Quote: 3D World Studio is the map editor of choice for use with DarkBasic Pro, Torque Game Engine, Blitz3D, and other 3D engines. The program is ideal for game environments, 3D presentations and other commercial applications.
This is a 3rd party level editor. The creator wishes to directly support the 3DGS format and may even hook into the map compiler, so this is looking like it will be a viable alternative to WED(for those who have issues with it). It's a commercial product, but a full demo is available, so you can decide whether it's worth it for you.
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3D World Studio Features
Editing Extremely fast object manipulation and drawing, designed for efficiency. Select and texture objects or object faces. Stretch, position, mirror, flip, and rotate meshes. Automatic UV mapping. UV mapping tools, including justify and fit to face. CSG operations include carve, hollow, split, and extrude face. Configurable entity system. Adjustable viewports. Accurate grid snap. Draw selection boxes. Export to .x, .map, .dbo, or .dif. Browse meshes by thumbnails. Manage and browse thousands of textures and meshes. Extremely small compressed file format. Edit multiple objects' properties at once. New brush primitives including arches and tubes. View detailed statistical information including polycounts broken down by object type. Texture lock freezes brush texture coordinates. Select a texture by picking a surface. Multiple undo levels. Export .map and compile to Torque .dif in one step.
Meshes Referenced meshes. Load .x, .obj, .md3, or .gls meshes. Shadow-mapped meshes with gile[s]. Adjust scale to fit meshes without distorting vertex coordinates.
Lighting Complete lighting for brushes, meshes, and terrain. Calculate lightmaps, vertex lighting, and uniform lighting. Support for translucent and masked surfaces. Control settings per object for casting and receiving shadows.
Terrain Smooth-blended layered terrain. Support for large-scale terrains. Adjustable terrain subdivision. Automatic edge turning.
I'll be updating the master list with a few of the new suggestions sometime this weekend. No idea when it will get updated, but the RTF will be submitted to a mod sometime in the next day or so.
