Ask Pyraxis anything

[Pyraxis]

Peaguy, because I don't know you.

[DirtDawg]

*blinks*


Moving right along ...


I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.

I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."

It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it.  I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.

[Christopher McCandless]

*blinks*


Moving right along ...


I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.

I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."

It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it.  I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.

Truespace is ok, but not amazing. Twas quite fun to play on and learn in school though...

[Pyraxis]

I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.

I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."

It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it.  I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.

I'm not familiar with it, so I don't have a good sense of its strengths and weaknesses. I looked through its site though and it does seem decent.

What do you want to do with it? In the past I've recommended Gmax to people who were looking for free 3d software to play with, but that was because it was compatible with 3d Studio Max and some game engines.

[DirtDawg]

I was wondering if you were familiar with trueSpace from Caligari, if it is something you would play with, have played with or if it a waste of time to download.

I have read that it is a "half decent, beginner's 3D software set."

It is free (version 7.6) right now (but you have to set up an account and they email you a private link to get the file) and I was hoping you could tell me something about it.  I am not familiar, but I plan to download it and have a look, unless you advise against it.

I'm not familiar with it, so I don't have a good sense of its strengths and weaknesses. I looked through its site though and it does seem decent.

What do you want to do with it? In the past I've recommended Gmax to people who were looking for free 3d software to play with, but that was because it was compatible with 3d Studio Max and some game engines.

OK, Thanks.
I'm probably not going to do anything, other than play. Much like my fractals, I will mostly give images to people, print a few to hang in free places and (very seldom) sell one, if I am lucky.

I am most interested in using it to create other-worldly ?-scapes. I have an early version of Bryce, which I have played around with quite a bit, putting fractal skins on terrain, oceans, clouds and other obsessive nonsense, but I find it to be not very intuitive to work with. Most of the free tutorials I've seen assume that you are comfortable with its interface, but I am not. It fights me.

[Pyraxis]

Oooh, I loved Bryce. That was where I first learned the interplay of color and light and atmospheric conditions. I agree the interface is odd though (and on that note stay far away from Zbrush, not that it would be very useful for rendering alien landscapes anyway).

I'd be curious to know if trueSpace will let you do similar things.

[Calandale]

What the fuck am I doing posting here? 

[Christopher McCandless]

Oooh, I loved Bryce. That was where I first learned the interplay of color and light and atmospheric conditions. I agree the interface is odd though (and on that note stay far away from Zbrush, not that it would be very useful for rendering alien landscapes anyway).

I'd be curious to know if trueSpace will let you do similar things.

It didnt, or not in my time anyway. As a modelling package, its rather basic.

[Pyraxis]

What the fuck am I doing posting here? 

Glad to hear you know where to find the ultimate authority on your motivation.

[Calandale]

Nah. There's just no one else left who'd
be likely to guess at a reasonable answer.  :lol:


I think boredom is at fault.

[Pyraxis]

Boredom is the mind-killer.

Maybe you need a new schtick.

[Calandale]

I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.

But, I blame Vietnam.

[Alex179]

I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.

But, I blame Vietnam.

I know I blame my trick knee on the 'Nam.   Damn Viet Cong.

[ozymandias]

I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.

But, I blame Vietnam.

I know I blame my trick knee on the 'Nam.   Damn Viet Cong.

I blame my AS and ADHD on Vietnam!     Oh and Richard Nixon, too.   

[Callaway]

I try. Things don't work, and
it's hard to keep trying them.

But, I blame Vietnam.

I know I blame my trick knee on the 'Nam.   Damn Viet Cong.

I blame my AS and ADHD on Vietnam!     Oh and Richard Nixon, too.   

You weren't in Vietnam, were you, Ozymandias?

I didn't think that you were old enough.