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Emmanuel
05-29-2003, 04:51 PM
LightWave needs (like Maya, Max, XSI) CGTools to address DirectX 9 effects (nvidia/ati).
The shader tools are already available for Max and Maya, we need those for LightWave as well.
mattc
05-29-2003, 06:10 PM
Emmanuel,

Isn't this about the 4th or 5th thread you've started about this?

:)

Regards,
Matt
wgreenlee1
05-29-2003, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by mattc
Emmanuel,

Isn't this about the 4th or 5th thread you've started about this?

:)

Regards,
Matt

Thats the freedom of the forums,to post your ideas until they are reconised.
Emmanuel
05-29-2003, 06:28 PM
Hi Matt !

Yo, maybe, but as along as people scream "unification!" I will yell for "make LW at least working with today's game standards!" :))
mattc
05-29-2003, 06:36 PM
Emmanuel,

hehehehe, 'unification' is such a dirty word ;)

Kind Regards
Matt.
CIM
05-30-2003, 01:23 AM
Most things aren't done for LW because of the poor SDK.
Joviex
05-30-2003, 02:16 AM
Originally posted by CIM
Most things aren't done for LW because of the poor SDK.

Agree 1000000000% !!!!

Here in lies the utmost defeat that will be LW8 - no SDK expansion. :shrug: NT, wake up please.
Triple G
05-30-2003, 02:51 AM
It'd be interesting, if NT ever does decide to integrate real-time shaders for things like Direct X, to see how they handle it on the Mac side, or if we'll get the shaft once again...:hmm:
rock
05-30-2003, 03:11 AM
Here's why Lightwave needs what Emmanuel is advocating:

http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/products/maya/customerwork/stories/konami/index.shtml

No flame here. Just information.
Emmanuel
05-30-2003, 02:05 PM
Interim solution ?
http://www.mad-fx.com/products/products-features.shtml
Cman
05-30-2003, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by Triple G
It'd be interesting, if NT ever does decide to integrate real-time shaders for things like Direct X, to see how they handle it on the Mac side, or if we'll get the shaft once again...:hmm:

get the shaft. :wip:


j/k :)
DaveW
05-30-2003, 07:10 PM
Originally posted by Triple G
It'd be interesting, if NT ever does decide to integrate real-time shaders for things like Direct X, to see how they handle it on the Mac side, or if we'll get the shaft once again...:hmm:

There is no DirectX on the Mac, so if the Windows version supports DirectX 9 shaders I don't see how that would mean NewTek is Mac users are getting the shaft.
Triple G
05-30-2003, 07:16 PM
What I meant was, whatever the "equivalent" of DirectX would be on the Mac (Quickdraw? RAVE? OpenGL?)...I'm not a game programmer, so I don't really know...
DaveW
05-30-2003, 09:39 PM
It would be OpenGL on the Mac. They should do OpenGL on both, but also add DX9 to the PC version. The reason being that if you're working in games using custom DX9 shaders you don't want to rewrite them all in OpenGL so you can preview them in LW.
Emmanuel
05-31-2003, 09:48 AM
If we are talking about Dx9 support, we really don't need to talk Macs.
They are pretty unimportant in the game market today, but both XBox and PC use DirectX, and for these two platforms we need the appropriate preview options.
PCs are also the main platform for game development (see why discreet never really needed to port Max), an that is all that counts for me.
policarpo
05-31-2003, 09:56 AM
screw the screen....embrace print. :bounce:








oh newtek just give it to them.:drool:
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