"Once the 3D module for BlitzMax arrives we will be able to do cross-platform 3D games, but there's really no telling when that'll be."
Yeah, that's the thing about that...it's been years since we heard anything! Like I know everyone is saying, "Oh you dont really need all those new fancy pants shaders and normal maps, directx 7 is just fine!" But it has nothing to do with that. I can't put more than 20 rigged characters on the screen without slowdown. I can't make the upper half of the character do one thing while the lower does somthing else. My shadow options are painfully limited, and hard to impliment. The list goes on...
I want more than anything to stick with blitz. I love it, hands down best system out there. And it hurts me to say this, but Torque is looking mighty nice over there with its cross-platform compatibility, its Xbox SDKs, and fast up to date graphics. I don't want to switch, but Blitz research hasn't said a word. We've gotten not a single new feature, only bug fixes over the years. How long has it been now?
It's in Blitz Research's best interest to tell us "Hey guy, just stick it out a little longer, we got a whole new 3D engine on the way!" They are going to be losing customers if they don't start talking to us a little bit more here. Do they just not like money? Because I got a whole bunch of it, and I want to give it to them in exchange for the ability to play my Blitz3D game on a mac, or on an Xbox. And I will wait another year if I have to to get it, but I just want to hear that there's somthing to wait for!!
Can we like make a list of the people that want to hear somthing...ANYTHING about the future of Blitz3D? Send it to Mark, be like "Dude, we need some info here!!"
Yeah, that's the thing about that...it's been years since we heard anything! Like I know everyone is saying, "Oh you dont really need all those new fancy pants shaders and normal maps, directx 7 is just fine!" But it has nothing to do with that. I can't put more than 20 rigged characters on the screen without slowdown. I can't make the upper half of the character do one thing while the lower does somthing else. My shadow options are painfully limited, and hard to impliment. The list goes on...
I want more than anything to stick with blitz. I love it, hands down best system out there. And it hurts me to say this, but Torque is looking mighty nice over there with its cross-platform compatibility, its Xbox SDKs, and fast up to date graphics. I don't want to switch, but Blitz research hasn't said a word. We've gotten not a single new feature, only bug fixes over the years. How long has it been now?
It's in Blitz Research's best interest to tell us "Hey guy, just stick it out a little longer, we got a whole new 3D engine on the way!" They are going to be losing customers if they don't start talking to us a little bit more here. Do they just not like money? Because I got a whole bunch of it, and I want to give it to them in exchange for the ability to play my Blitz3D game on a mac, or on an Xbox. And I will wait another year if I have to to get it, but I just want to hear that there's somthing to wait for!!
Can we like make a list of the people that want to hear somthing...ANYTHING about the future of Blitz3D? Send it to Mark, be like "Dude, we need some info here!!"