3D Game Programming All in One (Course Technology PTR Game Development Series)

Modeling

Blender 3D modeling Multiplatform: Windows, Linux, Irix, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, or Mac OS X.Free software: Open Source/GPL. http://www.blender3d.org

gmax 3D modeling Stripped-down version of 3ds max. Requires exporters to be useful.Free. (Caveat: Few exporters are available; exporter developers must pay a very high fee.) http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax

Hammer/Worldcraft 3D modeling—maps or levels Worldcraft (later renamed Hammer) was written for creating Half-Life maps.Free to be used only for creating Half-Life levels or for use by developers using the Torque Engine. Plug-ins available for Torque .DIF format. Windows only. http://collective.valve-erc.com/

MilkShape 3D 3D modeling Supports Torque using exporter plug-in. Windows only.INCLUDED ON COMPANION CD http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft

QuArK 3D modeling—maps or levels Originally written for creating Quake maps (QUake ARmy Knife). Supports Torque .DIF format. Windows only.INCLUDED ON COMPANION CD http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~quark

Image Editing

Paint Shop Pro Image editing Fully featured image processing, painting, and editing tool.INCLUDED ON COMPANION CD http://www.jasc.com

Programming Editing

Tribal IDE Text editing and debugging Integrated debugger-editor written specifically to work with Tribes 2 and Torque. Useful to have around for debugging.http://depot.gamerzcore.com/

UltraEdit-32 Text editing Includes project and workspace features as well as macros.INCLUDED ON COMPANION CD http://www.ultraedit.com

Audio Editing

SoundEdit Pro Audio editing and sound processing Allows manual editing of sound files and conversion between many types.$39.95 http://www.rmbsoft.com/sep.asp

Audacity Audio editing and sound processing Allows manual editing of sound files, recording, and wave manipulation.INCLUDED ON COMPANION CD http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

UVMapper 3D UV texture mapping utility Allows user to completely remap the model textures of a Wavefront (obj) model.INCLUDED ON COMPANION CD http://www.uvmapper.com