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by Seth Willits · in Artist Corner · 10/15/2003 (9:07 am) · 3 replies

Quark or Worldcraft (Hammer) for interiors, 3DS or MilkShape for models, and the built in editor for maps.

Ok, so what about on the Mac or Linux?

I don't see any replacement for interior design, models can be created with Lightwave on a Mac and a 3rd party exporter, and the built in editor is used for maps.


So what programs are used for interiors on OS X and Linux? Are there any modelers for Linux? Is Lightwave the only option besides VPC and Milkshape on the Mac?
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Torque 3D Owner Ted Southard
#1
10/15/2003 (9:17 am)
I think Blender runs on Linux, and they're working on an exporter for that(made in Python), so that's one place to start. Also Gimp for textures, but you probably know that. Don't know if Maya is available for Mac, but I know it has an exporter as well...

Torque Owner Seth Willits
#2
10/15/2003 (9:32 am)
Blender runs on OS X too, but how in the crapness do I uuuse that thing? Also, is it for models or rooms? I couldn't really tell from what I read.

I have Photoshop. Do I need a utility to convert from an image to some texture format? Maya is definitely available for the Mac, but it's expensive too. More than Lightwave. Lightwave I found I can get an academic edition (I'm a student) for $400 which isn't sooooo bad, but definitely out of my range at the moment.

Torque Owner Greg Findlay
#3
10/16/2003 (5:54 am)
If your going to get a learning edition, Maya has PLE which is free. I haven't started using yet (although version 5 just came out which I just finished downloading). You can't create commercial products with it (or really render anything since it sets a watermark on rendered images) but if you were considering getting an academic edition I guess that would matter to much as education editions have the same restriction (no commercial products).

If your interested (150Meg download) you can grab it here

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