[android-developers] Re: 3D game engine integration in the android framework

That would be great to have more converters.  Right now, I'm on Mac, which doesn't support MilkShape 3d.

On Friday, November 9, 2012 4:57:27 PM UTC-6, sebastian_bugiu wrote:

I use milkshape 3d to open .3ds or fbx or obj or lwo and then save as ms3d. But this is only temporary. I will add more format convertors in the future so you can skip the opening in milkshape 3d hassle.

On Saturday, November 10, 2012 12:21:31 AM UTC+2, bob wrote:

Can you tell me which applications you use to export to ms3d?

Right now, I'm using Cheetah3d, and it does not, in fact, export to that format.

On Friday, November 9, 2012 4:07:26 PM UTC-6, sebastian_bugiu wrote:

The problem is that formats that are used in model editors aren't exactly efficient for the rendering pipeline. So you need to create a format that keeps data prepared and compressed. Right now you have a jar that converts from a ms3d format to a hm format that is used in the engine. As long as your model can get exported to ms3d you can export them for my engine. I chose ms3d because it's a simple format and most modelling applications can export to it.

On Friday, November 9, 2012 9:45:52 PM UTC+2, bob wrote:

This sounds like a good idea.  I spent forever and a day making a Wavefront OBJ loader, and the performance wasn't even that great.

What methods will you offer for people to convert to your new mesh format?

On Friday, November 9, 2012 10:57:37 AM UTC-6, sebastian_bugiu wrote:

I have created a 3D game engine written in java for Android. It is based on the Ogre renderer and features

- a complete OpenGL ES 2.0 multithreaded renderer
- sound support
- input as touch or sensors
- GUI API
- easy material creation
- a new mesh format for fast loading based on ms3d format
- artemis framework integration for data driven game design
- easy to use and extensible design

A game that will feature this engine will be released somewhere at the end of this month or somewhere early in December to show off the engine capabilities.

From what I have seen the Android framework does not feature an API for game programmers so everyone has to create their own engine. Instead of this duplication I am asking the android developers if it could be possible to integrate my engine (I will open source the code) in the android framework so that everybody can have an easier way to create a 3D game?

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