Tool List

[saigumi]

I am attempting to clean up this thread and get it back to one post for easier reading. If I miss something, let me know. Also, if you want to post a tool, please post in the format of:
Toolname - Link


This is a compilation of the DW's Freeware Tool List thread. I have sifted through it and sorted everything by category for easier reading. I've also been including postings from people such as vermeer and xhrit.

Add any tools you can think of here and I will merge it with the tool list.

Some files that may not have a home anymore might be found on vermeer's Util Depot - http://users.skynet.be/fa201614/irrlicht/index.htm

Irrlicht Specific Tools
Mohaps (Console, Cartography, Giles Loader, Irrlicht Evolved) - http://www.geocities.com/standard_template/
EtCaptor's Visual Editor - http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=3031
Giles - http://www.frecle.net/giles
My3D - http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4417
OCTTools - www.constantthought.com/project/OCTTools
Murphy's Irrlicht Format (MIM) - http://www.constantthought.com/project/MIM
Drac's Irrlicht GUI Designer - http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4787

2D Tools
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org
Project DogWaffle - http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/

2D Animation Tools

3D Modelling Tools
AC3D - http://ac3d.org/pages/downloads
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org
anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com
ProgMesh - http://www.paralelo.com.br/arquivos/ProgMesh12.exe
Softy3D - http://galileo.spaceports.com/~pzds2/re ... ofty3d.exe
Behemot3D - http://galileo.spaceports.com/~pzds2/re ... ehemot.zip
Wings3D - http://galileo.spaceports.com/~pzds3/re ... ings3D.exe
Ayam Nurbs Modeler - http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ayam ... p?download
Design Workshop - http://www.ancientidolstudio.com/darkcr ... DWlite.zip
Cosmos4D - http://users.hol.gr/~sternas/Cosmos4D/cosmos4d.htm
Spilin Editor - http://www.ancientidolstudio.com/darkcr ... ilin12.zip
CyberMesh - http://www.ancientidolstudio.com/darkcr ... ermesh.zip
CyberMesh Plugins - http://www.freephotoshop.com/html/plugins_types.html
gMax - http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
Blender - http://www.blender.org
Deled - http://www.delgine.com
RenderMonkey - http://www.ati.com/developer/sdk/radeon ... onkey.html
Metasequoia - http://www21.ocn.ne.jp/~mizno/main_e.html
Geoscape3D - http://www.deliverancesoftware.co.uk/pr ... oscape.htm
QuArK - http://www.planetquake.com/quark/
Quake Model Editor - http://www.quake2.com/fear/ed_model.htm
GameSpace Light - http://www.caligari.com/gameSpace/gsl/gsl.asp

3D Animation Tools
TGA Animator Suite - http://www.darkcreations.0catch.com/pub ... imator.zip
Expression - http://flow.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefo ... ion2_1.zip
LibCSM (Cartography Shop Parser/Loader) - http://www.geocities.com/standard_templ ... sm-src.zip
Aztec - http://emartin.20m.com/phillip/Aztec/download.htm
3D Canvas - http://www.amabilis.com/
Blender - http://www.blender.org
JTEdit 3D - http://www.jtgame.com/jtedit/jteditmain.html
Animator - http://anim8or.com/main/index.html

3D Materials & Texture Tools
Graffiti - http://www.cix.co.uk/~colbeck/graffiti.html
Orb - http://www.soclab.bth.se/practices/orb.html
ShaderWorks - http://www.shaderworks.com/
Texture Maker - http://www.i-tex.de/
UVmaper - http://www.uvmapper.com
Blender Character & .X exporting - http://www.insanesoftware.de
Tatoo 3D Mesh Painter - http://www.terabit.nildram.co.uk/tattoo/
Texture Editor - http://www.texture-editor.com

3D Exporters
Cal3d exporter for Blender - http://www.ingiebee.com/downloads/Cal3d.zip
gMax->MD3 - http://mojo.gmaxsupport.com/
MaxR4->MD2 - http://www.worldzone.net/games/azrael_d ... O/MAX.html
Multiple - http://www.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads/
Accutrans - http://www.micromouse.ca/
3D Exploration - http://www.dsmith.gmaxsupport.com/Essential_Tools.htm

Other 3D Tools
Vizup Optimizer - http://www.vizup.com/load/index.html
Lodestar Optimizer - http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/vr/lodestar/
Progmesh Polygon Reducer - http://www.paralelo.com.br/pt/solucoes/ ... /index.php
Ultimate Unwrap - http://www.unwrap3d.com/
Model Viewer - http://www.nick-online.co.uk/downloads/ModelViewer.zip

Scene Builders + Lighting -
EtCaptor's Visual Editor - http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=3031
Giles - http://www.frecle.net/giles
My3D - http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=4417
FSRAD - http://www.geocities.com/dxlab/tmp/fsrad.html
OCTTools - www.constantthought.com/project/OCTTools

3d Formats -
Murphy's Irrlicht Format (MIM) - http://www.constantthought.com/project/MIM

Free 3D Models + Tutorials
Psionic - http://psionic3d.co.uk/

Terrain Tools
Lots of links here - http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... 6101#26101
Nemesis Terrain Generator - http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Nemesis/
Trees -
Arbaro - http://arbaro.sourceforge.net
TreeMagik - http://www.aliencodec.com/products/tree ... /index.php

Installers
Inno-Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Nullsoft Installer - http://nsis.sourceforge.net/

Map Compilers
Q3Map2 - http://www.shaderlab.com/
Gtkbuild - http://q3.beyondirc.net/editors/
Q3BSPCompiler - http://map3bspc.sourceforge.net/

Miscellaneous
ID's Tempest Game Pack - http://www.gmaxsupport.com/html/download.asp
OpenOffice: http://www.openoffice.org
Crimson (Text Editor)- http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Dev C++ - http://bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html

[vermeer]

I see no reason for deleting this all. It was very hard work, and subjects were organized by themes(subjects).


well, ok.

Byez.

[soconne]

Don't forget my terrain editor
http://www.freeworld3d.org

[Electron]

It is more organized, but unfortunately the tools now no longer have any descriptions with them

[saigumi]

I appologize for the removal. I figured it would be easier reading.

I'll leave the posts in place after consolidating the list.

[vermeer]

ehm...

[Coty]

I don't see ppModeler listed: http://www.ppmodeler.com/

Also zmodeler2 looks nice: http://www.zmodeler2.com/

And Fragmotion for model animation: http://www.fragmosoft.com/

[Halan]

where can i get MIM?
dont see a link there...

edit: ahhh i saww it...its not finished yet

[Guest]

Add DeleD 3D. It works wonders with it's .x mesh exporter for level editing.

[MikeR]

Add DeleD 3D. It works wonders with it's .x mesh exporter for level editing.

Deled Scene Builder <--added

[Pazystamo]

I just found very cool free converter Biturn. It helps me alot with converting between gmax and blender for static models. I export .x from gmax (irrlicht cant read it),then convert it to obj with Biturn and import to blender (edit in it,animate), then export to irrlicht compatible .x

[SmOrliwiz]

One more very useful tool to add to the 2D tools section:

http://www.artweaver.de/

(very similar to painter, if anyone knows it)

[jam]

A Terrain Lightmapper

Link

The free Terrain Lightmapper generates a lightmap (sometimes referred to as a shadowmap) texture for statically lighted 3D terrain. This terrain lightmap generator uses the original heightmap image, and not the tessellated terrain, thus providing per-pixel accurate lighting and shadows. This allows even very low-tessellated terrain to appear incredibly detailed. Thin erosion lines and small details in the heightmap that would be lost in triangulation become clearly defined in the shadows of the lightmap.

[pmst]

-- Perspective Correction --
Just found this software (free):
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/

Haven’t tried yet, but seems perfect for perspective correction, which is good when you want to obtain textures from photos.

[bitplane]

having struggled for ages to download nvidia's melody (normal map creation tool) at 1k/sec, i found it on their ftp, which downloads at 80k/sec!
ftp://download.nvidia.com/developer/Tools/Melody/