RocketRion opened this issue on Sep 02, 2003 ยท 59 posts
Dale B posted Wed, 03 September 2003 at 1:31 PM
??? There's a =lot= more to it than that. All Ozone does, so far as I can tell, is allow Vue to function as an atmosphere creation plugin for Cinema 4D and Lightwave. Look at the features in the teaser: Export- We don't know of exactly what, though. Maybe just the terrains as before. Maybe just the terrains with all the clutter, waterplanes, vegetation, etc. But just mentioning it suggests that there is something more than standard Vue export ability here. Plant Editor- If this works with the proprietary plant technology that Vue has, that pretty much opens the field for infinite species creation from some very basic datasets. And would be going Bryce one better, as Vue has more than trees in the library. Wind- The only other sub kilo-dollar apps with this are Poser 5 and Cinema, I believe, unless Worldbuilder Pro and TS6 has this. And if this is a wind force field compatible with P5, those who use same will be -very- interested. And we also don't know the full range of effect there yet. Just trees, or also grass? Possibly dust simulation with some work? Dynamic Motion Reaction- We currently have -nothing- like that in any E-on product. This requires at least part of a good physics engine. And we don't know which one, or how capable the rule set is. If there is a full engine there, the possibility is there for objects reacting to gravity, some wave effects, chain reaction effects, etc. And this could be the system that would allow the dynamic cloth to function from P5... Camera Synchronization- With what? That would have to do, methinks, with the next feature... G-Buffer- Read just what this is www.dram.org/rd/tips/rdGbuffer Hybrid Motion Blur- There are so many hybrid implementations, there's no telling what this will permit. Scriptable- Not knowing the script language, there's no telling what this will permit, either. But if it is a standard one, and has hooks to allow outside events (such as Poser animations) to trigger things.... Network Rendering- This must be RenderCow, only it would be the Vue4 Pro engine under the hood. And that is just what was in the teaser. There's no telling what else will be in the finished product. Better lighting (maybe true radiosity and caustics?), corrected OpenGL implementation for those who want it, etc. One thing for sure, this is no repackage of existing software.