Category Archives: Engine

Some styles of the orbital studios website have been updated (home page, screenshots page, and page navigation menus). Also, the screenshots page has been remade so it will load faster and look better. A skeletal animation system is currently in … Continue reading →

I just wanted to announce that there will be a nice feature in OMDTool for handling Wavefront *.obj files – OMDTool will separate the models for you if there are multiple objects or groups in the file. All *.mtl file … Continue reading →

Hmmm… haven’t gotten very far lately. I really don’t have any screenshots to show either. I’m currently working on/getting to: 1. Setting up two maps, “Waterfront” and “Ruins”. 2. Learning about the P3DC DLL (which I will use instead of … Continue reading →

As the title implies, I’ve had to find yet another M4A1 model. I had recently recompiled the previous one incorrectly (the game started running at ~20 fps), and I didn’t have the original Blender file with correct normals. The new … Continue reading →

Check the screens over at the Weebly site (orbital-studios.weebly.com), along with some related screens in the OMDTool section. My current approach to animation will use typed in values for transformations for complete control and precision. I did have a mouse-based … Continue reading →