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Truespace 7.5 reviewed in 3D World
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Truespace 7.5 reviewed in 3D World // Roundtable
Post by Garion // Jun 14, 2007, 4:28am
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and it gets a ..... score of 7
Pros
New character animation tools
Improved Modeling tools
Improved Library
Cons
Workspace view lacks booleans
Still partly reliant on old architecture modelling viw
Range of features 8
Value for money 7
Over all 7
More to follow.
Cheers
Garion |
Post by Matski007 // Jun 14, 2007, 4:37am
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My copy arrived today, gonna have a read now, I think 7/10 is pretty darn good to say it isnt completely finished yet really. |
Post by splinters // Jun 14, 2007, 8:35am
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You beat me to it...just read my copy. Great read this month too. |
Post by Garion // Jun 14, 2007, 8:48am
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You beat me to it...just read my copy. Great read this month too.
Heheh Ye olde Fart strikes again... ;)
Looked through the review and it appears to be spot on. Definatlely not a bad review, if anything it reads pretty up beat. It gives the impression of greater things to come so thats a plus.
Anyhoo, it's time for meds.... (Grampa Simpson mode engage) :D
ZZZZzzzzzzzZZzzzzzz
Cheers
GArion |
Post by Birdnest // Jun 14, 2007, 9:04am
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3D world? Where can I pick up a magazine?:jumpy: |
Post by Garion // Jun 14, 2007, 11:39am
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3D world? Where can I pick up a magazine?
My subscription issue came through the letter box today, sooooo the it should be on the mag racks in the next few days in the Uk.
Cheers
Garion |
Post by mykyl1966 // Jun 14, 2007, 11:40am
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Whats on the cd this month?
Cheers
Mike R |
Post by Burnart // Jun 14, 2007, 1:36pm
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When 7 was released it got 6/10 now after all the work and improvement and massive increase in the actual usability of the workspace it only gets 7/10? Seems a bit unfair to me - I would have thought a minimum score of 8 would be more accurate. :confused: |
Post by e-graffiti // Jun 14, 2007, 4:03pm
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I think once workspace has all tools and then some.... less bugs will be encountered, which for me is usually caused by switching between views, and workflow will improve resulting in tS getting scores of 8+. I still feel like tS is experiencing growing pains but like they say "no pain no gain". |
Post by prodigy // Jun 14, 2007, 6:19pm
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Guys!! 7 because we are in Truespace 7
In fact was.. a 7.51 score.. :D |
Post by blakeo // Jun 15, 2007, 1:19am
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Haha, you're right Prodigy (almost!)
8 for features
7 for vlaue for money
Average Score
= 15/2
= 7.5 ! :D (so what's a 0.01 between friends :) ) |
Post by RAYMAN // Jun 15, 2007, 4:43am
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Very close to what Rhino 4 scored last month ....8/8 .... so not
bad at all.
We all know that with many tools coming to workspace side
and a long overdue overhaul of lightwork - renderer there is
still much space for an improvement .... it just does not happen
over night :rolleyes: |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 6:04am
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I think TrueSpace 7.5 would be so much better if it was organized like the previous versions (like TrueSpace 6.6, or 5.2). I like how the un-rendered view of 7.5 looks so much better, and I like the new tools, but I have to be in the 7.5 layout to use those tools, and I have to go into the TrueSpace 6.6 layout to do something as simple as change the reflectivity of an object. Why can't it all be in one place like the previous versions? It's probably because I'm fairly new to TrueSpace (I've only had 6.6 since September of last year, and I used 5.2 at school from August to December), but I just can't figure out how to get around in TrueSpace 7.5. I need general help with 7.5, and I don't feel like spending whatever it costs to buy the training videos. Is there some way I can have all of the toolbars in one tab? Thank you for any help!
-TrueSpaced |
Post by Steinie // Jun 15, 2007, 6:10am
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trueSpaced, have you checked out NowhereBrain's free video? He sets up the icons so that most of the icons used regularly are within view. Might be worth checking out his approach to laying out the icons for quick selection. |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 6:17am
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Thanks for the reply; how do you get to it? :o Ya, I'm kinda new to the forums...
-TrueSpaced |
Post by jayr // Jun 15, 2007, 6:32am
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NowhereBrain's putting up tutorials here:
http://scatteredpixel.com
Stick with 7.5, i've been using truespace since about 1999 when i bought 4.3 and it took me a while to get my head around the new layout. The first time i fired it up i was so confused i ended up switching it off but i'm getting used to it now. |
Post by Steinie // Jun 15, 2007, 6:36am
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Well I looked and it appears like he is working on a new site and removed his video from TurboSquid. Look in the Business section of this forum to find the latest news. While your there ask him how do you get it?
My answer will not address your problem with tools located on 6.6 side of the software. Those old tools need to be moved by Caligari as they update them.
I think we're all waiting for the reenactment of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" where it BLOWS UP at the end!
Roman would play a nice Sir Alec Guinness don't you think?:rolleyes: |
Post by splinters // Jun 15, 2007, 6:40am
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I tend to collect review of tS since I started working on it, I guess they might come in handy to showcase my icon work alongside illustration should I wish to do similar contracts for other companies.
Just looked at the Digit review from last year and it got 3.5 stars out of 5 and a pretty positive review...this seems to be the norm; only really excellent software getting really high scores so I think tS is getting the right sort of scores.
For comparison, 3DS Max and Maya got 4 stars with Softimage and Vue getting 4.5.
Cinema 4D got the same score as tS7.0...:confused: |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 6:46am
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Okay, I found the video on the new website, but it's a .rar file, and my computer doesn't have any programs to read .rar files. What program reads these type files? :confused:
-TrueSpaced |
Post by Tiles // Jun 15, 2007, 6:57am
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*.rar is not a file format. It is a compressed archive. Someting like *.zip. So you need a zip software that can handle *.rar. Then extract the content :) |
Post by RAYMAN // Jun 15, 2007, 6:58am
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rar is a compressed file very much like a zip ....
Winrar is the program you want to use ... it is very common |
Post by dave_k // Jun 15, 2007, 7:02am
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That would be win-RAR at http://www.win-rar.com/. It's on the same order as Win-Zip. |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 7:03am
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Thank you very much! I'm opening the video right now!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
-TrueSpaced :banana: (I like the dancing bananna) |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 7:49am
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I watched the video, and it helps a bit, but where are the tools like the Material Editor, the stitch and blend, add line, curve, etc., object subtraction, addition, intersection, etc., and bend taper and skew in the TrueSpace 7.5 layout? Or are they not in there at all? |
Post by Steinie // Jun 15, 2007, 8:00am
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Part 2 of my last message:
"My answer will not address your problem with tools located on 6.6 side of the software. Those old tools need to be moved by Caligari as they update them."
Sorry
You could have a window open for both with the tools showing... |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 8:45am
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K, bleh.... :( Thanks for the help, and I hope Caligari comes out with a TrueSpace 7.52 that's more organized, and most importantly, free!!!!! :D
-TrueSpaced :banana: |
Post by Jack Edwards // Jun 15, 2007, 9:10am
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I use 7zip for decompressing. It's free and works well with most compression formats:
www.7zip.org
-Jack. |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 10:04am
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Hey, has anyone received their TrueSpace 7.5 CD copies in the mail yet???:confused: I bought mine a few weeks before the release date, and I bought the CD version, but I haven't gotten it yet!:mad: Anyone else have the same problem, or is it just weird people?:jumpy:
-TrueSpaced:banana: |
Post by trueSpaced // Jun 15, 2007, 10:17am
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And maybe a bit off topic, but how do you create a thread in the forums??:confused:
-TrueSpaced:banana: |
Post by Emma // Jun 15, 2007, 10:18am
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Did you send an e-mail to custom service ??? they should be able to tell you.
Besides that you can already use the download ahead as far as I know.
My CD version from 7.1 was on it's way for several weeks to Germany as those things really go by Snail Mail. |
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