Tutorials

Asset Creation & Importing

Working with tools for modeling, texturing, animation, physics setup, and rigging

• Supported Formats
  
• Digital Content Creation (DCC) Tools
• 3ds Max
  • 3dsMax2009 Export to COLLADA
• Maya
• SoftImage XSI
  
• Blender
• Asset Creation (Techniques & Optimization for Visual3D.NET)
  
• Asset Exporting
  • Exporting from Visual3D.NET
    
• Asset Importing
  
  • Importing Models into Visual3D.NET
  • Importing Scenes into Visual3D.NET

World Building & Terrain

• GIS1 File Formats -  So that you can import your own terrain using our GIS1 terrain system (the system that will soon be obsoleted by GIS2).  It's not the easiest system to work with (for now), but for those who are anxious to get moving with their own projects, this should get you started and moving.

Materials & Shaders

• Creating Materials with Material Editor
  
• Normal Mapping

Particle Systems & Effects

Scenario Design (Mission Editing)

Scene/level design, environment setup, and mission editing

• Simple Scene Creation Example
• Legacy Tutorial #1 (PDF) - Shows the basics of Visual3D.NET and Architect Toolset (called "World Builder" inside this tutorial).

Entities, AI, & Scripting

• Adding Custom Character Asset (Beginner)
• Adding Custom Character Asset (Advanced)

Programming with Visual Studio

• Compiling and Running Your Custom World ("My World") - using Visual Studio.

Miscellaneous

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