Visual3D.net?

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Hiya all,

Had anyone heard of this? Any good?


Features for Next-Generation Games:

* Next Generation 3D Graphics: Including next generation lighting, an advanced material system, particle systems, and support for shader model 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0
* Advanced Physics System: Support for rigid body physics, vehicle physics, ragdoll characters, physics based particle systems, and more
* Massively Multiplayer Networking: Visual3D.NET provides an easily deployable server architecture that allows hosting of thousands of simultaneous players in virtual worlds.
* Easy to Use Content Path: Visual3D.NET provides an easy to use content path that supports a wide variety of 3D content formats that can be easily imported and stored in a drag and drop asset system
* High Fidelity Terrain System: Support for developing incredibly large and detailed custom terrain environments
* Easy to Use Tools: Easy to use design tools for content creation

Features to support Simulations:

* All-in-one simulation design tool that integrates all tools and features into a single software product
* Drag and Drop scenario building toolset
* Support for collaborative scenario building in realtime over WAN, LAN, and NIPRNet
* Support for multi-user simulations that support 1000's of users
* Support for HLA, CIGI, and DIS
* Support for Collada and Openflight
* Build custom terrain environments anywhere on the globe with a google-map style interface
* Zoom from outerspace from ground level seamlessly
* Load GIS Data and overlay on your world
* Upcoming support for deformable terrain
* Easily add land features such as rivers, roads, forest, water, and more
* High quality real world physics
* Animation support for 3D vehicles and units

showcase Gallery
http://www.visual3d.net/webmedia/galleries/GameEngineAlbum/index.html

hi...

Looked at it for two months yet and finally decided to buy a pre-sale license of it...
It has really a lot of functions and the developing is very promising. Every month is a new update and it has a really fast developement. Also the developers listen to, what the community wants to have.

You could do most things via the editor, all effects and also the scripting (in final release)

One thing to mention is, that it is still in beta and some things aren´t finished yet, but while beta-phase the versions are free.

All in all i would say that it is better than Truevision3D or others for the price it will be released...

kind regards
lui