and create 3D movies. The only real down side is no animation support for DirectX. Still handy for 3D arcade games and the like. http://www.doga.co.jp/english I would not include GMAX on the list. Look at the licensing, it is VERY FAR from being free to developers. The sPatch web site has cratered (again), try HamaPatch instead. Also free, it has support for a wider range of formats including Animation Master import and export. For programming, Dark Basic has a lot of perks and only costs $55 for the online version ($75 if you want a box.) There's also the Shout3D API for java/web based games. -- TAZ |
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parklife Member since: 7/6/2001 From: Stockholm, Sweden |
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Posted - 10/22/2001 6:05:07 PM |
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| great article! I was thinking, shouldn't there be a section of gdnet that takes on this exact subject? That would be good. Not your typical freeware.com - WE HAVE ALL FREEWARE THERE IS, but one that really has thorough reviews of the software, including screenshots and stuff. Edited by - parklife on October 22, 2001 6:14:26 PM |
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