Bryce 7 for free...
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Blue Monkey
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Thanks for the heads-up.
There are a lot of us that use Macs or run OSX on other platforms. Here's the link to the OSX version. DAZ3D's site states that it works on both PPC & Intel Macs running anything from 10.4 up. Got an older Mac collecting dust? The phrase "home render farm" springs to mind. Maybe not a true farm, but a second machine running free software to render is still nice.
There are a lot of us that use Macs or run OSX on other platforms. Here's the link to the OSX version. DAZ3D's site states that it works on both PPC & Intel Macs running anything from 10.4 up. Got an older Mac collecting dust? The phrase "home render farm" springs to mind. Maybe not a true farm, but a second machine running free software to render is still nice.
WildWeazel
Carthago Creanda Est
Good find!
It amazes me how these powerful tools are just given away when a newer version is released. If only the same logic applied to games. sigh...
It amazes me how these powerful tools are just given away when a newer version is released. If only the same logic applied to games. sigh...
Well the new bryce 7 is supposed to be so cool because it can export/import more types of files.
Right.
Only it is- again- broken.
I tried to export to a civ5-compatible format, and of course it didnt do it and crashed.
Also i tried again to export to a 3ds file, and 3dsmax does not recognise the result.
So yeah, this program should be free, because it doesnt deliver what it says it does.
Right.
Only it is- again- broken.
I tried to export to a civ5-compatible format, and of course it didnt do it and crashed.
Also i tried again to export to a 3ds file, and 3dsmax does not recognise the result.
So yeah, this program should be free, because it doesnt deliver what it says it does.
tom2050
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Their are limitations for the 3ds file format...
* All meshes must be made of triangles.
* All texture filenames are limited to the 8.3 DOS format.
* The number of vertices and polygons per mesh is limited to 65536.
* Accurate vertex normals cannot be stored in the .3ds file. Instead "smoothing groups"[5] are used so that the receiving program can recreate a (hopefully good) representation of the vertex normals. This is still a hold-over legacy for many animation programs today which started in the 1980s (3DS MAX, Lightwave and trueSpace still use smoothing groups, and Maya up to v2.51).
Object, light and camera names are limited to 10 characters. Material names are limited to 16 characters.
* Directional light sources are not supported.
I had problems myself with the fact that the 3ds format cannot store more than (256?) different textures. Chances are you have exceeded one of the file format limitations. Bryce 7 probably isn't the problem. Exporting causes 3ds to crash sometimes as well if the format cannot support it.
* All meshes must be made of triangles.
* All texture filenames are limited to the 8.3 DOS format.
* The number of vertices and polygons per mesh is limited to 65536.
* Accurate vertex normals cannot be stored in the .3ds file. Instead "smoothing groups"[5] are used so that the receiving program can recreate a (hopefully good) representation of the vertex normals. This is still a hold-over legacy for many animation programs today which started in the 1980s (3DS MAX, Lightwave and trueSpace still use smoothing groups, and Maya up to v2.51).
Object, light and camera names are limited to 10 characters. Material names are limited to 16 characters.
* Directional light sources are not supported.
I had problems myself with the fact that the 3ds format cannot store more than (256?) different textures. Chances are you have exceeded one of the file format limitations. Bryce 7 probably isn't the problem. Exporting causes 3ds to crash sometimes as well if the format cannot support it.
Blue Monkey
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Moderator Action: If you are making things for CiV then the creation threads & feedback posts need to be in the CiV C&C forum.
So, did anyone try to use Bryce 7?
I have it installed, but i am fine with Bryce 6.1 currently. Bryce 7 has some custom-made shapes, but most of those i can make myself.
But for a beginner it could prove to be quite helpful, for Civ3 that is.
I have it installed, but i am fine with Bryce 6.1 currently. Bryce 7 has some custom-made shapes, but most of those i can make myself.
But for a beginner it could prove to be quite helpful, for Civ3 that is.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Ive been using it for video rendering only.
DJ Bonebraker
a.k.a Laura
Did they get the whole "animated textures don't work anymore" bug from Bryce 6 fixed?
nick0515
C7 Fanatic
Thanks. Downloading
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Downloaded it and installed it, but I keep getting asked for serial?
edit, found out you need to use the free serial: http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/bryce-7-personal-edition-free-3d-modeling-and-animation-tool/
edit, found out you need to use the free serial: http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/bryce-7-personal-edition-free-3d-modeling-and-animation-tool/
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Yeh your right its there, when I downloaded the file I was hurrying and didnt read the description.
BadKharma here is a link to a file that has the lighting, the three stages and (i think) the background terrain:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15905&act=down
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15905&act=down
Since i suggested this can be dled (and it seems it still is available) 
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