Vanishing Point are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of the Modular Science Fiction Environment.

A diverse collection of low poly meshes with detailed matching textures.

Includes the most obvious items such rooms, floors and walls, to make mega-city style streets and interior SF scenes. Pus we've included stacks of extra details such as opening doors, pipes and computers to really make your images stand out.

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.

Note: Not all items are shown in the previews above. Im just finalising the .pdf user manual/item list and performing comprehensive testing. Then the product should be available sometime between the 10th-15th July 2005 at Vanishing Point, Content Paradise, 3D Commune, Renderosity and other fine internet stores.

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.

Great idea. Looks very nice. Will be good to have an 'open ended' system where the end user can build their own sets. Looking forward to this one :-)

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This looks very interesting :o) :] Fish

I like modular environments.Looking forward to this one also.:-)

Very nice! I will be watching for it's release!

Message edited on: 07/09/2005 15:40

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I look forward to seeing this available. It will add to the choices available when creating sets. I'll probably be getting it.

Thanks for the nice comments and questions everyone, both here and by email. Just one thing I'd like clairify, so no one is dissapointed, the set does NOT come with premade buildings or very large sets. It is literally a modular "kit", though a few 2 walled rooms are included to speed up your work flow. Like these parts in the picture above.

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.

WOT..? NO buildings..? No... seriously... I gathered that from the start. That's part of the appeal of this set.. 'cos given all the parts, we can build our own to suit ourselves. Will you be throwing in some girders..?

"You don't have to be mad to use Poser... but it helps"

"Will you be throwing in some girders.."

I hadn't thought of it. I'll ask my modeller if there enough time to include some.

If not we're planning to make a series of these modular packs or dirt cheap expanision packs based on requests.

"I gathered that from the start".
Thanks. I didn't think I was clear enough.

It's annoying when you buy a product and it never looks
anything like the promo pictures or as described. So
I like my advertisng to be honest and truthfull, and the images to be something that us average artists can achive.

Message edited on: 07/10/2005 08:59

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.

I would most certainly suggest that you include sets where a number of suitable bits have been put together as examples, as starters.
Like the images you showed in your first post.
Most definitely helps sales, I promise.

:] Fish

Message edited on: 07/10/2005 13:17

So samples, no starters, no sale. Seriously. I've got about a half dozen construction sets. The ones I keep using all have some pre-made building blocks that I can use as starters and alter. A bunch of loose random walls and doors are nice, sure, but by the time I build a room or a building I'm far too tired to actually use them. I see three sample rooms above, include those. I'm not really looking for the giant full city set. But a few basic rooms so I don't have to spend hours lining up 90 degree wall panels and floor squares that never seem to use any easy grid coordinates.

-Matt

"a number of suitable bits have been put together as examples" Thanks. Good idea. Because of the .zip filesize I won't include any of these. But make 3 or 4 .pz3s "sets" and upload these to freestuff after the product is on sale here. "I see three sample rooms above, include those". Thats possible if I still have the .pz's. One of those you see (bottom right 1st image) is included. "So samples, no starters, no sale." I assume you mean no samples. No there won't be a room sample. Giving a core part away defeats the object of spending weeks on something. However there will be a promotional freebie for everyone and a product related bonus for all purchasers. Plus the .pdf mannual covers a lot of info on using figures that new users might find usefull. And all of this will cost under 10 bucks.

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.

dot to dot.... looks very interesting ... where's the death ray ?

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Typo on my part I meant no samples. But not samples as in a demo, you shouldn't give anything away, I meant several pre-made rooms, scenes, layouts. Sample uses of the kit, for purchasers. Without some pre-made rooms I'll pass. I'd prefer if they weren't .PZ3s as well. CR2/PP2 sets are far more usable. I think RDNA's Platez is a good reference for what I'm talking about. Even the cheap Platez2 has some nice pre-rigged PP2s.

-Matt

"where's the death ray ?" To be honest ? I didn't think of one. You could rotate the semi-transparent cryo-tubes and add some bits to make one. Or I can save these great ideas everyone is having for the next set. "Sample uses of the kit, for purchasers" That shouldn't be a major problem. The kit has gone into testing at various places, so I'll make some CR2's up as an update or free item.

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.