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Just wanted to tell some of you that are struggling with programming there is an alternative, Blender game engine. It's easy and fun to use. No coding required. One of te great advantages is speed, a 3d game can be made in hours or days. you don't need to compile …

I'm just thinking of learning basic 3d modelling(just as a hobby) and wanted to know whether you guys recommend 3ds max or Blender. I do have 3ds max, but I mostly use Ubuntu rather than Vista.

I am a complete newbie to python but know some c++ Was wondering where i can get my hands on a 3D script for schooling(like fish) BattlingMaxo

I want to make my characters move in realtime with NO pre-existing animation. The characters will move according to what is in front of them or if a enemy enters, etc. Are there any examples of this? Battlingmaxo

Was not sure where to post this but since i am developing a game i thought here would be best. I have to unzip a file into a user writable directory so i can set up environment variables. What is a user writable directory??? BattlingMaxo

I want to make a 3d aquarium They way i want to animate will not be using keyframes at all, I want to move the fish model using all programming in realtime. At first i will just be moving the fish in a sine wave, once i get the hang …

I have been away from programming but now i have more time. I want to make a fish that moves with procedural animation (just programming no keyframing )The fish will have at least 3 bones so i can move it in a sine wave, once i get that i will …

I am developing an aquarium in C++ the fish will move by algorithms only, no keyframing. here is my question: exporting the fish model from Blender ( a 3d modelingpackage) that it could be imported into my program with all the bone structure and vertex weight information included. is that …

What is the difference between hkeletal animation and procedural animation? I get different answers each time BattlingMaxo

I need to learn more about this before i can even think about starting coding, problem is i can't find a thing on it except a few papers. I am speaking about no keyframes, you just manipulate the bones through algorithms. i need to see some source code on this. …

I havebeen using wxdev c++ but have problems when compiling directx code even though I have installed devpaks for DX9 anyway i think the best thing is for me to get a real compiler not freeware. Are there any good compilers that have gui design tools that will compile directx …

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express is giving this compiler away FREE unlike the commercial Visual Studio Professional 2005, it does not have MFC, ATL, a Win32 resource editor, a macro assembler, source code control integration, etc What are MFC, ATL, etc? BattlingMaxo

Is procedural animation the same as tweening? I have looked on the net but get different answers. BattlingMaxo

I want to make a real time 3d aquarium. procedural animation. What compiler should i use? hopefully not to expensive. Dev C++ is free but don't know if i need more than that. i was thinkin about visual c++ What about service packs that i read about i don't want …

I am a beginner to C++ and DirectX I tried learning on my own a few years ago but had to stop ( personal reasons) Now i would like to start again. I like graphics a lot. i wanted to program a 3d aquarium like Dream aquarium (check it out …