I think this is so ace

Posted By: MaxF

I think this is so ace - 03/21/08 06:11

web page

The company said that they are working on a PC editor, but its some way off

I wish the edit was for the PC - I would buy, I think it great for ArtVis and PreVis work.

Posted By: broozar

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/21/08 11:58

it is incredible indeed. wow, very nice feelig, lighting, texture work. ground plants look awkward though, but that's an enginedemo, so i'm imressed by the amount of plants it can render.

i checked their realtime lighting demo as well. without lights 600fps, 1 light 250, 2>90, 3>60 ... down to 24 for all lights. still playable, but improvable considering my system (athlon 64 opteron dual core, 2 gig ram, geforce 7600gt)

Posted By: Machinery_Frank

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/21/08 15:21

I checked the tropical island demo on several machines and it scales very good. On my slower machine Radeon 9500 (one of the first Shader 2.0 cards) it still runs fast. They automatically render it with lower resolution textures and some models are not visible.
But there is no speed difference between new and old pc.

Posted By: MaxF

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/21/08 15:29

I know sounds so good.

I think its great that it runs in browser and on Mac and PC.

Posted By: broozar

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/21/08 15:53

i just run it on my radeon 9600 and yes, it's still smooth and nice to look at. however, i encountered problems with such old cards, the app changed my desktop res for example.

the dynamic lighting demo on such cards is a nighmare. 2 lights result in 18 fps, with more lights, you can barely move your mosue due to the low fps. frank, please try it, in case it's just my laptop.

Posted By: Dan Silverman

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/21/08 20:24

While they certainly want to create an editor for the PC, one does not currently exist and, in fact, one is not being worked on either. So it will be quite some time before anyone is able to develop ON the PC for Unity. If you have a Mac then you can develop using Unity and make cross-platform games with it.

There are a few options here if you don't have a Mac: 1) Buy one of the new Macs on Intel hardware and then install both Leopard and XP/Vista or 2) do some research on installing Leopard on your current Intel PC (yep, there are some ways to do it but, be careful, not every way is legal).

Posted By: broozar

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/21/08 23:04

i did not know there was >one legal way to do it.

Posted By: Dan Silverman

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/22/08 04:51

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i did not know there was >one legal way to do it.

You can build what is referred to as a "Hackintosh" ... this is basically a PC with hardware that is compatible with the Mac OS that runs on Intel based hardware. Depending on the PC you have, you may not need to do much work to "convert" you computer over to one that will run legal versions of both XP/Vista and Leopard.

Posted By: FBL

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/22/08 13:13

a friend sent me his Unity 3D demo, but I couldn't really test it - heavy deisplay errors with GF7900GT :/

Posted By: Frederick_Lim

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/22/08 15:48

It is interesting to compare Unity and Blade3D.

The Blade3D license and price is fair, and it is more cool your game can run on XBOX 360 than run on Mac.

Posted By: vlau

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/23/08 09:15

Yay! you can import .c4d files, so great for me.
This is the first engine that support c4d file
format directly that I've seen. So Ace

Posted By: broozar

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/23/08 09:18

...would be interesting which c4d version actually, as this format never stayed the same from version to version unlike lwo which is stable for over a decade now.

Posted By: vlau

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/23/08 09:28

It support Version 8.5+, but recommended R10.1 and I've R10.5

Actually, when importing, it runs c4d on background and convert
it to .fbx file format.

More details here : http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/Manual/HOWTO-ImportObjectCinema4D.html

Posted By: TheExpert

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/25/08 23:21

For my part Unity is the best thing i found in indie community.
So much powerfull features, ready to use.

Even the indie version is great, without all render to texture etc ...
you can already publish to a web browser, and have the standard shaders, lightening, all easy to put with their complete editors.

Just take a look at some of their tutorials, to see how easy and powerfull it is

I have work to do

asta la vista

Posted By: MaxF

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/28/08 14:37

@ Dan Silverman

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one is not being worked on either.

A Windows version of the editor is in the works thats what the CEO told me last week.

Posted By: Frederick_Lim

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/28/08 14:43

What is the ETA of Windows version?

Posted By: Dan Silverman

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/28/08 18:41

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A Windows version of the editor is in the works thats what the CEO told me last week.

Well, I asked the same question about two weeks ago and they told me that one was not yet in the works, that one was planned, but that finances had to come in line first before they could even start the port. They were hoping that sales of the current version of Unity would bring in the needed finances in order to fund the port.

Quote:

A Windows version of the editor is in the works thats what the CEO told me last week.

According to both the email I received from Unity's CEO and their forum, there is NO ETA because work has not yet begun on the Windows port.

Posted By: MaxF

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/30/08 16:44

Hey Dan - How are you - hope you are good.

I just don't understand this engine, its uses Mono and C# for its engine but does not have a windows editor $\:\($

I think this engine is so hot, just for the web engine because its so cool.

If you look at their forum its about 25% of size A7 users (this is very rough) but they have put so much into the engine, I like how the shaders just work, still can't get a shader to work right in A7 and I've been over the shader PDF time and time again.

The amount of copies they would have sold if they had a window editor!

Well I'm thinking of a Mac Pro 8 core for my next machine, I would use boot camp for image work and Mac for Unity.

Posted By: MaxF

Re: I think this is so ace - 03/30/08 16:57

Quote:

What is the ETA of Windows version?

Hi

Maybe this year if doable (from a email), but this does mean that they are at the early stage and may not have any code yet.

So don't count on that $\:\($

Posted By: Frederick_Lim

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/01/08 12:46

I agree it is so ace to have iPhone port.

Posted By: Frederick_Lim

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/02/08 11:35

This game really so ace $;\)$

http://splume.flashbangstudios.com/play.php

Posted By: JibbSmart

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/02/08 12:45

nice. wasted at least half an hour on that i think.

julz

Posted By: Frederick_Lim

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/02/08 15:50

Try this, download the zip, it consists a web page and works on Windows, run smooth on my 6800GT.

web page

Posted By: JibbSmart

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/03/08 11:56

the screenshots look great but my laptop's a piece of ancient crap so i'm not going to download it.

julz

Posted By: iuselitec

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/03/08 15:02

a great unity3d project: http://tale-of-tales.com/TheGraveyard/ $\:\)$

Posted By: ello

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/03/08 21:30

they are still searching for a programmer to get it over to windows. damn if my car didnt die last week i'd had have the money to buy a mac and that fine piece of cake.. anyhow, thats how it goes

Posted By: PHeMoX

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/05/08 10:24

Originally Posted By: Machinery_Frank

I checked the tropical island demo on several machines and it scales very good. On my slower machine Radeon 9500 (one of the first Shader 2.0 cards) it still runs fast.

Yes, but there isn't so much happening in the tropical island demo. It certainly looks awesome though. Can you try this game and tell me if it runs on your Radeon 9500? http://raptorsafari.com/

Cheers

Posted By: broozar

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/05/08 11:37

runs super smooth on my radeon 9600 (laptop IGP). but it does not look half as good as the tropical demo.

Posted By: Nems

Re: I think this is so ace - 04/05/08 12:16

Somr great demos there, The velociraptor one plays well but the shader one had me at 12 to 20 fps.