3D Engines List API: Direct3D This list contains 100 rendering engines using Direct3D for rendering.

23.06.2000 TechNature Library

22.09.1999

The TechNature(tm) Library is a commercial game engine for Windows 95/98 written by David Paull( david@tanzanite.to ).

• Perspective texture mapping
• MIP mapping
• Multi-texturing
• Bump mapping
• Detail mapping
• Gouraud shading
• ZBuffer rendering
• Support for DirectX 6.0, and higher
• Spherical reflections
• Constructive solid geometry
• Collision detection
• Landscape rendering
• Mesh optimization
• Randomly generated landscape geometry
• Randomly generated tree geometry
• Fractal mathematics library
• Procedural textures ( Coriolis effect, Contour lines, Strata layers,...)
• 3D Studio MAX .ASE model loader
• Written in C and Assembly

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the TechNature Homepage.

12.05.2000 pixelbase

02.02.2000

pixelbase is a commercial 3D engine for Windows from Engin Cilasun ( engin@pixelbase.net ) and Attila Uygun ( ati@pixelbase.net ).

• Multitexturing OR Two-pass texturing using OpenGL
• Support for Direct3D
• Soft Body Dynamics
• Lens flares
• Plugin mechanism for great extensibility
• Custom model editor with surface unfold capability
• LightWave plugin for model import/export to our editor
• Realtime shadows (needs HW stencil buffer support)
• Metallic surfaces
• Particle systems
• Physics system
• Compiled scripting with realtime bytecode interpreter
• External script compiler
• Support for shaders (like metal&rust)

More information and screenshots can be found on the Pixelbase Homepage

12.05.2000 Dark Basic Engine

12.05.2000

Dark Basic Engine is a 3D engine for Windows built into the Dark Basic programming language from Dark Basic Software.

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Support for Direct 3D
• Alphablending and transparency
• Texture filtering
• Fogging
• Model loading and animation
• Collision detection
• Support for BMP textures

More information, screenshots, demos and a trial version of the programming language can be found on the Dark Basic Homepage.

27.04.2000 Experience Engine

27.04.2000

The Experience Engine is a 3D engine for Direct X7 from The Whole Experience, Inc.

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Multi-textureing (Bump, detail and diffuse textures)
• Cube enironment mapping
• Support for texture compression
• Transparency
• Support for hardware transformation and lighting
• Automatic tessellation of NURBS objects with full UV support
• Bones/Cluster-based animation (single-mesh)
• Hierarchical animation (multi-mesh)
• Per-vertex color (can affect textures) and per-vertex transparency
• Surface material support
• Vertex lighting (8 most important lights per vertex using T&L hardware)
• Different light types (point, spot, directional, ambient)
• 3D sound
• Special effects (lightning, sparcs, rain, dynamic day/night changes, moving clouds)
• Particle effects (for smoke, fire, water and other vapor and magical effects)
• Real-time geometry warping (for extremely realistic water)
• Dynamic scene culling
• Export from Alias Power Animator or Maya

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Experience Engine Homepage.

27.04.2000 ENG32

26.01.1999

ENG32 is a Windows 3D engine from Harald Nowak ( ishn@infrasoft.co.at ).

• Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping
• Support for hardware accelerated Direct3D only
• Transparent and animated surfaces
• RGB lighting with shadows (but no shadow maps)
• Flashing/flickering lights
• BSP rendering with limited portal capability
• Polygon based leveleditor
• Support for switch scripts, switched sounds
• WAV and MIDI music
• 3D characters (imported from 3D Studio Max)
• Particle system
• Enhanced API

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on Harald Nowak's Homepage.

25.04.2000 Panard Vision

04.04.1997

PV is a free portable Realtime 3D engine allowing for high speed, with no quality loss, rendering on Windows2000/Win32/Dos/Linux platforms by Olivier Brunet (pvision@planet-d.net). It supports both hardware and software rendering.

• Perspective, phong-shaded texture-mapping
• Flat, gouraud and phong shading
• MIP-mapping
• Bump mapping
• Bilinear filtering
• Full sub-pixel/texel accuracy (no flicker, no gap in textures)
• Multitexturing pipeline, multitexturing support through GL extensions
• User definable clip planes.
• Multiple (non-recursive) geometric planar convex mirrors
• User definable visibility pipeline (allowing for BSP, Portals or whatever you may think about)
• Support for convex polygons, not only triangles
• Splines
• Static and pseudo dynamic lightmaps (soft or hard)
• Realtime dynamic shadow casting
• Detail texturing
• Procedural textures
• Mutltistage materials
• Collision Detection (RAPID)
• Extendable Object Oriented Particle system
• Big mesh classification using octrees
• Multiple, colored light sources
• Hierarchical animated objects
• Display lists
• Stencil buffer on hardware
• Support for user coded Special FX
• Little animation engine with hierarchy
• Span-buffer rendering and z-sorting
• Support for portal rendering
• Generic perspective span renderer to add perspective correction to your fillers
• Multicolored fog (linear/exp&exp2) and Unreal like volumeric FX.
• Vertex fog support
• Software blending
• Adavanced hierarchical world management/culling
• Switchable graph nodes (allowing for Mesh LODs for instance)
• Multithreaded realtime adptative LOD landscape renderer
• Support for PNG, TGA & JPG files
• Support for 8,15,16, 24 and 32 bits per pixel
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS - even animations
• Quake I and Quake 2 level support
• Support for user file formats
• Support for Zip files
• Support for DOS SVGA, Direct3D , Direct X7 (with hardware T&L and compressed textures support) OpenGL, 3DFX Glide, PC 3d hardware, X11-Windows on Linux
• Support for user made hardware drivers
• Support for Visual C++, Watcom C/C++,Borland C, DJGPP and GNU gcc
• Written in C/ASM
• Simple/Extensible API

More information and the Panard Vision SDK (including 3DS file/animation viewer, Quake I viewer and everything needed to use this engine in your own programs. ) can be found on the Panard Vision Homepage.

25.04.2000 Beam Engine

02.02.2000

The Beam Engine is a 3D engine for Windows from Tobias Johansson ( tobias_johansson@mailcity.com ).

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Support for Direct 3D
• Mipmapping, created by engine to save diskspace
• Lightmapping with raytraced lighting
• Gouraud shaded/Environmentmapped objects
• Collision detection
• Loading of ASC, BMM and MAP files
• Coronas
• Particles, with nice physics
• Octree subdivision
• Simple scripting
• C++ source

More information, screenshots, a demo and the source can be found on the PolyGone Homepage

12.04.2000 Legus3D

23.03.1998

Legus3D (former LEGUS Virtual Reality System) is a commercial real-time rendering engine for PCs from Branimir Karadzic ( karadzic@eunet.yu ).

• Binary space partitioning (BSP) and potential visible sets (PVS).
• Object hierarchies.
• Object morphing.
• Fog/depth cueing.
• Keyframing (objects, lights and camera).
• Shadow volume (lightmap, surface or polygon).
• Dynamic lighting (with shadows).
• Volumetric lighting.
• Material (ambient, diffuse, specular, alpha blending, transparent texture).
• Mip mapping.
• Animated texture support.
• Animated mesh support.
• Collision detection (sphere, cylinder or box).
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS, Lightware LWO, Quake MD2 and LucasArts 3DO objects.
• Support for Quake1 BSP world files.
• Solid fill, texture mapping (affine or perspective corrected), enviroment mapping, bump mapping, 2D sprites.
• Sub-pixel and sub-texel accuracy.
• Bilinear filtering.
• Alpha blending.
• Z-buffer.
• Transparent texture.
• Filters: smooth, bilinear antialiasing, blur motion.
• 256 color, 15/16bit highcolor and 24/32bit true color modes.
• Support for OpenGL, Direct3D and software rendering
• Scene graph support
• Mirrors and portals
• Particle and special effects system
• Written in C/ASM.

More information, screenshots and demos can be found on the Legus 3D Homepage.

12.04.2000 Genesis 3D

11.08.1998

G3D is a commercial 3D game SDK from Eclipse Entertainment.

• Lightmapped perspective texture mapping
• Animated textures, procedural water textures
• Translucent textures
• Texture morphing
• Dynamic shadows
• Light diffraction
• Multiple colored light
• Fog.
• Vertex morphing
• Real time water surface distortion
• Real time light diffraction
• Mirrors
• Integrated rigid body physics simulation support for world objects
• Hierarchical and seamless, soft-skin polygonal characters
• Support for 3DS MAX animation files
• LOD support
• Area portals allow selective rendering of world geometry
• Software rasterizer, 3DFX Glide, and D3D support
• Open scripting API
• Level editor
• 3D sound positioning and attenuation
• Support for network streaming of geometry, animations and textures ( Hollywood 3D )
• OpenSource distribution

More information, screenshots, the SDK and some demos can be found on Genesis 3D Homepage.

12.04.2000 Blitz Engine

05.10.1998

The Blitz Engine is a Windows rendering engine from Richard Turnbull ( rt71@hotmail.com ).

• Perspective, lightmapped texture mapping
• Sub-pixel and Sub-texel accuracy
• Coloured Lighting and dynamic shadowing with filtering
• Improved dynamic lighting - via span level RGB interpolation
• Span level MIP-mapping
• Multitexturing using OpenGLs ARB_multitexture extensions
• Surface cacheing at span or surface level
• Level of Detail bezier curved surfaces
• Texture mapping system for wrapping around curves and creating a smooth edge look as seen in Quake 3
• Translucent surfaces with upto 20 simultaneous layers
• Reflective surfaces
• Environment Mapped Bump Mapping (Matrox G400)
• Animated textures
• Collision detection including with curves
• Span and Z-Buffering
• Binary Space Partitioning Tree creation and traversal
• Direct Draw and Direct Input Support
• Point based particle rendering
• Shaded, colored smoke particles
• Spherical and standard volumetric fog
• Coronas and Lensflares on lights
• B-Spline movement system
• Hierarchial objects
• Portal rendering combined with BSP Tree
• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D
• Console system
• 32 bit MMX optimized span level RGB interpolative rasterizer with span level mip mapping.
• Network support
• Written in Visual C++ 4 and the Netwide assembler (NASM)

More information, screenshots and a demo, SDK 1.2 and source can be found on the Blitz Engine Homepage .

12.04.2000 Fly3D

04.08.1998

Fly3D is a 3D engine for Windows by Fabio Policarpo ( fabio@paralelo.com.br ).

• Single front-end app supporting OpenGL (1.1) / Direct3D (DirextX 6.1) windowed / full-screen
• Editor for .fly files with realtime preview in windows explorer style
• Support for plugin dlls (make new games just writing new plugins)
• Visual C++ wizard for making fly3d plugins
• Perspective shaded texture mapping
• Static and dynamic lightmaps
• Dynamic shadows and soft-shadows, dynamic lightmap shadows
• Stencil buffer shadows support
• Dynamic volumetric fog with fogmaps
• Detail textures
• Curved bezier extrudes and lofts with lightmaps
• BSP/PSV rendering
• Transparency
• Volumetric fog using fogmaps
• Cartoon rendering
• Faster collision detection
• Adaptative subdivided bezier surfaces (extrude and loft)
• Multiplayer support
• Server frontend for client/server multiplayer
• Client/server playable deathmatch demo
• 3D sound support
• Lighting tool for static level lighting
• PVS tool for computing visibility
• 3DS MAX bsp import/export, texture mapping and landscape object plugins
• Fly3d plugins (jumppads, fogsphere, fogbox, ...) and sample level (q3test2 clone)
• Quake2 level converter
• Quake3 level import utility (geometry, textures and curved surfaces)
• Data files packing
• Particle systems
• Console window, also for server frontend
• Written in C++ (Visual C++ 5.0)
• Complete SDK with source code for all demo plugins

More information, screenshots, the sdk and a demos can be found on the Fly3D Homepage .
The engine will be featured in the book 3D Computer Game Technology - Theory and Practice from Alan Watt and Fabio Policarpo (Addion Wesley).

12.04.2000 !3D Morfit 3D Engine SDK

15.01.1999

The !3D Morfit 3D Engine SDK is a free SDK for Windows 95 from Morfit Ltd that allows to build 3D games and applications.

• Perspective, shaded texture mapping
• Transparency
• Lens-Flares
• Fogging
• Support for OpenGL, Direct3D and Glide
• Landscape rendering
• Mirrors
• Hierarchical objects
• Converter for 3D Studio Max 3.1 and Quake MD2
• Support for Borland C++ and Visual C++ 6
• World and Terrain builder

More information, screenshots, demos and the SDK can be found on the Morfit Homepage.

10.04.2000 Oxygen3D

20.07.1999

Oxygen3D is a commercial 3D game engine from John van der Burg ( john@mysticgd.com ) of Mystic Game Development.

• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Mipmapping
• Environment mapping, also in combination with normal texture mapping
• Support hardware acceleration via Direct3D, Glide3 and OpenGL
• Volumetric fog
• Sky rendering system using skyboxes and cloud layers
• Advanced visibility system for indoor and outdoor rendering
• Realtime softskinning support, with muscles and skinsliding
• 100% Character Studio(tm) 2.x compatible
• Advanced character system with smooth blending and motion mixing
• Realtime dynamic shadows
• SpecialFX system which currently supports: Smoke / Sparks / FlareLights / Halos / Explosions / Snow / Water Bubbles / Manual effects
• Lensflares (completely controllable, and with a lot of properties)
• Basic collision detection
• Pathfinding system using the ASTAR (A*) Algorithm
• Antiportals
• LOD management
• 3D sound system and WAV/MP3/XM/S3M/MOD support
• 3D Studio MAX II exporter plugin with full support for keyframing
• Sprite support for overlay logo's etc
• Texture caching system
• Environment editor
• Time-based keyframing system with full playback control and Linear/Bezier/TCB interpolation
• Fast terrain rendering system using heightmaps (no size limits)
• Quake 3 Arena .BSP file support for the indoor environments
• Ipion Virtual Physics (IVP) system built-in
• Curved surfaces support with dynamic LOD (dynamic tesselation)
• Hierarchy support on all world nodes
• Multiple materials per geom object (multi/sub materials)
• Written in object oriented C++

More information and screenshots can be found on the Mystic Game Development Homepage

07.04.2000 Quake 3 Map Viewer

07.04.2000

The Q3MV is a 3D engine for DirectX 7 from Xavi Albors ( smiker@teleline.es ).

• Multitextured, perspective mapping
• Transparency
• MipMapping
• Support blend, alpha, color vertex and animated textures
• Support for 16 bit graphics modes
• BSP support with collision detection
• Loads Quake3 bsp files with meshes and shaders
• Optimized for GeForce

More information, screenshots and the binary can be found on Smiker's Homepage.

07.04.2000 gxRealityEngine

07.04.2000

The gxRealityEngine is a 3D engine for Windows 95/98 from Lightcube Technologies.

• Multitextured, perspective mapping
• Support for Glide, Direct3D and OpenGL
• Object-oriented design with component model
• Multithreading support
• Scripting support
• Particle systems
• Physics system
• 3D sound support

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on Lightcube Homepage.

07.04.2000 TwoQ2viewer

07.04.2000

The TwoQ2viewer is a Quake2 level viewer for Windows from Emmanuel Rivoire ( manutoo@imaginet.fr ).

• Lightmapped, perspective mapping
• Support for DirectX 6
• BSP rendering

More information, screenshots and the demo can be found on TwoQ2viewer Homepage.

07.04.2000 Aised

07.04.2000

The Aised is a landscape rendering engine for Windows from Emmanuel Rivoire ( manutoo@imaginet.fr ).

• Multitextured, perspective mapping
• Support for DirectX 6
• 3D objects
• Sky mapping

More information, screenshots and the demo can be found on Aised Homepage.

04.04.2000 X3D Engine

04.04.2000

The X3D engine is a commercial 3D engine from 4X Technologies.

• Multitextured, perspective mapping
• C++ scene graph API
• Support for PC 3dcards via DirectX, support for Dreamcast and Playstation 2
• Animation controllers as in 3DS max
• High level culling
• LOD support
• Portal rendering
• Collision detection
• Atmospheric effects
• Direct 3DS Max export

More information and some demo can be found on the 4X Technologies Homepage.

25.02.2000 TextEngine

25.02.2000

The TextEngine_ is a commercial rendering engine for Direct3D written by David Paull ( david@tanzanite.to ).

• Highly optimized antialiased text rendering.
• Kerning, or cell based placement.
• Colored text, and shading.
• Real time re-scaling of text.
• Pop up boxes, and pull down menus.
• File, and directory display.
• Text can be mixed with 3d objects.
• Text can be manipulated using 6DOF.
• 16, or 24 bit rendering.
• Written in C, and assembly.
• DirectX 6.0 or higher.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Tanzanite Homepage.

11.02.2000 3D Rad

21.08.1998

3D Rad is a 3D game creator for Windows from Studio Bitplane.

• Perspective, shaded texture mapping
• Support for DirectX 6_0
• Multiple split-screen ability
• 3D sound
• Dynamic colored lights
• Advanced kinematics effects
• Collision detection.
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS models.
• Support for sprites.
• Scripting support.
• Multiple level support.
• Scene editor and scene compiler.

More information, screenshots, some demo games and a demo version of the 3D game creator can be found on the 3D Rad Homepage .

11.02.2000 Blaxxun Contact 3D

11.02.2000

Blaxxun Contact 3D is an OpenSource VRML 97 Viewer from Blaxxun Interactive.

• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D
• VRML 97 and VRML 2_0 EAI support, Javascript support
• Streaming Video support
• Trimmed NURBS extension
• MIP-mapping and trilinear texture filtering
• Sorted alpha blended transparency
• Anti-Aliasing
• Scene graph support
• Collision detection
• 3D sound
• BSP tree support
• ActiveX Control and standalone Version
• VRML node editor in the standalone GLview application
• C++ source with Documentation

More information about the Blaxxun Contact 3D Viewer can be found on the Blaxxun Contact Developers Homepage, the source and documentation can be found on the Blaxxun Contact 3D Source Homepage.

08.02.2000 Ram Raider

07.06.1999

Ram Raider is a 3D game engine from Head Tapper Software.

• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Coloured dynamic specular lighting
• Colour key and alpha Transparency
• Seperate map editor, and map compiler
• Supports 16bit colours
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS, Quake 2 MD2 models
• Collision detection
• Uses Direct3D Immediate mode - DirectX7
• Sound using Direct Sound
• Cell based maps for very large map areas
• Fogging - depth based, vertex fog
• Multiplayer mode ( TCP/IP ) using Direct Play, operates in Server / Client mode
• Keyboard, Joystick, steering wheel and pedals input using Direct Input
• Written in C++ for Visual C++ 6.0

More information and screenshots can be found on the Ram Raiders Homepage

08.02.2000 LightSpeed 3D

08.02.2000

LightSpeed3D (former Exodus) is a commercial 3D engine for Windows 95/98/2K from Rogueprogramm.

• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping
• Texture filtering
• Landscape rendering
• Underwater lighting effects
• Lens effect
• Dynamic Lighting
• Dynamic Fog
• Dynamic Shadows
• Support for 3dfx's Glide, partial support for Microsoft's Direct3d, software rendering using Span Buffering, and OpenGl support
• DirectSound, Direct 3d sound, Aureal 3d sound, and partial Linux sound support.
• Support for Win95, Win98, and WinNT and Linux
• Game editor
• TCP networking code, supporting UDP and TCP
• Texture support for Jpeg, FLI, PCX, TGA, BMP
• Support for WAV, MP3, MIDI sounds
• Written in C/ASM

More information can be found on the LightSpeed Homepage.

04.02.2000 GEL

04.02.2000

GEL is an open source virtual reality system from UR Studios, 7F Research, Qube, Headlamp, ParallelGraphics, Mutation Labs and other contributors.

• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Adaptive nurbs tesselation
• Network support
• Scene graph support
• Support for DirectX and OpenGL
• Currently support platforms are: Windows NT/ 98 / 2000
• Portable C++ source

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the GEL Community Homepage.

02.02.2000 E-mersion

02.02.2000

E-mersion is technology project from Willem H. de Boer ( whdeboer@iname.com ). It's a collection of separate modules which can be linked together to make many different 3D engines.

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Point/area lightsource lightmapping
• Bilinear filtering
• Alpha blending
• 3DS MAX mesh support
• Real-time dynamic blinn/phong-lighting
• Support for hemispherical environment-mapping
• Terrain system with smart level of detail method
• Fully modifiable lensflare system
• Extended sky rendering system (supports animated clouds)
• Scene graph world visibility-system
• Animated sprite/billboarding management system
• Fully extendable particle system
• Built on DirectX 7.0
• Written in 100 % C++, fully OOP

More information and screenshots can be found on the E-mersion Homepage

02.02.2000 Grain Engine

02.02.2000

The Grain Engine is a 3D engine for Windows from Kurt Miller ( kurt@flipcode.com ).

• Lightmapped perspective texture mapping
• Static RGB Lightmaps
• Real-time LOD bezier surfaces
• Octree-Enhanced collision detection
• Sprites, Fonts, Special Effects
• Direct X 7.0 Support (Plugin Architecture)

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on The Grain Engine Homepage

02.02.2000 Magic3D

08.07.1999

Magic3D is a 3D engine for Windows 95 from Stefan Letz ( Stefan.Letz@online.de ).

• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Support for Direct3D
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Bilinear texture filtering
• Transparent textures
• Dithering
• Animated textures
• Scene fog
• Colored lights
• Script language
• Collision detection
• 3D sound
• Music player (.WAV, .MID and CD Audio)

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on Magic3D Homepage

22.12.1999 Jet 3D

22.12.1999

Jet 3D is a commercial OpenSource 3D graphics engine from Eclipse Entertainment.

• Lightmapped perspective texture mapping
• Radiosity lighting
• Dynamic shadows
• Dynamic RGB lights
• Dynamic fog
• Dynamic mirror
• Dynamic water effects
• Animated textures, procedural textures
• Portal rendering
• Translucent rendering
• Spherically mapped sky
• Seamless soft-skin polygonal characters
• 3D sound support
• 3D editor
• Support for Glide, Direct 3D and software rendering
• Physics system
• Network support
• Collision detection
• Multiple renders from different cameras can be mixed in a single frame
• OpenSource distribution

More information, screenshots and the source can be found on the Jet 3D Homepage.

22.12.1999 Twister

28.09.1999

Twister is a "Quake-style" 3D engine for Windows by Stefano Lanza ( steflanz@tin.it ).

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• BSP rendering
• Multiple cameras
• Mirrors
• Particle systems
• Quake II .bsp support
• Quake II model support
• S-buffer rendering
• Dynamic colored lightmaps
• Volumetric fog
• Support for Quake 2 models
• Direct3D acceleration
• Console
• Visual C++ 5.0 source

More information, screenshots, demo and source can be found on the Twister Homepage.

22.12.1999 zViewer

09.02.1999

zViewer is the second 3D engine being written by Dan Royer (aggravated@bigfoot.com) and Tauno T. Taipaleenmaki (tataipal@mail.student.oulu.fi).

• Perspective multitextured Z-Buffered rendering (mipmapping has been disabled in the latest version, though support exists)
• BSP rendering of leaf- and node-based trees. Portal rendering planned
• CSG addition and subtraction operators to build complex worlds
• Support for DirectX 7.0 andOpenGL 1.1
• Precalculated Potentially Visible Set to increase rendering speed
• Precalculated color radiosity lightmaps
• DirectInput for keyboard and mouse movement
• Support for hierarchial object modelling
• In-game console and user definded key bindings
• 100% C++ built in Microsoft Developer Studio for the Windows 9x and Windows 2K platforms
• Next update to include additinal OpenGL support

More information and a demo can be found via the Homepage of Dan Royer in the zViewer/zEditor section.

22.12.1999 Power Render

09.09.1996

PR is a high performance 32-bit rendering engine for PC's by Chris Egerter (egerter@egerter.com), the author of the WordUp Graphics Toolkit.

• Perspective texture mapping with gouraud and phong shading.
• Environment mapping for all texture rendering modes.
• Support for hardware bump-mapping
• Multiple light sources.
• Real-time shadows
• 3D Sprites, with smoke, glow, translucency, shading and other lighting effects.
• 32 bit radix sort with Painter's sorting.
• Span buffering.
• Portal engine with realtime rotating mirrors and TV screens.
• Support for stencil buffer
• Motion blur and anti-aliasing.
• Supports linear 320x200x256 (0x13) and all SVGA modes.
• High Level C API with low level hand optimized assembly.
• Hierarchical object management with real-time object morphing and bending.
• Character animation and particle scripting system.
• Particle systems.
• Viewport control allows for multiple views and changing the viewport size on the fly.
• Import for 3D Studio 3DS,Lightwave LWO and LWS files.
• Keyframe animation playback of both 3DS and Lightwave scenes.
• Support for 3DS Character Studio.
• Assign materials and texture data for each individual polygon.
• MIP-mapping and material changes based on polygon distance.
• Polytype collision detection.
• Landscape Studio editor now has support for alpha fogging, sky boxes, and animated character or particle placement.
• Compiler Support: Watcom C/C++ and MSVC.
• Uses WGT 5.1/WGT95 for basic graphics functions. Support for DosGlide, DirectDraw software rendering, WinGlide, Direct3D (7.0 ) and OpenGL.
• Native 3Dfx support through Glide and 3Dfx Voodoo Rush support.
• 3D MAX glasses support.

More information and a demo on the Power Render Homepage.

22.12.1999 Golgatha

17.11.1998

Golgatha is a 3D game engine from Crack dot Com. Crack dot Com left business and decided to release the source of their game that has been in development for more than 2 years.

• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping
• Texture filtering
• Landscape rendering
• Using a single portable rendering API, support for 3dfx's Glide, partial support for Microsoft's Direct3d, software rendering using Span Buffering, and very partial OpenGl support
• DirectSound, Direct 3d sound, Aureal 3d sound, and partial Linux sound support.
• Support for Win95, Win98, and WinNT and Linux
• Plugin for 3D Studio Max for geometry im/export
• Game editor
• Portable TCP networking code, supporting UDP and TCP
• A LISP interpreter with threaded garbage collection
• Portable GUI system, with a window manager, support for dialog boxes, buttons, browse trees, pull down menu, context menus, scroll bars, sliders, dividers, list boxes, text input, status indicators, and context sensitive help
• Image loaders & savers for Jpeg, FLI, PCX, TGA, BMP
• Image histograms & quantization
• Sound loaders for WAV and MP3
• Hand crafted assembly language optimizations for pentiums, and k6-3d
• C/ASM source.

More information, screenshots and the complete sources (even game data, music and textures) can be found on the Golgatha Homepage .

22.12.1999 Poly Nova

03.09.1999

Poly Nova is a Windows 95/98 3D engine from Chris Raynor of Novasoft Consulting.

• Support for Direct3D (7.0 )
• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Dynamic realtime colored lighting
• Z-Buffer support
• Support for ambient/directional and point light sources
• Collision detection
• Scene manager
• Floating point math
• C++ source for Visual C++

More information, screenshots, executables and the source can be found on the Poly Nova Homepage

09.11.1999 MGRage

09.11.1999

MGRage is a 3D engine for Windows from Sebastien Chemin ( nanotech@club-internet.fr ).

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Support for DirectX 7
• Multitextureing
• Environment mapping
• Portal and BSP rendering
• Dynamic RGB light sourceing
• Lens flares
• Particle systems
• Mirrors
• Z-Buffer and W-Buffer support
• Hierarchical models

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the MGRage Homepage.

09.11.1999 Heidi

09.11.1999

Hidi is a 3D rendering archicture for PCs from Autodesc Inc.

• Gouraud shaded, texture mapping
• Support for OpenGL, D3D and often direct hardware-driver support from 3D card vendors
• Transparency
• Dynamically loaded renderers
• Point, directional, spot and ambient lights
• Multiple views
• Support for Visual C++

More information and the SDK can be found on the Heidi SDK Homepage. The Heide documentation is at www.autodesk.com/heididg/index.html.

29.10.1999 Nectar Engine

11.11.1998

The Nectar Engine is a real-time commercial 3D engine for Windows 95 from Jerome Lanquetot ( jlanquetot@hoplandbros.com).

• RGB lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Realtime shadow casting ( with shadow volume )
• Single mesh deformation with skeletton animation, motion capture, motion blending
• Realtime RGB lighting (Omni, directional )
• Very efficient visibility determination
• Advanced quaternion, matrix, spline and vector math libraries
• Support for LOD models
• Lens flares and particles system
• Collision detection system ( sphere, box, faces )
• Portal and anti-portals rendering
• Software renderer
  • Support for 16 bit Directdraw
  • Z-sorting and s-buffer rendering
  • Perspective correct texture mapping
  • RGB gouraud
  • RGB fog
  • Sub-pixel /-texel accuracy
  • MIP-mapping
  • Alpha-blending and transparency
• Volumetric fog
• Support for Direct3D version 6.1 ( Tnt, Voodoo/Voodoo2 , G200, ATI Rage 128 )
• Support for 3Dfx Voodoo/Voodoo2
• Support for OpenGL
• Very adaptive engine based on drivers, new native api can easily be supported.
• Import of Kinetix 3DS Max scenes and Newtek Lightwave .lwo object and scene files, Maya scenes ( groups, mesh, cameras, lights,animation, materials )
• Support for RAR, ARJ, JPG, TGA, PCX, 3DF texture files
• IE and Netscape 4+ plugin for a use on internet
• 3DS Max preview plugin
• Integrated terminal
• Developped with Visual C++ 6.0

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Nectar Engine Homepage .

29.10.1999 Exist

29.10.1999

Exist is a 3D Game Engine for Windows from Mike Fricker (mfricker@sprint.ca).

• Direct3D and OpenGL support
• Color lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Detail mapping
• Advanced material system with powerful multi-texture blending and animation capabilities
• Curved surfaces with collision detection, and dynamically tessellated via current framerate and level-of-detail
• 32-bit textures, and support for textures larger than 256x256
• Dynamic lighting
• Level editor
• Physics simulator
• Advanced client / server based networking engine, with client-side prediction and server-side extrapolation
• Support for 3D Studio MAX R2 models and animations
• Volumetric fog
• Hybrid BSP / portal rendering, with dynamic PVS
• 3D sound support via DirectSound3D
• Real-time mesh vertex interpolation or morphing
• Hierarchy-based model animation

More information and screenshots can be found on the Exist Homepage.

29.10.1999 VB Revolution

29.10.1999

VB Revolution is a 3D library for Windows from Simon Theophil ( simon@nefo.de )

• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Support for DirectX and software rendering
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Texture filtering
• Colered lights
• Multi textureing (additive, subtraktive)
• Anti aliasing
• Support for DirectSound

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the VB Revolution Homepage.

18.10.1999 Daredevil's 3D Engine

01.07.1999

Daredevil's 3D Engine is a 3D engine for Windows 95 from Daredevil ( hauswiesner@bhak-weiz.ac.at ).

• Support for DirectX
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Collision detection
• Transparency
• Colored lights
• Support for DirectInput and DirectSound Support for tile-based rendering
• .x file loader
• MS Visual C++ source available

More information, screenshots, a demo can be found on the Daredevil's Homepage

08.10.1999 Bullet3D

08.10.1999

Bullet3D is a 3D library for Windows from BIll Bo ( ufbl0361@ms25.hinet.net ).

• Unshaded, perspective texture mapping
• Support for DirectX 6 and OpenGL
• Z-Buffer rendering
• BSP rendering
• 3D Studio Max Plugin
• Collision detection
• Written in C++ (Visual C++ 6.0)

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Bullet 3D Homepage.

28.09.1999 Exodus Engine

08.09.1999

Exodus is a commercial 3D game engine for Windows 95/98 and Macintosh from Video Game Workshop ( insurrect2@aol.com ).

• Lightmapped perspective texturemapping
• Skeletal motion system
• Animated textures
• Support for OpenGL 1.2(Win, Mac), and DirectX 7.0(Win)
• Volumetric light and fog
• B-Spline and skeletal motion system
• Particle effects
• Soft-shadows and dynamic shadows
• Lens flares
• Dynamic polygonal objects
• Collision detection
• Portal rendering
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Support for DXF, LWO, 3DS, MD2 object files
• 3D landscape, room and model editor
• Underwater Lighting Effects
• Multiplayer Support for up to 8 players on LAN, TCP/IP, and modem
• 3D sound support

For more information and licensing visit the Exodus Engine Homepage.

22.09.1999 Advanced 3D Game Programming using DirectX 7.0

22.09.1999

The book "Advanced 3D Game Programming using DirectX 7.0" from Adrian Perez ( cuban@cmu.edu ) contains a 3D engine with the following features:

• Multi-textureing (lightmaps, detail maps, glow maps, spec maps)
• Radiosity lighting
• Subidivision surfaces
• Parametric surfaces
• Progressive meshes
• B-splines
• Hardware acceleration
• Alpha blending
• BSP rendering
• Portal rendering

More information, screenshots and demos can be found on the "Advanced 3D Game Programming using DirectX 7.0" Book Homepage. The book will be released march 2000.

17.09.1999 Arfnold 2

17.09.1999

Arfnold 2 is a 3D engine for Windows 95/98 by by Andrei Fortuna ( andreif@mail.dntis.ro ) aka 'Stormbringer'.

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• MIP-mapping
• Bilinear texture filtering
• Flat & gouraud shading
• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D 6.x
• Z-Buffer rendering
• BSP & PVS
• Hierarchical meshes
• Transparency
• Fog
• Colored lights
• Support for 3D Studio scenes
• Support for Quake2 levels (including monsters)
• Collision detection using axis aligned boxes
• Uses gamex86.dll from quake2 for monster movement in the quake2 level viewer
• Visual C++ 5/6 source

More information, screenshots, a demo and the source can be found on Stormbringer's Homepage.

15.09.1999 A4-Engine

15.09.1999

The A4-engine is a commercial game engine for Windows 95 / DirectX, and part of the GameStudio 3D game authoring system from Conitec. Here's the features:

• Lightmapped perspective texturemapping
• 3D and 2D views
• Mip mapping
• Flat shading, gouraud shading and shadow mapping
• Texture caching system
• Portal and BSP visibility system
• Software and D3D renderer
• Fog, translucency, flares
• Sky rendering system using multi-layer animation
• Bitmap particle system
• Static and dynamic colored light sources
• 3D sprites and 3D models
• MAP and MDL format import
• 3D sound system
• Collision detection
• 2D sprite support for overlays etc.
• AVI and CD player
• Scripting language
• Multi-user mode via split screen, modem, network, or Internet

More information, screenshots, tutorials, and demos can be found on the A4 Engine Homepage.

13.09.1999 R-Engine

13.09.1999

The R-engine is a 3D game engine for Windows 95/98 from Onil Jang ( jangunil@oigame.co.kr ).

• Lightmapped perspective texturemapping
• Support for Direct 3D
• Sector based engine
• Reatime pathfinder
• Collision detection
• Dynamic scene (windmill, bridge,door,trap....)
• Dynamic objects (support for 3D Studio Max Character Studio)
• Corona fire effect
• Lava, water, wall texture UV animation
• Particle systems with gravity
• Transparency and alpha-blending
• Fog

More information, screenshots, game AVI and etc.. can be found on the Oin-Enterprise Homepage.

08.09.1999 V3D

07.07.1999

V3D is a 3D engine for Windows 95/98 from Rich ( v3dengine@hotmail.com ).

• Lightmapped perspective texturemapping
• Varible LightMap ratios ( 1:1, 8:1, 16:1 )
• Support for vertex alpha
• Shadow effects
• Gouraud shading
• RGB lighting
• Transparency
• Fog
• BSP tree rendering
• Hardware acceleration through Direct3D
• Written in C++
• MMX optimizations
• Solid Modeling Application

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the V3D Homepage .

03.09.1999 Crystal Space

25.08.1997

Crystal Space is a 3D engine for Unix from Jorrit Tyberghein ( Jorrit.Tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be ).

• Shaded perspective texture mapping.
• MIP-mapping.
• Sub-pixel and sub-texel accuracy.
• Portal rendering.
• Static lighting with precomputed shadows.
• Dynamic colored lights with shadows
• Transparent and semi-transparent textures.
• Support for mirrors.
• Support for BSP rendering.
• Support for curved surfaces.
• Support for depth-correct and colored volumetric fog.
• Hierarchical Bounding Box collision detection system.
• New c-buffer (coverage buffer) type visibility culling.
• Sound support (for Windows and Linux only currently).
• Moving objects and scripts controlling the movement.
• 3D triangle mesh sprites with gouraud shading and LOD (Level of Detail)
• Skeleton animation for 3D triangle mesh sprites
• Support for 8, 15, 16 and 32-bit displays.
• Support for unix (linux and solaris are tested) and DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Windows 95 version, BeOS, NextStep, Rhapsody and OpenStep ports.
• Optional MMX support.
• New ports to OS/2 and GDI.
• OpenGL port works very well now for Linux, Windows, and BeOS.
• Hierarchical objects (not used in current programs, but implementation exists)
• Glide port works good for Linux and Windows.
• Optional Direct3D hardware acceleration for Windows port.
• 3D sound support
• Reading of Quake II MD2 and 3DS objects
• Low-level networking support.
• C++ source.

More information, screenshots, the source and a unix executable is available on the Crystal Space Homepage.

03.09.1999 Claw Engine

08.07.1999

The Claw Engine is a landscape 3D engine for Windows 95/98/2000/NT from Andreas Löffler ( gd_crazy@gmx.net ) of United Bytes.

• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Support hardware acceleration via Direct3D
• Multitexturing
• Z-Buffer rendering
• Colored lights
• LOD support
• Colored fogging
• Vegetation primitive (stones, trees, plants)
• Landscape and scene editor
• Editor for houses and citys
• Support for sectors
• Skybox
• Collision detection
• Physics
• Lighting system (spot, environment)
• Written in Visual C++

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the United Bytes Homepage

20.07.1999 Peuck

01.07.1999

Peuck is a realtime 3D engine for Windows 95/NT from Francesco Carucci, Sebastiano Mandal and Maurizio Pianta aka 'Mental Fusion & 7th sense Team'.

• Lightmapped perspective texturemapping
• Diffuse and specular lightmapping or vertex lighting
• Virtual rendering machine, mapped on real drivers (currently implemented OpenGL, Glide, Direct3D)
• Multiple viewports
• Math driver (floating point supported, SSE under development)
• Transparency
• Environment mapping, chrome mapping
• Real time dynamic lightmapping (diffuse map and specular map)
• Real time dynamic bumpmapping (env bump mapping and real bump mapping)
• Support for 3D Studio .3DS and Lightscape .LWO files
• Motion blur
• Skeletal and hierarchical animation
• Planned port to Linux and Macintosh

More information and screenshots can be found on the Peuck Homepage .

12.07.1999 Polyspace 3D

12.07.1999

Polyspace 3D(TM) is a commercial 3D game engine from Maven Studios done by Matthew Huston and other contributers (mhuston@ameritech.net)

• Lightmapped perspective texturemapping
• Animated textures, procedural water textures
• Developed specifically for outdoor environments
• Translucent texture
• Fog
• Day - Night lighting
• Support for 3D Studio and Direct X (*.x) object files
• Support for BMP, PCX, JPG, GIF, and more textures
• Network support
• Coded in Visual Basic 5 and 6 with help from the Direct X Library (Patrice Scribe) and OGE II (Michael Jennings)
• Waste Runners, a driving simulator, is being developed on it

For more information and licensing visit Maven Studios.

28.05.1999 6DX

28.05.1999

6DX is a commercial 3D game engine for Windows from Eldermage Entertainment Inc.

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Transparent textures and overlays
• Hardware acceleration through Direct3D
• Support for 16 bit / true color rendering
• Dynamic lighting
• Particle systems
• Multiple cloud/fog planes, fogging
• Coronas/Halos on lights
• Shadows (like Heretic 2)
• Available as ActiveX and Delphi VCL
• Support for Quake scenes and editors
• Support for polygonal actors (MDL)

More information, screenshots and demos can be found on the Eldermage Homepage

27.05.1999 Architect III

15.07.1996

Architect III (former Geometry Box and even former Model 3DD) is a commercial Real-Time 3D development kit from Geometric Computing ( gb2@geometricom.com ).

• Lighting system including chromatic or achromatic lights, with Gouraud shading and two-pass lighting (light mapping)
• Hierarchical, dynamic lighting
• MIP-mapping
• Detail pass rendering
• Support for 3DFX Glide and Microsoft Direct3D (16, 24 and 32-bit)
• Mirrors
• Portal culling, view volume culling and hierarchical view volume culling
• Fogging
• Hierarchical objects
• Collision detection
• Physics system
• Alpha blending
• 3D Modeler with splines, csg, lathing, lofting and sweeping
• Bezier patches and height field support, real-time terrain generation.
• Texture import (Microsoft .BMP, Targa .TGA, Silicon Graphics .RGB, .RGBA, .INT and .A)
• Support for MultiGen OpenFlight .FLT, Kinetix .3DS and DirectX .X objects
• C++ API with documentation, lots of sample code
• Full c++ source code for renderer supplied (in full version)

More information and screenshots can be found on the Geometry Computing Homepage.

20.05.1999 EasyGen3D

11.08.1998

EasyGen3D is an OpenSource wrapper for the Genesis 3D library from Matthew Ellis ( matt@magmagames.com ).

• Easy setup of Genesis3D
• Easy scene setup
• Support for Gravity, Coronas, Electric bolts and dynamic lighting
• Texture loading
• C source for Visual C++ 6.0

More information and the SDK can be found on Genesis 3D Homepage.

12.05.1999 Gran3D

12.05.1999

Gran3D is a Windows 3D Engine by Kim Jeong Ju (haje01@netsgo.com) . It was designed to work seamlessly with 3D Studio Max and 3D acceleration card.

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Support for DirectX 6.1
• Support for 3DS Max ASCII Export including materials and animations
• Support for multi-materials
• Support for 3DS Max bone and IK animations
• Support for Character Studio biped and physique animations
• Quake-like terrain component using BSP, Portal, PVS
• Collision detection

More information, screenshots and demos can be found on the Gran3D Homepage

22.04.1999 Glista 3D

22.04.1999

Glista 3D is a 3D engine for Windows from Milos Tosic (glista3d@hotmail.com).

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Multi texturing
• Sub-pixel and sub-texel accurate rasterising
• MIP mapping with trilinear filtering (trilinear filter supported by hardware only)
• Multiple coloured light sources (omni or directional) with distance attenuation
• Multiple cameras with custom FOV and clipping
• Z-Sorting and Z-buffer rendering
• Oct trees for large Outdoor scenes
• Support for TGA, PCX, GIF, IFF/LBM textures
• Support for 3DT and 3DS objects
• Support for 8, 15, 16, 24 and 32 bpp
• Windows95/98/NT Support trough DirectX v6.0+
• Support for hardware acceleration trough Direct3D v6.0+
• Written in pure C

More information and a demo can be found on the Glista 3D Homepage

12.03.1999 Frog Engine

25.01.1999

The Frog Engine is a 3D engine for Windows from Thierry Tremblay ( kzinti@microtec.net ).

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Static lighting rendered with shadowmaps (lightmaps)
• Mip-mapping
• Environment mapping
• Portal rendering
• Z-Buffer support
• Collision detection
• Support for DirectX 6 and Glide 3
• Software rendering for Win32
• Windowed mode rendering on DirectX
• Depth rendering ( 16, 24, 32 bit)
• Support for many internal texture formats.
• C++ extension DLLs
• Multithread support, including mutexes, conditions and semaphores
• The source is available (under LGPL)

More information, a screenshot, the engine and a demo can be found on the Frog Engine Homepage.

11.03.1999 Nano3D

11.03.1999

Nano3D is a 3D engine for Windows from Bejan Bogdan ( bogdan.bejan@freemail.fx.ro ).

• Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping
• Support for Direct3D and Glide
• Optimized for large out door scenes
• Global iluminatio
• Parameric surfaces (curved surfaces)
• Direct input and direct play support
• Convertor for 3D Studio 3DS with mapping and material support
• Texture file format with convertor from 3df file format
• Written in 100% ASM.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Nano3D Homepage.

04.03.1999 Future Colors

04.03.1999

Future Colors is a demo 3D engine for Windows from Peter Soltesz ( soltesz@hotmail.com ) aka 'Archee/CoNTRACT'.

• Perspective, shaded texture mapping
• Support for Direct3D
• Environment mapping
• Object morphing
• Real time lighting
• Phong shading
• Sound support
• Source available

More information, the demo and the source can be found on the Future Colors Homepage.

17.02.1999 Vital

17.02.1999

Vital is a 3D game engine for Windows from Lut Roman and Sergey Zabaryansky ( root@zssoft.carrier.kiev.ua ).

• Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping
• Support for Direct3D
• Environment mapping
• Colored, dynamic lightsources
• Mirrors
• Lens flares and halos
• Local fog
• Realistic water (geometry underwater warps)
• Object falling into water sets out 3d waves
• Physics system
• Support for DirectSound3D and A3D

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Vital Homepage.

05.02.1999 Game Creation System

05.02.1999

GCS is a commercial 3D system for non-programmers by Pie in the Sky Software.

• Shaded erspective texture mapping
• Support for all Direct 3D/Direct X 3D accelerated video cards
• Use 8,16, 24, or 32 bit color in modes up to 1280x1024
• Light source effects for incredible graphic
• DirectSound digitally mixed sound effects
• Weapons, enemy guys, and basic artwork included
• Level editor and paint program included

More information and screenshots can be found on the Game Creation System Homepage.

18.01.1999 libCON

18.01.1999

libCON is a 3D game programming library for Windows 95/98 from Amir Geva aka 'Photon' ( __Photon__@yahoo.com ). libCON provides an easy to use API to programmers who don't want to mess around with Windows/DirectX.

• Perspective, shaded texture mapping
• Multiple colored lights
• Support for DirecX 6.0, uses hardware acceleration, if available
• Sound support
• Collision detection using RAPID package
• Written in MS Visual C++ 4.2
• C++ API

More information, screenshots, the library and a demo ( a 3D modeller using the library) can be found on the Photon2038 Game Programming Homepage.

15.01.1999 SurRender

01.01.1995

SR is a commercial visualization class library from Hybrit Ltd (surrender@hybrid.org).

• Open architecture, with source code supplied.
• Scene graph support.
• Cross-platform compatibility, fully portable across various operating systems and hardware platforms. Support for proprietary software rendering, Direct3D, OpenGL, 3Dfx Glide, NEC PowerSGL, P3D HAL, Rendition RRedline and Matrox MSI95.
• Support for Windows 95/98/NT,older ports exist for Linux and Irix.
• Material support.
• Multiple light sources with a realistic lighting model.
• Advanced rendering with automatic multi-pass operation where required.
• LOD support.
• Complete hierarchy support for all objects, cameras and lights.
• MIP-mapping.
• Various 8/15/16/24/32 bit image formats supported.
• Easy mesh animation and morphing.
• Easy bitmap/billboard objects and 3D sprites.
• Sub-pixel accuracy for texture mapping.
• Lens-flare, lens reflection, smoke and glow special effects.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Filtering and real-time image post-processing.
• Motion blur and anti-aliasing.
• Stereoscopic rendering.
• Support for 3D Studio .max and Lightwave .lwo objects.
• Support for multithreading and multiprocessor systems
• C++ API.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the SurRender Homepage

15.01.1999 Flatland Rover

15.01.1999

Flatland Rover is 3d engine with 3DML (3D Markup Language) support that works as WWW browser plugin (Netscape Navigator, MS Internet Explorer, AOL) from Flatland Online Inc. 3DML is a easy to write 3D description language that support building blocks and animations.

• Gouraud shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Bilinear filtering
• Support for DirectX and PC 3D hardware
• Support for Windows 95/98/NT
• 3D audio support ((DirectSound and A3D 2.0)
• 16bit and 8bit color support
• BSP sorting
• Dynamic lighting - moving spotlights, pulse lights, point lights
• Player gravity
• Support for GIF, animated GIF, JPEG textures
• Transparent texture color
• Translucency
• Support for TombRaider 3 texture and building blocks

Information, software, tutorials, screenshots, and more can be found at the Flatland Web Site.

14.01.1999 3D API Bindings for Delphi

14.01.1999

Erik Unger manages a site for 3D API Bindings for Delphi:

• Support for DirectX 6.0 for Delphi 2, 3 and 4 (Erik Unger )
• Support for OpenGL 1.1 ( Mike Lischke )
• Support for Glide 2.43 (Erik Unger and Eric Nowinski)

More information and the source can be found on the Delphi Graphics Homepage.

13.01.1999 Archee`s 3d engine

13.01.1999

A3E is a 3d engine for Direct3D from Archee ( soltesz@hotmail.com ) from CoNTRACT.

• Support for Direct3D with 3d card support
• Perspective lightmapped texture mapping
• Phong shading using light maps
• Realtime shadows
• Movable camera
• Written in C

More information and a demo can be found on Archee`s 3d Engine Homepage .

13.01.1999 VR-AGE

13.01.1999

VR-AGE is a commercial 3D rendering and sprite engine for Windows / DirectX from Webfoot Technologies.

• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping
• Transparent/translucent polygons, sprites & particles
• Animated sprites and textures
• Particle system
• Colored lighting effects
• Depth sorting
• Polygonal characters
• Collision detection
• Lens flares and underwater FX
• Real-time WYSIWYG Level Editor
• Sound support
• Written in C/C++/ASM

More information, demos and screenshots can be found via the Webfoot Technologies Homepage .

13.01.1999 3D-Wage

13.01.1999

3D-Wage is a commercial 3D rendering and sprite engine for Windows / DirectX from Webfoot Technologies.

• Based on cube rendering
• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping
• Animated sprites and textures
• Colored lighting effects
• Depth sorting
• Moving cubes and sprite
• Lifted and non-lifted floors and ceilings
• Sprite clipping against polygons
• Collision detection
• Real-time WYSIWYG Level Editor
• Sound support
• Written in C/C++/ASM

More information, demos and screenshots can be found via the Webfoot Technologies Homepage .

11.01.1999 Katharsis

11.01.1999

Katharsis is a commercial 3D engine for Windows 95/NT from Digital Infinity.

• Support for OpenGL, Direct3D and Glide, support for PC 3D cards
• Software rendering with bilinear texture filtering.
• Perspective. lightmapped texture mapping
• MIP-mapping
• Sub-pixel / sub-texel accuracy
• Lightmaps, shadowmaps and opacity maps
• Lens flares and glow
• Flat, gouraud, phong and metal shading
• Multiple dynamic shadows
• Projected textures
• Z buffering, Z sorting and visibility lists.
• Advanced physics system
• LOD support
• Programmable behavior control per entity
• 3D editor with support for Lightwave LWO, 3D Studio 3DS / MAX and Autocad DFX.
• Written in C++ and Assembler

More information and screenshots can be found on the 3D Engine Homepage .

11.11.1998 Kick Engine

11.11.1998

The Kick Engine is a commercial real-time 3D engine for Windows 95 from Kick Engine.

• Support for OpenGL and DirectX 6, support for PC 3D cards.
• Perspective. lightmapped texture mapping
• Dynamic lightmaps with specular lighting
• Dynamic shadows
• Volumetric fog and water.
• Liquid rendering with underwater caustics
• Detail mapping
• Movie textures
• View-volume HSR
• Coronas on lights
• Adaptive portal system
• Optimized for 3dNow
• Advanced 2-way texture system designed for AGP 2X

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Kick Engine Homepage .

27.10.1998 JTGame

10.11.1997

JTGame is a C++ interactive 3D game framework based on top of Microsoft Windows, MFC, and DirectX from John Thompson ( john@gildea.net ).

• Perspective shaded texture mapping.
• 3D display objects (worlds, actors, props, simple and compound mesh-based images).
• 2D display objects (decals, sprites, and backgrounds) .
• 3D sounds .
• Mesh primitives.
• Lights .
• Cameras .
• Animation control .
• Fogging.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Z-Buffer rendering.
• High and low level mouse, joystick, and keyboard support.
• Automated paths, collision detection, blocking, bouncing .
• Automated object translation and orientation for "watching" or "following" ther objects.
• Main and multiple scene windows .
• Inherit MFC's GUI components, i.e. menus, dialogs, events, etc.
• 3D sounds using DirectSound.
• Full C++ sources included .

More information, screenshots, documentation, sample programs, tutorials and the source of the library can be found on the JTGame Homepage.

05.10.1998 3D Graphics Engine

12.02.1998

3DGE is a commercial 3D API for PCs from Twilight 3D.

• Perspective correct texture mapping.
• Sub-pixel/-texel accurate scan conversions.
• MIP-mapped or Tri-linear texture filtering
• Point sampled or bilinear texel reads.
• Dual texturing with configurable and versatile txcombine modes.
• Alpha-blending and transparency.
• Z Buffering, z-sorting and s-buffer rendering.
• Monochromatic and RGB light sources (dynamic).
• Fog and specularity.
• Geometric 3D clipping.
• Advanced quaternion, matrix, spline and vector math libraries.
• Lense flares and particle systems.
• Support for VGA and DirectDraw support.
• Support for 3Dfx Voodoo/Rush, Direct 3D and OpenGL drivers plus highly optimized native software fillers.
• Support for Playstation (console).
• Native Newtek Lightwave and Autodesk 3D Studio .3DS and native 3DS MAX import.
• Support for JPG, PNG, TGA, BMP, PCX, GIF and PPM, IFF LBM, XBM texture files.
• C++ API.

More information and screenshots can be found on the 3D Graphics Engine Homepage.

05.10.1998 Archee Scent

05.10.1998

Archee Scent is a 3D game engine for Windows 95 using Direct3D from Archee ( soltesz@hotmail.com ).

• Perspective gouraud-shaded texture mapping.
• Procedural textures and objects (with LOD).
• Enemies AI.
• Multiple dynamic colred lights.
• Level editor (DOS, DJGPP,NASM).
• Written in C++/Asm using Visual 5.0 and NASM.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Archee Scent Homepage .

10.09.1998 Alice

12.09.1996

Alice is a 3D Interactive Graphics Programming Environment for Windows 95 by members of Randy Pausch's Stage 3 Research Group at Carnegie Mellon University.

• Perspective texture mapping.
• Support for DirectX under Windows 95.
• Support for VRML 1.0, DXF and OBJ models.
• 3D localised sound using Intel's RSX 3D Sound Library.
• Scripting language.

More information and the Alice binaries on the Alice Homepage.

03.09.1998 SKOUT Engine

03.09.1998

The SKOUT engine is a commercial 3D engine for Windows from Soft Enterprises (mh@soft-enterprises.com). It will be available for licensing for third parties.

• Colored dynamic lightmaps.
• Mip mapping.
• Transparency (additive, multiplicative).
• Portal based thus allowing mirrors and other special effects ( mirrors not implemented yet).
• Volumetric effects like fogging and heat haze.
• Physics model with collision detection etc.
• Hardware accelerated Direct3D only.
• Support for Lightwave objects, scenes and animations.
• Animated textures.
• Procedural textures.
• Particle effects.
• LOD support.
• Multiplayer support.
• Fully script driven using a C++ like object oriented script language.

More information, screenshots and a very early demo can be found at the SKOUT Engine Homepage.

21.08.1998 RenderIt 3D!

15.04.1998

RenderIt 3D! is Direct3D game programmers library from Indotek Software Productions.

• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping.
• Support for Direct3D and 3D accelerator cards.
• Alpha texture support.
• Automatic 2 pass rendering.
• Z-Buffer rendering.
• Level of detail support.
• Preliminary collision detection support.
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS, Direct3D X, AutoCad DFX and R3D.
• C API with easy-to-use functions.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the RenderIt 3D! Homepage .

05.08.1998 START Engine

05.08.1998

The START Engine is a (work in progress) Direct3D Engine from Mirko Mignini ( mirko@lert.it ).

• Support for Direct3D and 3D accelerator cards.
• Dynamic colored lighting sources.
• Support for multiple cameras.
• Frustum clipping and back face culling.
• Z-Buffer rendering
• C++ Simple/Extensible API.
• Support for 3D Studio files.
• Hierarchical world management.
• Written in C++.

More information and screenshots can be found via START Engine Homepage .

22.07.1998 RealiMation

22.07.1998

RealiMation is a commercial real-time 3D scene management and rendering API, developed by Datapath Ltd.

• Supported platforms: Intel based PC (Windows 95, 98, NT), DEC Alpha based PC (Windows NT) and Silicon Graphics.
• Drivers for Direct3D v5, OpenGL, RenderWare, 3dfx Glide for Voodoo & Voodoo2, 3DLabs GLINT based cards, Real3D Pro1000.
• Integrated Space Time Editor for scene preparation, optimisation, and application debugging
• Scene optimisation tools (polygon reduction, scene restructuring etc.)
• Z buffer support.
• Standard texture features such as trilinear mip mapping, bilinear, perspective correct
• Advanced texture features such as image blending, detail textures, illumination maps, alpha maps.
• Live video texturing on any 3D surface
• Instancing support.
• Unlimited Level of Detail by area and by distance.
• Automatic motions.
• Collision detection.
• Raytesting.
• Terrain following.
• Plugins for 3D Studio Max 1 & 2, SoftImage, MicroStation, AutoCad.
• Import OpenFlight, DXF, 3D Studio, VRML1 & 2.
• Multi screen/channel output.
• Remote rendering across a TCP/IP network.
• Full read/write access to scene graph from API
• SDK includes Debugging libraries, Automatic Application Wizards, memory leak tools.

More information, screenshots and a browser plugin can be found on the RealiMation Homepage.

21.07.1998 X-Engine

21.07.1998

XE is a 3D engine for Windows 95 from Ales Mlakar aka JaZzBrE ( jazzbre@slo.net ).

• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping.
• BSP- and z-buffer rendering.
• Collision detection.
• Character animation.
• Support for DirectX 5, needs PC 3D hardware.
• Basic physics.
• Particle systems.
• Written in C++.

More information and a demo can be found on the X-Engine Homepage.

21.07.1998 4DBuilder

21.07.1998

4DBuilder is a shareware 3D modeller for Windows 95 from Erek van Grunderbeeck ( erik.vangrunderbeeck@village.uunet.be ).

• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping using Direct3D.
• Support for PC 3D cards.
• Import of DirectX Frame and Mesh objects, 3Dstudio and Caligari objects.
• Primitive objects.
• Support for BMP, 3DF, TIF, JPG, PPM and TGA (8, 16 or 24 bit) textures.
• Animated textures (AVI files, procedural textures).
• Hierarchical objects.
• Material settings: ambient, diffuse, specular, emmisive.
• Multiple cameras.
• Realtime preview and manipulation.
• Full edit list's of vertices and faces available.

More information, screenshots and the executable can be found on the 4DBuilder Homepage .

06.05.1998 LithTech

03.11.1997

The LT (former DirectEngine) is a commercial game development tool for Windows 95 developed from Monolith Productions.

• Support for Direct3D, own renderer or 3DFX/Glide.
• Dynamic colored lighting.
• Lightmap rendering.
• 3D sprites.
• Hierarchical key-framed animation (with interpolation).
• Translucency/transparency for water/glass effects.
• Level of Detail support.
• Particle systems.
• Customizable physics.
• Real-time shadows.
• Multi-server networking

More information, screenshots, a demo and licensing information can be found on the LithTech Homepage.

30.03.1998 Portal Engine

30.03.1998

PE is a 3D engine for Windows 95 from JaZzBrE ( jazzbre@slo.net ).

• Perspective gouraud shaded texture mapping.
• MIP-mapping.
• Portal rendering.
• Multiple light sources.
• Support for DirectX 5.
• 3D objects.
• Support for 3D Studio.
• Collision detection.

More information and a demo can be found on the Homepage of JaZzBrE .

17.03.1998 Terra

17.03.1998

Terra is a commercial 3D terrain visualization engine for Windows 95 by Skyline Software Systems LTD.

• Support for Direct3D.
• Realistically simulates weather phenomena such as clouds and fog.
• Perspective texture-mapping with alpha blending and fog.
• Static and dynamic 3D & 2D hierarchical objects.
• Multi-resolution meshes.
• Mesh animation.
• Real-time fractal interpolation and texture merging.
• Support for DFX and X objects.
• Optional terrain builder.
• C API interface.
• Access to the terrain z-buffer and ground height values.

More information and screenshots can be found on the Terra Homepage

11.03.1998 Shark 3D Library

07.10.1997

The S3DL is a 3D library for Windows 95 by Schamel Software.

• Realtime lighting maps and high-speed Gouraud shading.
• Realtime shadowing.
• Hierarchical world management.
• Collision detection.
• Realtime elimination of hidden objects/world parts.
• Drivers for D3D, Glide and OpenGl (all hardware accelerated).
• Shark 3D file format.
• Import compiler from VRML2.0 (e.g. export from 3D Studio Max).

For more information, screenshots and a demo to download see Schamel Software.

09.03.1998 Venom

09.03.1998

Venom is a 3D engine for Windows 95 from Alan Gordie ( 3dguy@mediaone.net ).

• Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping.
• MIP-mapping.
• Dynamic RGB light sources.
• Particles Systems.
• Lens Flares and Halos.
• Alpha-blending and transparency.
• Z Buffering.
• Support for 3D Studio .3DS meshes and animation.
• Support for TGA and BMP texture files.
• Support for Direct3D, OpenGL and 3Dfx Glide.
• Music and Sound using Midas Sound System.

More information, screenshots, a tutorial and a demo can be found on the Venom Homepage.

04.03.1998 NetImmerse

21.07.1997

NetImmerse is a commercial object oriented Game Engine for PCs from Numerical Design, Ltd. (NDL).

• Full C++ Source Code, no royalties.
• Drivers for Direct3D Immediate Mode, OpenGL and Glide
• Level of Detail (LOD) management.
• Portals Module
• Continuous LOD Terrain Module
• Support for BSP and ZBuffer rendering.
• RSX based spatialized 3D sound support
• Collision detection (Oriented Bounding Box technology)
• Support for 3D Studio MAX R2 (Integrated MAX Plugin support for animation, paths and particles) and 3DS, Multigen OpenFlight, and VRML 1.0.

NetImmerse is currently being used for upcoming games from Broderbund Red Orb Entertainment, FASA Interactive, Greystone and Media Station.
More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the NetImmerse Homepage.

13.02.1998 UltraFish 3D Engine

13.02.1998

The UltraFish 3D Engine is a commercial 3D game engine for Windows 95/NT from UltraFish Incorporated.

• Lightmapped, perspective correct texture mapping.
• Dynamic colored light sources.
• Portals and display lists.
• Advance character animation.
• Support for 3D Studio MAX models.
• Game editor toolkit.
• Fully DirectX compatible, support for Direct3D hardware acceleration and own custom software renderer for non-accelerated machines.

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Ultrafish Homepage.

12.02.1998 Torch

12.02.1998

Torch is a commercial 3D engine for Windows 95/NT from Newfire.

• Lightmapped, perspective correct texture mapping.
• Z-Buffer and bsp support.
• Level of Detail (LOD) management.
• Arbitrary texture map sizes.
• Support for JPEG, PNG and GIF texture files.
• Texture and geometry cache.
• Texture transparency.
• MIP-mapping.
• Fogging and depth cueing.
• Pre-computed lighting with soft-edge shadows.
• Dynamic lighting on non-textured objects.
• Collision detection.
• Support for VRML 2.0.
• Support for Direct3D, OpenGL and 3Dfx Glide and software rendering.
• Multichannel sound and and stereo midi support.
• C and Java API, JavaScript support in WWW browser.
• Standalone and WWW browser plugin.
• Development Environment for Torch is called Catalyst.

More information, screenshots and the browser plugin (for software developers only) can be found on the Newfire Homepage.

12.02.1998 Oden3D

12.02.1998

Oden3D is object-oriented C++ 3D game engine for Windows 95 / NT platforms from Novel Productions. Oden3D provides (when finished):

• Perspective, gouraud shaded texture mapping.
• Hierarchical scene graph databases
• Keyframed animations
• Effiecient visible object culling through OBB or BSP trees
• Portal rendering
• Multiple instancing of objects and hierarchies
• Multiple cameras and lightsources
• Dynamic collision detection
• Support for Direct3D and OpenGL
• Dynamic lighting and fogging
• Level-of-detail representation
• Particle system
• Landscape renderer
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS scene and animation files
• Networksupport
• C++ object-oriented extendable API
• 3D hardware accelleration through Direct3D.

For more information send an email to astaroth@mail.databasen.se.

03.11.1997 Direct3D Quake Viewer (Broken Link!)

03.11.1997

The D3DQV is a Direct3D engine for Windows 95 by Keith Harrison ( kh@netcomuk.co.uk ).

• Perspective, shaded texture-mapping with lightmaps.
• Support for Direct3D and PC 3D cards.
• BSP tree.
• Ported from the OpenGL version of the viewer.
• Support for Quake level files.
• Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 source.

More information, the source and binary can be found on the Direct3D Quake Viewer Homepage .

03.11.1997 Direct3D Samples

03.11.1997

The D3DS are sample programms using the Direct3D API for Windows 95 by Microsoft Corporation.

• Lens-flares. (Currently not available)
• Fogging.
• 3D game using DirectInput
• MIP-map texture rendering. (Currently not available)
• Billboard rendering. (Currently not available)
• 3D sound
• C++ source.

More information, the source and binaries can be found on the DirectX Samples Homepage .

23.10.1997 3D Mountain Dew can screensaver (Link Problem!)

23.10.1997

The 3DMDCS is a 3D screensaver for Windows 95 using Direct3D / Direct X 5.0 from Jason Cwik ( jcwik@dept.agecon.umn.edu ) of Ice Brewed Software Company.

• Support for PC 3D cards.
• C++ source.

More information, screenshots, binaries and the source code can be found on the Ice Brewed Software Company Homepage.

13.10.1997 Tekktonic Game Engine

13.10.1997

The TGE is a commercial Windows 95 engine by the Reakktor Media Group.

• Perspective, shaded texture-mapping.
• Independent lighting levels for each polygon.
• Portal rendering.
• Depth shading, fogging.
• Realtime lighting fx.
• Hierarchical polygon characters.
• Collision detection.
• Support for DirectX.
• 3D sound system.
• Multiplayer support.
• Optimized for Intel Pentium.
• Windows 95 editor.

This engine will be used to create the indoor part of the game Typherra which will be released early 1998. The Tekktonic Game Engine will be available for Sublicensing after Typherra has been finished.
More information and screenshots can be found on the Typherra Homepage.

08.07.1997 Player Project

08.07.1997

The Player Project is a C++ class wrapper to Direct 3D and OpenGL from Eric Victor Powers ( powerg@deltanet.com ).

• Simple collision detection.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Multiple lights.
• Material support.

More information and the source can be found on the Player Project Homepage.

07.07.1997 GLView

07.07.1997

GLView is a fast 3D viewer and integrated VRML 2.0 browser and editor for PCs by MKC Software ( sales@mkcsoft.com ).

• Shaded perspective texture mapping.
• Transparent texture mapping.
• Collision detection.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Multiple, colored light sources.
• Support for Windows NT/95 and hardware accelerators.
• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D.
• VRML script support.
• Support for 3D sound using RSX.

More information and a demo version can be found on the GLView Homepage.

06.06.1997 3D Reality Rendering System

06.06.1997

3DRS is a 3D rendering library for PCs by TS Group Entertainment.

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping.
• Support for DOS, Windows 95/NT, Direct3D and PC 3D cards.
• Z-buffer and z-sort rendering.
• Transparent textures, arbitrarily sized texture maps.
• Material management.
• Multiple cameras.
• Multiple light sources. Directional, point, spot and coloured lights using special built shading tables or hardware acceleration layer.
• Scene and model picking.
• Billboard objects and 3D sprites.
• Support for 8 bit indexed and 16 bit true color modes.
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS object files.
• Support for BMP, GIF, CEL and TGA texture files.
• C++ API.

More information and a demo can be found on the TS Group Entertainment Homepage.

05.06.1997 SimStudio

05.06.1997

SimStudio is a commercial 3D simulation environment by NDimension Simulations Pty Ltd.

• Perspective texture mapping.
• Support for DirectX and PC3D cards under Windows 95 and NT.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Behavior simulation.
• Collision detection.
• Support for 3D Studio 3DS, 3D Studio MAX and MultiGen OpenFlight scene files.
• C++ API.

More information and screenshots can be found on the NDimension Homepage.

06.05.1997 World Toolkit

01.01.1995

WTK is a commercial, portable, cross-platform software development system for building high-performance, real-time, integrated 3D applications for scientific and commercial use from Sense 8 Corporation.

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping.
• Z-buffer rendering.
• Multiple viewport and lightsources, 3D paths, portals, 2D texts and shapes, object animations.
• Supports user-defined drawing routines
• Multi-processing/multi-pipeline support
• Support for Windows 95 (Direct 3D), Windows NT (OpenGL), Sun, Silicon Graphics, Evans & Sutherland Freedom Series, Hewlett-Packard, and DEC.
• High level scene management such as hierarchical object culling, efficient use of transform information and level-of-detail switching.
• Support for many I/O devices like HMDs, shutter glasses, 3D trackers, gloves and 3D audio systems.
• Support for VRML, 3D Studio, Pro Engineer, Multigen and Wavefront files.
• Network support.
• C/C++ API.
• Sense 8 also provides a 3D Editor (World Up) based on WTK.

More information on the Sense 8.

22.05.1996 OpenGVS

22.05.1996

OpenGVS is a high-level, applications programming interface (API) for professional, real-time, computer graphics software developers from Gemini Technology Corportation.

• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D.
• Hardware support for SGI, 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics, Intergraph's TDZ, 3DLabs GLINT, Lockheed-Martin's Real3D and DEC/E&S Freedom.
• Texture mapping.
• Fog model for atmospheric special effects.
• Collision detection.
• Hierarchical objects.
• Import models from MultiGen, GameGen, Wavefront and others.

More information on the Gemini Technology Homepage.

02.02.2000 World Foundry

02.02.2000

World Foundry is a 3D Game Develeopers Kit for Windows 95 / 98 / NT and Linux from Kevin T. Seghetti ( kts@worldfoundry.org ).

• Perspective correct texture mapping
• Animated textures
• Depth cueing
• Collision detection
• Support for OpenGL and Direct3D
• LOD support
• Animation playback system
• Scripting language

More information, screenshots and the sources for the GDK can be found on the World Foundry Homepage.

12.04.2000 Buzz 3D Browser

12.04.2000

The Buzz 3D Browser is a WWW browser that uses a 3D engine to show multiple websites simultaneously in a fully immersive 3D environment from Virtual Reality Marketing Ltd.

• Shaded. perspective texture mapping
• Doom like environment (angled walls with the same height)
• Support for Direct 3D hardware rendering
• Support for HTTP navigation

More information, screenshots and the executable can be found on the Buzz 3D Browser Homepage.