Which 3D modelling package (if any) do you use

One of the reasons I gave up on even considering use of iClone was the requirement of 3DS MAX to create content. I don't use it and have no plans to ever learn it, so that eliminated my ever being involved with iClone.

I hope Moviestorm will be more open. Simple support of wide formats like OBJ with associated mtl files, 3DS and other common formats should be considered a must. The same can be said for support of FBX, BVH and other common file formats for motions.

I currently use modo and Sketchup Pro for all my modeling. They can output the major common formats. To not support these formats would be a detriment.

I create Sci FI and Fantasy content for Poser, and I think I would love to create a variety of mods for a tool like Moviestorm, if it is open enough for it to be possible.

Terrence Walker
Studio ArtFX

I use Maya, though I intend to sit down sometime soon and learn Max.

matt wrote:

It looks like supporting Poser is going to be nigh on impossible. Poser's characters are constructed in a completely different way to game characters, and I don't think we can find a way to convert one into t'other.

You could maybe, with a bit of messing around and the right plugins, export from Poser into Max, do the conversion in Max, then export from Max to Moviestorm, but I wouldn't swear to it.

Maybe not for importing the animated meshes (which tend to become huge), but as a "poor man's" Motionbuilder?
It can export bvh files.

BTW I model in Shade and Silo, and animate in Shade Poser Vue and Lightwave, depending on what I need to animate.

I have been looking around for realtime or nearly-realtime animation solutions for rapid previz architectural works, and Moviestorm might just be what I need.

I use Milkshape Because its free, has animation, and can export in like 30 formats

I use Maya - I've played around a bit with importing into various game engines (mostly unreal) so I'm used to wrangling different file formats. Of course, the fewer the better.