List of software
From Elite Wiki
Useful software to have when making an OXP.
Contents
3D model applications
- Wings3D Cross-platform; Free. Highly advised for Oolite. Giles' HowTo
- Meshwork OSX; Free. Giles' HowTo
- 3D mesh editor
- Blender3D Cross-platform, Free, powerful 3D modeler.
- Moray
- UV Mapper (Pro), Mac and Windows, Texture mapping tool. Pro trial version for Windows available.
- xNormal This does certain things better than Blender, producing better quality normals, height, ambient occlusion. Windows only.
- Blacksmith3D-Paint Paint directly on to your model! It lets you paint straight over any seams in a manner that makes it very easy to see accurately which bits join exactly where. Windows and Mac.
- Normal Map Combiner This utility is designed to combine two normal maps into one and to fix bad normal vectors in auto generated normal maps. Windows only.
- Oolite is low-poly, so any userfriendly 3D editor will do, provided it supports DAT or OBJ.
Graphics Editors
- AdobePhotoshop
- Corel Paintshop Pro
- GIMP Free, cross-platform powerful image-editor.
- OmniGraffle OSX, Trial version available.
- any other freeware software that supports layers
- Filter Tools
Graphics Optimization
- OptiPNG Linux, Windows - Open-Source (the zlib license)
- pngcrush Linux, Windows - OSI-Approved Open Source
Programmer's TextEditors or PlistEditors
- Crimson Editor
- Editplus
- JEdit
- SubEthaEdit (V2.2) (mac)
- SlickEdit (mac)
- plistEdit V1.2
- PListEditPro, OSX, highly recommended to switch between ascii and XML...
- Notepad++, for Windows. Excellent Notepad replacement, with multi-language support.
- Property List Editor, OSX, part of the developer package that is on the installation disc for the OS. (Not installed by default).
Audio Tools
- Audacity Crossplatform, under GNU General Public License (GPL).
There are plenty other free editors and tools available, these are just a few.
