3D Engines List Changed entries since may 2000 This list contains the 10 changed engines since 01.05.2000 sorted by date.

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.

23.06.2000 JunkRender

28.01.1998

JR is a 3D engine for Win32, Java and DOS from tAAt (tAAt@mail.com).

• Fast texture mapping (perspective, shaded)
• 3D Studio .3DS File Loader and JunkRender .JR Scenery Format with LZSS Compression
• File Library System
• Custom Procedural Textures
• Texture Cache Optimization
• Custom particle systems
• Custom Post-processing Effects (e.g. Motion Blur and Cartoon Rendering)
• Simulated Volume Lighting
• Interactive Test Suite
• Written in Java and C

More information and demos can be found on the JunkRender Homepage .

23.06.2000 Carsten's 3D Engine

23.02.2000

Ca3D is a 3D engine for DOS from Carsten Fuchs ( CarstenFuchs@t-online.de ).

• Unlit, perspective texture mapping
• BSP / PVS / portal rendering
• Span- and Z-Buffer
• Optimization passes for ideal geometry
• Software rendering
• Natural player movement (clipping and world physics)
• TrueColor (32-BPP) support
• Written in Watcom C++

More information, screenshots and a demo can be found on the Homepage of Carsten's 3D Engine.

23.06.2000 3D Echtzeitgrafik

23.06.2000

3D Echtzeitgrafik is a Wireframe and Gouraud Shading Engine with (german) documentation on "How to Build a 3D Engine from the Scratch" by Gabriel Wurzer (mccool@writeme.com).

• Gouraud shading
• Wireframe rendering
• Z-Buffer
• 42 page tutorial (german) included
• Written in pure Borland Pascal

More information, documentation, source and tutorials can be found on the (german) Homepage of Gabriel Wurzer.

12.05.2000 Miracle 3D

22.12.1999

Miracle 3D is a Windows 3D engine from Damir Sagidullin ( _spider@mail.ru ).

• Lightmapped, perspective texture mapping
• Support for OpenGL
• Portal rendering with BSPs
• Dynamic RGB lights
• Dynamic mirrors
• Lens flares
• Software rendering
• Mip mapping
• Transparent objects
• Moving objects
• Animated water
• Volume fog
• Fractal textures
• Collision detection
• Console

The demo can be found on the Miracle 3D 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.

12.05.2000 Xeios

12.05.2000

Xeios is a commercial 3D engine for Windows and Playstation 2 from AiCube Co.

• Shaded, perspective texture mapping
• Mip mapping
• Bump mapping
• Environment mapping
• Multipass rendering
• Scene graph support
• Fogging
• Deformable meshes (Skinning, Bones, Envelopes)
• Key framed animation
• Converters for Maya, Softimage, Lightwave and 3D Studio Max
• Particle system
• Support for custom shaders

More information can be found on the AiCube Homepage.

12.05.2000 Eraser

12.05.2000

Eraser is a fast DOS 3D engine from Lassi Kumpula ( musamies.rave@iobox.com ).

• Unshaded, perspective texture mapping
• Mip mapping
• S-Buffer rendering
• Fake FSP tree support
• Written in Watcom C++ and Turbo Assembler

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

12.05.2000 KABOOM QBasic 3D Engine

12.05.2000

The KB3D is a simple wolfenstein type engine for DOS written in QBasic from Dieter Marfurt ( dietermarfurt@angelfire.com )

• Texturemapped othrogonal walls
• Ceiling and floor mapping
• Sprite objects with mask
• Moving enemies
• Soundblaster support
• Support for GIF textures
• QBasic source

A screenshot and the package with mapeditor, demogame and source can be found on the Kaboom Homepage.