That is right but do you get full source code of 3dgs com or pro?

If nobody buys this edition then he might even drop the prize. At the
moment you can buy it for 100 $ and this version is more comparable to
com than the expensive one. He did not cut the 100 $ version. You just
do not get source code.

So it is even cheaper than 3dgs com. But again: It still lacks
shadowmapping and therefore I would not compare it at the moment.
Just wait for version 1.0 with shadowmapping (global illumination) and
multi-threading, optimized scene-management, LISPSM shadows, HDR, more
shaders, better terrain-editors (holes in terrain, foliage painting)
and much more:
http://www.neoaxisgroup.com/roadmap.htm

At the end this looks promising and the 10.000 $ issue is no issue at
all, try to be objective!

There is always some emerging engine come out all the times. Unless Conitec stop develop 3DGS, otherwise I think we will still 1 or 2 step ahead when it becomes 1.0

I hope so as well, Frederick. But then we should put holes at terrain, HDR, multi-threading and other features at the future list.

But time will tell.

why are people complaining about shadowmapping, just bake shadow., or are you talking about dynamic?

Hi Lostclimate,

dynamic shadows are available, stencil and texture projection and all those shadow methods from Ogre.

Light-mapping (or shadow-mapping) in Neoaxis is planned to become an automatic tool just like Gile(s) or the shadow-compiler in WED. It is planned to create shadows via global illumination with just pressing a button. The geometry will occlude light and calculate shadows.

But as you probably know you have to add shadows on top of your current textures. But when you have tiling textures you will get into problems because shadows should not tile over your geometry. So it is often solved via an additional uv-set.

Baking shadows is only acceptable in small models. But if you bake a shadow on top of a texture in a complete big room then you need big monster textures to have some visible details. So the developers try to use an uv-set with tiling textures for details and another un-tiled for shadows.

This is a similar concept like detail-mapping but the other way around.

But just like in MED or Torque Constructor you should not care about it. Just place some lights and render shadows and enjoy

so the neoaxis engine doesnt have the ability to use a second uv set either? when will engine creator realize that that is something that is really in high demand?... gah.... when I said dynamic, I was talking about dynamic lightmapping, not just dynamic shadows, (similar to what matt does with sphere)

I am not absolutely sure about it. I know that some Ogre-projects like the ones from Deck 13 use a second uv-set for shadowmapping. So it might be that Neoaxis also can do it this way.

But the developer tries to create a very convenient and handy studio. So he wants to integrate a lightmapper in the next version.