WHAT IS TATTOO? Tattoo is a texturing
tool designed to assist in the creation of realistic and
lifelike textures for 3D models.
WHY USE TATTOO? Even with properly set
up UV mapping, it is a difficult job to be able to create
a realistic Textured Skin for your 3D models. This is because
a 3D skin is created from a 2D image by mapping sets of
triangles onto the 2D Texture. Unfortunately it's a very
unnatural way of working to have to draw images onto a 2D
representation of a 3D object, then 'map' these back onto
points. It is a bit like wanting to paint a face onto an
Orange, but having to peel the orange first, then paint
it, then stick it back together. Tattoo cuts through all
of this to allow you to paint directly onto your mesh!
This is a 30 day trial version. Visit the Tattoo
page for further information.
3D ExplorationT is an easy-to-use tool with a Windows® Explorer® like interface for web searching, viewing and 3D rendering. It supports most popular 2D and 3D file formats. The Enterprise Edition allows translation between many different formats with animation included, as well as publishing to many different 3D web formats. 3D navigation tools let you instantly explore 3D objects and scenes from any angle. You can even use 3D Exploration to present a slide show of a folder's images or create high quality renderings of 3D objects and scenes for use in any other graphic applications. It is extremely fast and includes Open GL hardware acceleration support. Full support for the nVidia GeForce 3 based graphics cards is included for the fastest highest quality results. Ideal for beginner, intermediate and professional 3D artists!
This is a 30 day trial version. Visit Right Hemisphere's 3DExploration page for further information.
To help you create your own custom mods for Edge Of Chaos
Particle Systems have released Software Development Kits, or SDKs. The SDKs contain programs, data and documentation that help you to create your own custom content, and import it into the game.
The SDKs are supplied in Self-extracting zip format, just download and run to extract the files.
Please read the readme file accompanying each SDK before downloading them, as they contain important license information. For your convenience links to the readme files are supplied below.
The
Official Independence War site have provided several different control configurations with Edge of Chaos, but advanced users can create their own custom control configurations if they wish, by creating their own control config ini files.
You can bind any joystick or mouse axis, and joystick, mouse or keyboard buttons to any of the game's commands. For example, if you have a second joystick, you could configure it to control lateral thrusters for extra flexibility in combat. Details of how to do this are in the readme file supplied with the game.
A program to help you create and edit control config INI files has been written by Peter Tan. Many thanks go to him. We've made it available here for you to download and use, but please note that the program is not supported by Particle Systems or Infogrames. Please send any comments to the author.
To help you create your own custom mods for Edge Of Chaos we are releasing Software Development Kits, or SDKs. The SDKs contain programs, data and documentation that help you to create your own custom content, and import it into the game.
The SDKs are supplied in Self-extracting zip format.
Please read the readme files accompanying each SDK before downloading them, as they contain important license information.
Read Me
This Texture Kit ("Kit" ) contains data and documentation that will enable you to edit the textures for the player ships for Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos.
Read Me
A.X.E. is a Hex Editor for Windows 95/98/NT, offering powerful features and a smooth interface. Axe Free Shareware, you will need to register to get rid of the nag. Registration costs nothing.
AB Picture Converter allows you to read and view image files in 63
formats and convert them to 27 formats. You can apply over 15 effects,
adjust colors, contrast, brightness, etc. It supports scanning and
printing. A screen capture engine is also included.
Smart Picture Converter reads the following formats: BMP, BW, CDR,
CDT, CEL, CLP, CMX, CPT, CUR, CUT, DCX, DIB, FLC, FLI, HAM, ICN, ICO,
IFF, IMG, JFF, JIF, JMX, JPEG, JPG, LBM, MAC, MSP, OFX, PAT, PBM, PC2,
PCD, PCT, PCX, PIC, PGM, PNG, PNM, PPM, PSD, PYX, QFX, RAS, RGB, RLE,
SAM, SCx, SEP, SGI, SUN, TGA, TIFF, UDI, WPG, ZBR and writes the following
formats: Amiga IFF/ILBM, Autodesk CEL, ColorRIX SCX, Dr Halo/Genius
CUT, JPG, MS Windows BMP, OS/2 BMP, PC Paint/Pictor PIC, PBM/PGM/PNM/PPM,
Silicon Graphics IMG/RGB, SunRaster RAS, TIFF, True Vision Targa TGA,
True Vision Targa 32 bit TGA, ZSoft PCX. Plus more.
It can read PhotoShop files up to Ver 6. Well worth the investment.
Note: This software is Shareware, you can use it up to 10
times and then you will need to register. Present price is $23
