Evaluation Software - Software

3D Game Studio

Image of the product:

Name of producer:

Conitec

Type of product:

3D graphics, authoring

Cost of product:

Standard $49
Extra $89
Commercial $199
Professionell $899

Website of producer:

www.conitec.net/english/gstudio/

License:

Commercial

Main aim of the software:

it generates the 3D image and controls the behavior of the virtual world

Utility:

ganme studio

What does the software allow you to do?:

3D engine
Six degrees of freedom, multiple cameras and render views
Supports DirectX 9, DirectPlay, DirectShow, DirectSound
Binary Space Partitioning (BSP) culling
Potential Visibility Set (PVS) culling
Seamless indoor and outdoor support, chunked multitexture terrain system
Static and dynamic point, spot, and directional light sources
Static and dynamic shadows
Fog areas, Camera portals, reflections and mirrors
Geometric LOD, detail textures, texture compression
Softskin models with multiple shaders, bones and vertex animation, animation blending
Animated sprites and decals
Material properties for static and dynamic objects

PARTICLE & EFFECT Engine
Programmable particle generators for multiple particle types
Beam generators for laser beams and tracer paths
Vertex and pixel shaders, Shader model 3.0
HLSL/Cg and asm shader languages, FX file import
Bump and environment mapping, light mapping, Multitexturing (up to 8 textures)
Layered sky system with sky boxes, sky domes, clouds and backdrop bitmaps
Weather generators for rain, snow and tornadoes
Programmable effects like lens flares, bullet holes, distortion, fisheye, cartoon etc.

Physics & Collision Engine
Polygon level collision detection
Physics objects with gravity, damping, elasticity,friction
Hinge, ball, wheel, and slider joints
Water physics with dynamic wave generation
Arbitrary axis rotations for space and flight simulators
Path tracking for camera, actors or vehicles
Mouse picking and manipulating of 3D objects
Slow motion / quick motion effect

2D Engine
Multi-layer system
Animated 3D and 2D sprites
Movie player for fullscreen and sprite-projected movies
GUI panels with various button, slider, display and window types
Truetype and bitmap fonts
Screenshot generator

Sound Engine
Static and dynamic 3D sound sources with Doppler effect
Multichannel streaming sound player
WAV, OGG, MID, MP3, WMA, CD support

Network & Game Engine
Save / Load system for resuming games at arbitrary positions
Multi-player client/server mode for LAN and Internet (TCP/IP, UDP)
Multizone/multiserver support for massive online multiplayer games
Expandable through DLL plugins

What formats does the software uses or import and export?:

X, 3DS, OBJ, ASE, MDL, MD2, MAP, WAD

Product Download Link:

http://download.conitec.net/gsdemo.exe

Avalaible Tutorial Support:

http://download.conitec.net/3dgs_manual_e.zip
http://www.conitec.net/beta/afaq.htm

Evaluator:

Name of Evaluator:

Maria Rigou

Country:

Greece

Date of Evaluation:

4/6/2007

Blackboard:

Flavio Bruschi

This is a very good reviews, good description.

IES Doctor Lluis Simarro Lacabra IES Doctor Lluis Simarro Lacabra

Yes, a good review, Thanks to it, I have discovered this tool and will probably have a look myself. Vicent Palop. Xátiva Spain