Blender 2.28 Released.

#1 http://www.blender3d.org is a good spot for artists. www.blender.org is more the programming side of Blender.

From the release notes:

Quote:- Expect in the period after 2.28 a lot of interesting import/export modules.

Hm... what could this mean? *wink*

-J

#2 I haven't tried it because Blender scares the crap out of me, but there seems to be an ExportDTS.py file in a blender dir on the HEAD version...

does this do what it promises to do?

#3 ExportDTS.py doesn't do anything... I believe that particular implementation has been aborted?

I am very keen on high quality DTS export from Blender, with automatic LOD generation/convex hulls/stripping. I am maximizing the effort, opening many content creation doors with one swoop. I really can't say much more, or when.

-J

#4 I can't seem to hold interest in it.

#5 Blender dts exporter would be cool....especially if someone made another pda port of it, particularly for the zaurus ;)

#6 Blender .dts export is the "Last, Best hope" for those wishing to do content creation on MacOSX...

#7 Wow.. blender seems REALLY GOOD. Never heard of it till now. Do you think a Max user like me would find it more easier to model with blender? Go ahead and convince me to download blender..

#8 Hey - I'm trying to make a decision about whether to work with Blender or Milkshape 3d, and looking for recommendations.

Obviously I'm on a low budget, but I'm planning to build realistic objects (not cartoons) for a game. Has anyone done a comparison of the two?

#9 Milkshape is a decent low polygon modeler/animator... The reason it is so popular is that it has decent import/export for games like Halflife, Unreal, Q3, etc. The DTS exporter for Milkshape doesn't do everything the 3DSMAX one does...

Blender is hands down a more powerful tool... anyone who argues otherwise is probably on some kind of bashing trip. There is currently no way to export any kind of DTS from Blender...

I have done some Blender tutorials and it is pretty intuitive. It is much less feature rich than it's expensive and distant cousins (MAX/Maya). Though, people can and do get good results with it...

-J