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In article <3vj20a$260@hippo.shef.ac.uk>, jms@shef.ac.uk (jon stern) wrote:
>In article <3v80h3$27j@shelly.euronet.co.il>, Zachi Zweig 
<daril@euronet.co.il> writes:
>:
>:Can Anyone recommend me on the best 3d rendering engine. We are a 
>:planning on programming a 3d game, and we don't want to start using 3d 
>:libaries that we'll regret in the middle of developing the game. Any 
>:advise on this subject will be great!
>:
>:
>:thanks.
>:
>:Zachi Zweig
>:D.A.R.I.L Studio

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From: Ken Lemieux <71055.3436@CompuServe.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.algorithms
Subject: Re: What Is the Best libary for 3D Rendering Engine?
Date: 28 Jul 1995 02:37:09 GMT
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WARNING: Everything that follows may be completely wrong...

You'll need to determine what you need your game to do and then 
look at each package and see which one fits.  They all have strong 
point and all have serious weak points.

You might seriously consider writing your own engine.  If that 
task it too big then you should think about writing something else 
besides a game. I'm not trying to be harsh, just practicle.  I 
ruin and entire project  by relying on one of these 3D API's for a 
game.  Now we've writting our own engine.  It's expensive but it 
looks good and runs much faster than any of these others.

None of the toolkits that I've used come close to being usable for 
a real good game.  The exception to this is BRender which was used 
for FX Fighter which is a very well done game.

I've worked with:
BRender
RenderWare
RenderMorphics Reality Labs
3DWare
Pie in the Sky Game Creation System
and a few I can't remember or talk about
ken

** something i picked up on my travels - Chris