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Hi,
I baught LEGO Creator some time ago and liked it, mostly. I was
surprised by the comfort, speed and fun of building. It was very
similar to playing real LEGO. But it had a few major problems, namely:
* Cannot tilt bricks
* Small array of brick types
* Proprietary data format
* Doesn't run under Linux
Looking for a community (for exchanging models), I found
LDraw-compatible apps, e.g. MLCAD. I was surprised by the huge array of
brick types and the large community. But the apps had their own weeknesses:
* No play mode
* Building uncomfortable, because of lacking collision detection
and similar tools
* Building in 3D view impossible
* Editors not scalable to large amounts of bricks
What I want is a game like LEGO Creator, but a bit more professional and
interoperable. I found nothing so far. (If you know an application,
which suits my needs, please tell me about it!)
My best bet is to start a new project, I think. I hope that I can
leverage a lot of code from existing open-source 3D engines and editors,
so the task is hopefully not so huge. Nevertheless, I will need help.
I wrote a mission statement. You can find it at my site:
<http://www.bucksch.org/1/projects/lego/legator/>.
Feedback welcome. ("Request For Comment")
Ben
Fup-To lugnet.games
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| That's great at last some is making one of my dreams/ideas come true. I how I don't need lots of ram of pentiums I have a p3 with 867mhz and 64 of ram. I hope I don't have to wait 1 or 2 years for this. Good luck!. Made the source be with you. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.games)
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| (...) This point is by far what frustrates me the most about the current apps out there. The program I am developing, GWCAD, allows parts to dragged in the horizontal plane by holding down the left mouse button, and dragged vertically by holding (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.games)
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