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They've also released a WME compliant 3DS exporter for Blender and it can be found in the scripts/plugins section of the forum. 3DS files exported from Cinema4D or MAX will also work, too.

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@Roc: I don't know how good that exporter will be for you. It was made with an old old version of the format and they said it won't open in MAX but works perfectly for WME. It exports geometry, lights, and cameras. It probably doesn't export textures/UVs since WME would have no use for them, but you can try it out and see if it'll work out.

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Support for advanced sound effects (echo and reverb). All the game objects now provide three methods, SoundFXNone(), SoundFXEcho() and SoundFXReverb(). These methods affect any sounds played by the object.






Support for TrueType fonts. WME can now render any in-game texts using TrueType fonts. See the "Fonts" chapter in the documentation for a detailed description of this functionality.






Support for Unicode string tables. WME can now read string tables with Unicode characters (encoded in UTF8 format). This allows games to be translated to a wide variety of languages, including Asian languages. Note that you have to use TrueType fonts to display texts in these languages. See the "Localization" chapter in the documentation for further details.







New Actor.SetSprite() method which allows you to temporarily change actor's appearance.






The PlaySound() method now accepts an optional parameter specifying a loop-start point for looping sounds (similarly to loop-start for music).







The Game.Reset() method now reloads inventory items definitions, which means even deleted items get restored after resetting the game. There is also a new Game.LoadItems() method for loading/merging a new item set.







Entity container controls now provide a Freezable attribute which specifies if the contained entity is frozen when game enters a frozen state.







The Game.DisplayLoadingIcon() now provides an optional parameter which specifies if the loading icon should stay on screen until Game.HideLoadingIcon() is called. This allows you to display a loading icon even on scene transitions.








New diagnostic method Game.DumpTextureStats() which writes texture memory usage status to a text file.








Wme.exe now exports two external functions to allow StarForce copy protection to be attached (experimental).









Several bug fixes...see thread for specifics

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Version 1.5 (July 23, 2005)













Support for Theora video. WME can now play videos in Ogg Theora format which brings many advantages over the AVI video playback. There is a new Game.PlayTheora() method, and additionally the scene entities are also able to play Theora videos, which means you can easily incorporate streaming video elements directly into game scenes. Please see the "Using Theora" chapter in the documentation for more details. Special thanks to #wme channel regulars for their help with Theora testing and encoding.








Support for advanced plugins. In addition to simple DLL library calls from scripts WME now provides a standardized programming interface for plugin development. This allows experienced programmers to develop extension modules for the engine. Please see the "Plugin development" section in the documentation for more details.








Additional options for 3D scenes. SceneEdit now offers several additional options when designing scenes with hidden 3D geometry. Developers are now able to set clipping planes and waypoints placement, which should help to troubleshoot common problems with 3D characters.









The Game.PlayVideo() and Game.PlayTheora() methods now offer an optional parameter specifying whether the background music should be muted while the video is playing.








New Game.Frozen attribute for checking current game state.








New Game.TextRTL attribute which should allow displaying bi-directional text (Hebrew and Arabic) while using TrueType fonts.








New Game.Direct3DDevice and Game.DirectDrawInterface attributes to allow plugins accessing directly the underlying DirectX interfaces used by WME.








The project settings in ProjectMan now include the ability to set which plugins should be distributed with the game.








BUGFIX: Occasional crashes when using TrueType fonts.
BUGFIX: Incorrect text wrapping and alpha color when using TrueType fonts.
BUGFIX: The "ActorLeave" events were sometimes incorrectly triggered when entering a new scene.

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