Promick opened this issue on May 10, 2006 · 10 posts
jc posted Thu, 11 May 2006 at 11:04 AM
Thanks, Bobby. I think such methods of using Vue, plus external 3D modelers, leads to some very cool integration of Vue terrain with the Ecosystems + props and other objects. I'm also amazed at some of the work done within Vue, using only Vue's 3D modeling capabilities.
For example, that wall, which i extruded right out of the Vue mesh terrain, i also later broke away from the terrain into its own group. This allowed me to apply a different material to it back in Vue. It would also allow a separate Ecosystem application, like "growing" vines over that wall, adding human figures and traffic along the top, etc., etc. and/or applying various custom functions or Python scripts (big iron gate sliding up & down inside a portal?).
Lots of possibilites for even more Vue creative power here. Maybe this is the 'poor artist's/hobbyist's' way of getting something like the professional integration of Vue + 3D modelers that e-on has begun offering?
I've said it before, and i'll say it again: I've tried lots of 3D programs and Vue gives me more creative power and more creative freedom than any app i've seen. I'm still in awe of this thing, after a couple of years of use - warts and all.