Has anyone heard of Pov-Ray

Sky-Blazer

I was searching for free 3-d programs and found Pov-Ray

I thought it was a 3-d programe but seems rather more for creating textures

At this point it is beyond my understanding how to work it

I am wondering if it can be usefull For modding FL

and if any one knows how it can be used for FL

:For you smart ones the source code seems to be available.

http://www.povray.org/download/

Sky-Blazer

Note: Moray is the actual 3d creation program that
was taken over by Pov-Ray it is also there to download

Gisteron

I heard of Pov-Ray. My teacher used to model with it back in elder times. At that stage it was very numeric - there was not even a GL display. It appears that the editing still is based on code, in a more concrete syntax but yet similar idea as FL Thorn. If to judge by the renders it produces it may have advanced well among other tools. However, I think that the least artists work with Pov-Ray for the intuitivity one gets with the realtime GL software, or at least a display of what you are doing before you render it, is obviously more practical (where it comes to visual arts) than precision you may be getting through code.

The best free 3D software I heard of is Blender. Judged by the work of e.g. Madman1701A its modeling tools seem to have a potential well beyond the needs of us FL modders even. Despite it is free and thus may be worth consideration, be aware that to get good and quick at modeling with software of such a class may take its time. Tutorials we probably cannot provide but that are likely somewhere, would certainly help a lot.

Sky-Blazer

Good to hear
BLENDER
http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/

Is one of the ones i found along with others.

I have not really had a chance to check them all out only install and open

WINGS 3D
http://www.wings3d.com/wiki.php?title=Downloads

3DCrafter
http://www.amabilis.com/downloads.htm

All Free and look to be decent are a few that i found

I Have been using

MILKSHAPE
http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch/ms3d/download.html

and

GMAX
http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax

I really Like milkshape for a lot of things But it does not have the abilities i want for texturing.

with the other programs i was hoping to increase my chances for a bigger variety of file types i could work with

Expecially where plugins fail to get the job done i have a lot activated but there are many more i dont have or know of.

I don’t mind converting things to targa files with

PIC2PIC
http://www.wavelsoftware.com/pic2pic.htm

For FL

But I need something that i can Actually make my own textures with
http://archivetextures.net/?page=1

In the end what i’m really after is a way to make textures
and need a decent Free way or an inexpensive Good way

cata123

For example i use blender because it have advanced features, not very much memory use and you can get a portable version and use it from usb stick for example (all freelancer stuff i keep them on a stick :)) ).
You can find many blender tutorials on the net (youtube for example) - that`s how i learned too.