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Re: Oh come on, you knew what I meant when I said 'raster' instead of 'vector'1 by Gutsby 03/25/2014, 10:08am PDT
Commander Tansin A. Darcos wrote:

Clearly, you knew I meant vector and you said as much. Are you claiming absolute perfection? Have you never said the wrong word when speaking about something or used the wrong term when discussing an issue? Have you been 100% perfect in everything you have ever said 100% of the time? Have you ever used e.g. (for example) when you should have used i.e. (that is)?

SVG files are plain-text XML files that describe lines, rectangles, circles, and full or partially-completed polygons. Using these primitives you can create very sophisticated images, and SVG, being a vector technology - but you can include raster images as in-line images - it allows the smooth resizing larger or smaller of vector images without the blurriness that typically occurs when a standard raster image file is shrunk or expanded beyond a certain amount.


You can't use SVG-files as textures, because the second you apply a third dimension to them you're pretty much doing CAD. There are real-time 3D-engine that uses CAD-tech - some driving games use NURBS for roads and vehicles, but it's a really unwieldy way to author content and adds its own overhead. Texturing has gotten really advanced, and there are lots of ways you can create shaders that hold up once you come close to them - microsurface detail maps or having all the components of your texture sorted by masks - look into that instead.

As for your question, combine Unity with Sketchup. Do your geometry in Sketchup, import it to Unity, and do your logic there. Importing a mesh, giving it collision, and adding FPS-controls to your camera will take you less than three minutes.
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What is available in open source or easily accessible as a world builder? by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 03/21/2014, 1:01am PDT NEW
    Source Filmmaker NT by /thread 03/21/2014, 2:24am PDT NEW
    Svg textures? You're on drugs. NT by Byro 03/22/2014, 12:16pm PDT NEW
        He also called SVG raster when it's in fact vector, so he's more dumb than high. NT by Or just dumb. 03/22/2014, 1:21pm PDT NEW
            Oh come on, you knew what I meant when I said 'raster' instead of 'vector'1 by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 03/22/2014, 10:12pm PDT NEW
                I knew what you meant. Has this thread otherwise been helpful, Commander? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 03/22/2014, 11:04pm PDT NEW
                Re: Oh come on, you knew what I meant when I said 'raster' instead of 'vector'1 by Gutsby 03/25/2014, 10:08am PDT NEW
                    Re: Oh come on, you knew what I meant when I said 'raster' instead of 'vector'1 by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 03/25/2014, 10:35am PDT NEW
                        Re: Oh come on, you knew what I meant when I said 'raster' instead of 'vector'1 by Gutsby 03/25/2014, 11:17am PDT NEW
    Second Life + Screen Recording Program? NT by blackwater 03/24/2014, 12:28am PDT NEW
 
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