hi all,

i am quite surprised that noone reported here about the 3impact engine.

http://www.3impact.com/ [engine site]
http://www.devmaster.net/engines/engine_details.php?id=48 [devmaster re-/overview]

i know the website looks unprofessional, but it's worth a closer look. i do not yet own a license, but it sounds and looks great. v5 has now a fx shader port as well as incredible physics simulation.

some remarkable screens:
http://www.3impact.com/3Impact_Engine/forum/index.php?topic=1326.0

you got to see the video on this site:
http://www.3impact.com/Monster_Truck_Pc_Game/index.htm

demo:
http://www.3impact.com/3Impact_Engine/dyruk89b/3impact51_demo.exe

featuring a spherical physics example in the last demo. wow...


it's my hottest candidate as an a7 alternative. check out the forums as well.

editing is done in your favourite editor. almost any programming language can be used such as c/c++, delphi/pascal, basic.. even mingW as compiler is allowed (great thing for the dev-cpp users).

It looks good and the price ain't bad.

What kind of scene management using in 3impact? Without that you can only make small physics demo or tiny game.

And I don't like it doesn't include a world editor, how should I place entity, and adjust entity properties?

I've seen some of these screens before, but I could of sworn I saw them with Torque...


BTW: Typing with one hand sucks.... lol. Just incase you were wondering

Judging by the installation instructions for this engine, I think non-programmers need not apply.

Programmers neither, I ordered a demo version and tried it with a relatively small terrain model and got 4 fps. The engine is a DirectX and ODE wrapper with no scene manager whatsoever. They dont have a demo version for download, you have to email them and order it, probably for that reason.

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... too much porn?

But it was not Torque. You probably mean the monstertruck / stunt demo from Quest3d.

..That might be it.

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lol, no. I was skating yesterday, doing a powerslide and my hand went down on some sharp rocks and glass. (It was night - i couldn't see it )

i'm getting a constant 75 fps (which is my monitor frequency) with 4xAA, 1280x1024 and 4xAF on a GF 6800, 2 gig ram, athlon xp 2600.

3impact has 2, maybe 3 weak points:
1. no editors included. it's really an engine, you'll have to know what you do.
2. only *.x model import. it isn't limiting for me, but for some of you this might be relevant.
3. no LOD management, you will have to write your own.

@xXx: how's the shader comin along?