When it comes to game development speed is everything. One of the best ways to increase the speed of your games is to cut down on the number of polygons you are using in your 3D models. However most forms of polygon reduction either destroy the original model beyond recognition or require software packages costing hundreds. Meet Action3D Reducer...
The Game Creators has partnered up with Claude Bonnaud of Action3D in order to bring you his powerful and affordable application - Action3D Reducer. Action3D Reducer is a great polygon reduction tool that changes the level of detail in real-time, both importing and exporting .3DS and .X object files.
|
To reduce a 3D object, Action3D Reducer creates a progressive mesh. You can then reduce or increase the number of triangles and vertices displayed by the progressive mesh in real-time using a slider control until you find the correct balance. You can also specify quality constraints that the reduced object must meet. You have total control over the reduction parameters (although the default settings work fine!) Action3D Reducer is designed to reduce big models and was tested with 3D objects containing up to 300,000 triangles. |
 |
Action3D Reducer is a user-friendly button driven desktop application. You can create multiple documents and each document is a virtual wold in which you can move like in a first-person-shooter game and rotate the 3d objects with your mouse. To better see your 3d objects, you can enable up to 6 directional lights, change the color of the light and of the virtual world background. Action3D Reducer is a multi-threaded application which means that you can do other things like changing the light or moving in the virtual world while reducing an object.
You can load 3D objects from a .3ds and .x file and save them in either file formats, ideal for DarkBASIC and DarkBASIC Professional. Action3D Reducer can also load the following texture file formats: .bmp, .dds, .dib, .jpg, .png, and .tga.
Not all models can be reduced by a factor of 10 while keeping a decent level of quality. Obviously, it depends on the density of the original model and its geometry. But Action3D Reducer is a real polygon cruncher and you will have a hard time to find a competing product that can reduce a 3d object more than Action3D Reducer without a greater loss in quality.
- Imports and Exports .3DS and .X object files
- Can crunch a 30,000 polygon model down by 50% in a matter of seconds
- Real-time visualisation of your polygon reduction via a slider control
- Easy to use interface with "virtual 3D world" in which models are loaded
- Small download (6.8 MB), Electronic Delivery and a great affordable price
Want to test out Action3D for yourself? Then why not download this trial version.
Click here to download.
| Action3D Reducer | ||||||||||
|
Action3D Reducer will shrink your models with just a few clicks of the mouse!
Action3D Reducer is distributed electronically. |
