Just a simple question. "What is the best Unit Creation Program, and where can I find it?" I've given up on makeing unit requests, I've decided to take things into my own hands :) So Please, anyone who is experianced in unit creation, let me know.

18 people have viewed this thread, but yet no one replies? COME ON!!! lol.

Jasc Animation Shop, Flicster*, MS Paint, SBB*.
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*At CFC utility programs forum

Yes! I just noticed that :D Thinking of one :D lol.

How to use Paint?

I have poser, it lets me make 3d units but you need another to make it civ colored

hmm im confused, could you plz was that post about paint or sumthin else :D

He is saying that he uses a different program called Poser.

Download FLICster, and Jasc Paint Shop Pro. Then read a FLICster tutorial, that's how I learned to do it. I would use Poser, but it's quite expensive, and I don't have it :(. If you still need help, I'll link you to another tutorial :).

gogf could you please post the link to the thing you said you use? I need something for that.

Which thing?

ok i downloaded FLICster, but Didn't know how to make units! just how to view already made ones, what do i do?

Hi,

Easily the best unit creation program to date is Pov-ray ( www.povray.org ) :crazyeye: :lol: . I use that.

Enjoy the complete freedom of doing whatever you like/can :p . Don't be restricted to using the available extremely detailed and beautiful props - instead build everything from basic shapes like box, cylinder, sphere, cone and torus

;) :p (equivalent to j/k)

Originally posted by aaglo
Hi,

Easily the best unit creation program to date is Pov-ray ( www.povray.org ) :crazyeye: :lol: . I use that.

Enjoy the complete freedom of doing whatever you like/can :p . Don't be restricted to using the available extremely detailed and beautiful props - instead build everything from basic shapes like box, cylinder, sphere, cone and torus

;) :p (equivalent to j/k) I take this as a joke. If you're not joking on the part that you're actually using that completely text based graphics software to do such quality units, you either have lots of patience, or you're a genious!

I abandoned Pov-ray from version 2.0! I'd prefer OpenFX to POVRay on any given second! :lol:

Like I said, that's what I use :)

POV-Ray is text based?

Originally posted by aaglo
Like I said, that's what I use :) @aaglo: Well I assume you're using Moray together with POV Ray. But still; :worship:

@Gogf: Yes, POV Ray is completely text based, freeware and open source. It's ment to actually be a good freeware software, good at handling photo-realistic 3D rendering.

For modelling purposes, Moray is usually used and the graphics are then carried over to POV-Ray and rendered there.

@aaglo (again): :worship:

I have also moray, but I don't use that (I haven't got the time to learn to use that :lol: ) - so every thing is completely written...

#declare aaglo = mad ;)

You know aaglo, I did have a lot of respect for you prior to this thread, but now... Maybe Grandraem needs help with the cathedral. :worship:

I remember you saying that POV-ray has a learning curve of at least 1 year and that it's not very user friendly, but had someone told me of a 3d software that is used by typing, I would've laughed. A lot. :lol:

Aaglo, can you maybe take a screenshot of what the text writing of one of your units looks like? I just have to see this. I can't believe you are making these units out of text, and finally understand why that windjammer would be so hard :worship:.

Well, this is a part of the page that makes the rendered pic. Note the pink arrow, it just shows how much of the page is hidden further down.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/dropmouth.gif

Wow. Ok. Holy crap. So this "POV-ray" is the best program, but to me it looks impossible to use lol. How the heck did you learn all that junk? Is it easy to lear? lol.

oh and btw, aalgo, are you getting my pms?! lol havent heard from you yet.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/dropmouth.gif :eek: That's amazing Aaglo. I can't believe you can make these things that way!

that actually looks like a good program to use. If you know coding and stuff learning that should be a sinch. But still, gogf, I meant what program you use to make units, I need something user friendly to learn on.

Käynnistä is a long word for Start ;).

It's quite easy to use, after you've done everything in the tutorial :)

A question aaglo: You do absolutely everything with pov-ray? Only the program and the files included? All the textures and stuff too?

Do you use this program for animation and all? Ever considered doing a tutorial on how to make one of your units?

Yep, I do everything except the following with pov-ray:
- I edit palettes with the palette editing tool (dl'd from the utilities forum)
- I make storyboards with SBB-utility (from the utilities-forum)
- I apply the palettes to the storyboards (an handle other copy&paste stuff) with paint shop pro 5
- I make unit flics with flicster

I don't know if I will make a tutorial on how to make units with pov-ray. But I have uploaded many pov-files in this forum for people to see what are the units made of :) (I don't know where it is, but I think I posted them last summer in this general forum).

Yes, pov-ray can do animations too.