Fwd: [DIRECT-L] Director Replacement Suggestions & LiveCode with 3D Plugin

[William Prothero]

Folks:
This, from Paradigma. What do you think? Anybody interested in 3D in LiveCode?
Bill

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Lynn Fredricks <lfredricks at proactive-intl.com>
> Subject: Re: [DIRECT-L] Director Replacement Suggestions & LiveCode with 3D Plugin
> Date: March 27, 2017 at 4:54:34 PM PDT
> To: DIRECT-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Reply-To: Adobe Director <DIRECT-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
> 
>> LiveCode has been undergoing major rewriting and upgrading 
>> during the last two years. In my work I have found it to be 
>> quite fast. It is limited in that it has no web browser 
>> plugin, no physics engine, and no 3D.
> 
> How important is 3D to you all?
> 
> A few years ago, one of the Paradigma Software team members did a simple
> wrap of the Irrlict Engine for LiveCode that works on Windows and MacOS X.
> We did a couple of refreshes to fix bugs but there didn't seem to be much of
> a demand (in our analysis, the current user base as of then rarely uses
> components). We had all of the Irrlict examples ported over as well. It
> actually got a bit more traction among Xojo users.
> 
> If we can accertain if there's enough interest for it, we could look at
> re-releasing it and give it more love and ongoing support. I have set up a
> thread on the Paradigma forum where you can weigh in if this is of interest.
> 
> http://valentina-db.com/en/discussion-forums/2723-franklin-3d-for-director-s
> urvivors
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Lynn Fredricks
> Paradigma Software
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com
> 
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