Analog-X64 opened this issue on Jul 07, 2007 · 13 posts
Death_at_Midnight posted Sun, 08 July 2007 at 1:13 AM
What I do is have a directory on one of my servers where I keep other downloaded files and software. I just call this "Bryce Stuff" then there's sub-directories like "Models", "Materials and Textures". Then I just break everything down into those. For "Materials and Textures" I organize like "Metals", "Stones", "Glass", etc. Pretty much how Bryce does them. That way if I need to put them into Bryce, I can somewhat follow without too much brain work. Some require additional breakdown, like when there's group of mats from a particular person. "Stones" would have a sub-directory "Stones from Agent Smith", "Granites from Tony Lynch" or "Woods from Zhann" etc. That way I can credit someone easily.
My objects are kept in the Models directory, and I break them down into how they are used. Such as "Technology" will have "Weapons" then "Ancient", "Modern", "Future", etc. Or big things I'll put in a folder called "Structures" then have "Buildings", "Bridges", "Houses", etc.
@ Pakled, try downloading Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 Express. It's a free version of the more powerful SQL Server. Still limited in database size.. 4 gigs, but it's pretty good. Of course you could always get one of the open source DBMS's, such as PostgreSQL... But I found moving from Access to SQL Server Express to be quick and easy.
Or can make like... one Access database for each thing.. like models in one DB, mats in another DB, etc.
Look into "What Others Are Downloading" for additional fun stuff to get :-)