Platinum Arts Sandbox - Free 3D Game Maker Forum

okay I'll try some of those. Thank you so much for all you're help, you have no idea how much I appreciate it, or just how helpfull you have been. You really just saved me weeks of preperation. Thank you so much!

So THIS is how Arcones got bugged. Just kidding.

I'm probably one of the more common users around here... As in, I did a lot in such a short space of time. I'm a theme designer, my popular themes are part of the Karbon Collection. I'm also a HUD designer, I designed the new RPG HUD style found in the SVN of Sandbox. I also develop codes for Sandbox, Most common is the Recorder, although it isnt required that much. I developed the Custom Plugin Loader. And, as a requirment for most of the Windows noobs, I created EasyScriptBuilder. You might want to check that out... Haha. Anyway, to answer your questions:

1) can anyone point me in the direction of a good, all around character creator? one that does not necissaraly deal in all humans?
A: Yeah, depends though. Got a budget of $3000? Autodesk 3Ds Max + Autodesk Maya. No? Blender, Wings3D, Google SketchUp.

2)is it possible to make a "design your own character" screen at the beging of a game?
A: Yes, although, as Arc said. You may need to modify the source.

3)can you link maps together? like when you get to certain place you enter a new map? and if so how?
A: Yes you can. If I am correct, this is how: 4)can you do cut sceens with sandox, like what you would see with legend of zelda? and if so how?
A: Yes, indeed yo ucan. However, you need to use RPG mode. And a reference to an example of the code is here: Cutscenes

Hope these references and whatnot help.

- Leo
PAS Support Team.

Thank you very much for that info Leo that will be very helpful. I have another question though... I have acctually ment to ask it for awhile but I kept forgetting.
Can you somehow connect you webcam to sandbox and use it similar to the X-Box connect? And if so, which would be totaly awesome, how?

No, thats specifically for the Kinect. Regular webcams are simply cameras with a USB attached. The Kinect recognises the user position.

Darn... so is there no way to make games with sandbox more interactive?

Not that I know of.

k thanks... that kinda sucks though... but thank you for letting me know.

@Writer: not sure if this is much help, but I think there was something about using a joystick for PAS a while back. You might wanna look into it.

Kid_Matthew set it up. I think he used "Joy2Key" or something like that.

I did a good modeling tutorial in the 3DRad forums here. It should take you all the way to export. Don't use the Export portion, as 3DRad uses .x Directx file format.