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Blender versus trueSpace, creating models for XNA

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:20:20 GMT

royalexander has posted a nice article on his blog about the differences of Blender and trueSpace for XNA model creation.

Blitz3D Exporter for Blender

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:37:13 GMT

The B3D Exporter is a script that permits to export your 3D models in the BlitzBasic format useful to all game programmers that use Blitz3D or Irrlicht. In this new version I've added the support for vertex color, multi texture and multi UV in this way you can lightmap your levels directly in blender and in the same way you can make your normal maps, all this in only one powerful free package. Don't forget to donate for maintain this and future projects.

Modeling for XNA with Blender Part IV

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:52:31 GMT

StormCode has posted part IV of their Modeling for XNA with Blender series. In the final part of the Blender/XNA series, they add two animations to our textured model, load it into the SkinnedSample using the new content processor, and switch between animation clips.

Using Blender 3D to Create a Star Field

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:34:38 GMT

One of the simple systems that you need for almost all of the XNA Applications is the ability to display a nice clean background. For one of Mykre's projects, he needed to draw a simple star field for the background. To do this he could have used one of the 2D drawing applications like Photoshop or the free Paint.Net, but he chose to use the 3D rendering system of Blender to draw his scene and render out the Background.

Modeling for XNA with Blender Part III

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:17:46 GMT

Stormcode has posted part 3 of their Modeling for XNA with Blender tutorial series. In this part, they go over the following: 1. Add an armature to our model 2. Add bones to the armature in a sensible way that will allow us to be able to do the kinds of animations we want to do 3. Link up vertices in the model with bones in the model, so that moving a bone causes the model to move (we'll use weight painting for this) 4. Talk about inverse kinematics and forward kinematics, and see how each of them affects our model

Modelling for XNA with Blender Part II

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:54:19 GMT

Stormcode has posted part II of their Modeling for XNA with Blender. In part II, they'll show you how to build a more complicated mesh, unwrap it, and build a UV map to map the mesh's vertices to a custom texture. They'll look at some basic Blender modeling techniques along the way as well.

Modelling for XNA with Blender Part I

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:29:12 GMT

Stormcode has started a series about modelling in Blender for XNA. In the first part, the author builds a cube, apply a texture to it, and export it to fbx format.

Blender 3d - Video Tutorial on Creating a Sword

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:39:01 GMT

Mykre has found a small video that shows you a simple method of creating a sword using the Blender 3d System.

Introduction to Blender 3D

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:45:49 GMT

Mykres has came across a small collection of Videos that may assist those people in getting used to the interface. These videos could also be used to the first timer getting used to it for the first time.

Precision Modelling Guide for Blender

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:28:47 GMT

For those of you who know how to use Blender or those just starting out, I have found the perfect ebook for you. This ebook will help you to get some real details into your Models and make your XNA Game Stand out.