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Gamestudio version 8.40 |
| September 7, 2012 |
The new features of this free update are augmented reality, cloth simulation, 3D mode for beam and streak effects, improvements for lite-C and the map compiler, and many new or improved engine functions. Version 8.40 is is 100% compatible to its predecessor and available on the download page. |
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Gamestudio version 8.30 |
| October 28, 2011 |
This free update adds OpenAL support, environmental sounds effects, improvements of postprocessing shaders, and many new or improved engine functions. Version 8.30 is available on the download page. |
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Gamestudio version 8.20 |
| May 15, 2011 |
This free update adds a HDR shader, motorized joints, a rope joint, registry functions, new
shooter templates, unprotected multiplayer sessions, and many new or
improved engine functions. Version 8.20 is 100% compatible to its predecessor. |
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Gamestudio version 8.10 |
| December 21, 2010 |
This free update adds PSSM shadows, entity seeding, direct terrain creation, 2D collision
detection, a new map compiler, weather script, USB I/O, and many other new features. Version 8.10 is 100% compatible to its predecessor. Get it from the Download Page! |
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Gamestudio version 8.03 |
| September 20, 2010 |
This version contains a new entity movement library, new samples, improvements to the editors, and new engine features. Version 8.03 is 100% compatible to its predecessor, and is available on the Download Page. |
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Gamestudio A8! |
| July 30, 2010 |
The long awaited revolutionary new version is finally there! A8 gets rid of many legacy libraries of previous versions and replaces them by new technologies. It introduces the PhysX engine for physic, Enet for networking, and portals for rendering. The A8 engine supports up to 200000 entities per level and uses the graphics hardware for animation, physics and bitmap processing. Still, A8 is compatible to its predecessors and can run most A6 and A7 projects (except for physics). The upgrade from A7 to A8 is available in the online shop. |
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Gamestudio version 7.84... |
| April 20, 2010 |
...introduces FTP and HTTP functions for updating levels from a server or accessing online databases; Unicode support for all character fonts in the world; an icon
editor for published executables; a new racing template; and many other new
and improved engine and editor functions. The DirectX version was changed to August
2009, which fixes some DirectX bugs and gives a better
performance. The update to 7.84 is available on the user forum for a public beta test. |
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Gamestudio version 7.82 |
| January 8, 2010 |
This version contains many improvements to the level and model editors, socket communication, new
libraries, and many new and improved engine functions. The commercial
edition now supports bones weights. There is also an unrestricted free edition that contains WED and supports radiosity lightmapping. Version 7.82 is 100% compatible to its predecessors. The free update to 7.82 is available on the Download Page. |
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Gamestudio version 7.80 released |
| August 25, 2009 |
This version comes with the new GED ingame editor, improvements for the
level and model importers, the begin of a lite-C library with endless
terrain and vegetation functions, a screensaver example, functions for
remote controlling external programs, maximize and resize features for
the engine window, new angle/matrix/quaternion functions, as well as
many other new features of the engine and editors.
Version 7.80 is 100% compatible to its predecessors. The free update to 7.80 is available from the Download Page. |
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New Gamestudio version 7.77 |
| June 2, 2009 |
The new version contains a new terrain radiosity lightmapper, as well as many improvements for shaders and engine functions. WED and MED now use a new graphics library that is Vista Aero compatible. Version 7.77 is 100% compatible to its predecessors and available on the download page. |
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Take the Gamestudio Quiz! |
| April 28, 2009 |
After working through the 25 workshops of the tutorial, take the free ten-minutes online quiz for finding out your game programming skills. The quiz is available at the end of the online tutorial or at: http://tutorial.3dgamestudio.net/quiz.htm. |
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Gamestudio update 7.73 available |
| March 9, 2009 |
The focus of version 7.73 is the new particle system with instancing. The update also includes new panel functions, transparency for the engine window, SED improvements, new lite-C samples, and many new or improved engine functions. Version 7.73 is 100% compatible to its predecessors and available on the download page. |
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Atari lite-C version 1.7 released |
| February 10, 2009 |
Ataric lite-C version 1.7 comes with new MED tools, improved bitmap functions,
improved text functions, model/sprite creation commands, decal shadows,
wide screen support, realtime terrain deformation, and many more new
engine features and commands. It's free for noncommercial or educational purposes and available on our download page. |
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Delphi SDK for version 7.66 uploaded |
| January 27, 2009 |
A new SDK for programming games and plugins in Delphi is now available on the Download Page. The SDK supports Delphi 2009 and all features of the latest A7 engine. The SDK is written and maintained by the forum user LazyDog. |
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Gamestudio update 7.66 available |
| January 19, 2009 |
The new Gamestudio version 7.66 features deformable chunked terrain, decal shadows, faster and better stencil
shadows, better widescreen support, new WED tools for cutting blocks,
and many new or improved engine functions. Version 7.66 is 100% compatible to its predecessors and available on the download page. |
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Gamestudio en francais... |
| December 27, 2008 |
A French Gamestudio forum and website is now open under the URL http://3dgamestudio.free.fr. It was created and maintained by Yvan Grobon. The french AUM issues were translated by the forum user Gandalf. |
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Gamestudio 7.60 released |
| December 1, 2008 |
Gamestudio A7 7.60 was released last week. It contains many new features such as an improved map compiler, WiiMote® support, improved
multiplayer mode with compression and encryption, isometric views, new
Truetype text functions, unlimited textures for shaders and terrains,
and many new or improved engine functions. Version 7.60 is 100% compatible to its predecessors. |
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Official Polish Gamestudio Forum and Website |
| October 20, 2008 |
A Polish Gamestudio website was released under the URL http://3dgamestudio.pl. The website, Polish versions of the manuals and tutorials and the Polish forum are maintained by
Jacek Greczyszyn, our reseller in Poland. |
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Gamestudio version 7.50 released |
| September 9, 2008 |
Gamestudio A7 7.50 was released yesterday. Version 7.50 comes with many new features such as an improved map compiler, improved shaders, normal mapping for level
blocks, model lightmap import, monitor selection for multi-monitor
systems, improved hit detection, and many new or improved engine
functions. |
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Hi-Res Texture collection |
| September 2, 2008 |
A high-resolution replacement for the Gamestudio standard.wad file is now available in the online shop. All surface textures were carefully remade in true color and double resolution, with normal maps for normal and specular bump mapping. Just replace the standard.wad file with this file and greatly improve the look of your levels! |
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T7 Game engine source code uploaded |
| August 12, 2008 |
The full source code to the T7 game engine, the AI/template wrapper of the A7 engine, is now available with a Pro Edition password on our download page. The T7 documentation can be found in the Gamestudio manual or Online Manual. |
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Commercial Student License available |
| August 7, 2008 |
Students working with the Gamestudio Team Edition at school can now get a full personal Commercial Edition at a reduced price. The upgrade from a school's team edition to a full Commercial Edition is available in the Team Edition section of the online shop. |
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Gamestudio version 7.10 available |
| July 8, 2008 |
The new Gamestudio/A7 version 7.10 is now available on the download page. Version 7.10 contains a new decal manager, an FBX importer for whole levels, a much faster light mapper with radiosity support, view postprocessing, a huge shader collection, a new interactive shader viewer, a faster lite-C compiler, tons of new engine functions, and the new A7 template system with the T7 game engine. Try it - it's free! |
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125,000 Gamestudio users |
| March 27, 2008 |
This month the 125000th Gamestudio copy was sold since the first release in 1995. The A7 version sold more copies since its 2007 release than its A6 predecessor in its whole lifetime. We do not know the owner of the 125000th copy or whether he purchased it from oP group, Sybex or another publisher. But we know that we owe this success to our very creative user community! |
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Game Creation Course |
| October 16, 2007 |
In this power workshop you'll learn the basics of game development by using Gamestudio. The new workshop will take place November 11th and 12th in the Media Design Academy (MD.H) in Düsseldorf. The instructor and his studio wetain already created successful commercial projects with Gamestudio. Visit http://wetain.com/gcc to apply! |
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Gamestudio version 7.06 released |
| October 4, 2007 |
Gamestudio A7 7.06 was released yesterday on the user forum for a public beta test. Version 7.06 comes with new features like mesh cloning, SpaceNavigator input device support, a WED terrain editor, improvements for MED, SED, and many new engine functions. Get it! |
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Gamestudio/A7 released |
| July 10, 2007 |
A 30 days trial version of Gamestudio/A7 is now available on the download page. Further features to A7 will be added in frequent free updates. |
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Gamestudio Version 6.60 available! |
| May 21, 2007 |
The Gamestudio V6.60 free update was released today. This version features a faster renderer, a shader library, a record/replay function, an improved debugger, and lots of new functions. V6.60 replaces V6.50 that was pulled due to a collision detection bug. |
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A7 announced |
| January 29, 2007 |
A7, the successor to the A6 engine, will be released in 2007. A7 uses a new rendering kernel that is based on an Adaptive Binary Tree (ABT). Outdoor levels with a lot of entities render remarkably faster with A7. The ABT offers also other advantages, like an unlimited number of dynamic lights, and unrestricted geometry import in WED. Both WED and MED will support the FBX format for import and export. A7 supports the new lite-C scripting language, but is still able to run A6 projects.
While the A7 release date is not yet determined, a free A7 upgrade is included in any currently delivered A6 Extra, Commercial, Pro, or Team Edition. |
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Lite-C available |
| January 25, 2007 |
Lite-C is a new lightweight language for creating multimedia or graphics applications, especially 2D and 3D computer games. Due to its native support of multimedia objects like sounds, images, movies, GUI panels, game levels, 2D and 3D models you can achieve results with a few lines in lite-C that would require hundreds of source code lines with other C/C++ compilers. And the best: lite-C is free! Download it from the lite-C page. |
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6-digit User Base |
| July 10, 2006 |
The 100,000th Gamestudio license since the first release of Gamestudio/A3 in 1995 was sold last month. |
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Conitec gets bigger and better! |
| January 2, 2006 |
Well, at least our San Diego office. By January 6th we'll move from the cramped 4th Avenue place into a more spacious office in La Mesa. Our new address: Conitec Corporation, 5000 Thorne drive, Unit F, La Mesa, San Diego, CA 91941, (619)462-0515. |
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Version 6.4 available |
| December 23, 2005 |
The update to GameStudio version 6.40.0 is now available for a public beta test on the Gamestudio forum. Gamestudio updates are free. Version 6.4 features a chunked terrain system for huge landscapes, texture compression, a greatly improved model editor, multiple materials and shaders per model, a project manager, and more than 100 new functions and engine features. |
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Fall 2005 Level Design Contest |
| November 15, 2005 |
The three winners of the contest were now determined by the forum members. Congratulations! Screenshots of the winning levels can be found in the ACKNEX USERS MAGAZINE 53. |
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The Ultimate Game Creation Bundle |
| June 10, 2005 |
Everything you need to make a game on a professional level: gameSpace 1.6 Game Content Editor by Caligari, plus GameStudio/A6 Commerical Edition is now available as a powerful bundle in our English online shop. Save nearly 25% on this powerful game-making combo! Also available as upgrade from A6 Standard and A6 Extra. |
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Spring 2005 Game Contest |
| June 1, 2005 |
This year's freestyle game contest has reached the deadline. The following games were sent in and will be carefully judged in the next weeks: 7-16 Team, Artificer, Asteroidenjagd, Batfight, BiyuBiyu Rocket, Botz Attack, Cocos Island, CorbAttack, ContestDemo, Damned, Dragonrise, Duallon, Epidemic Groove, Ezitis, Horde, Hostradamus, MindsEye, Interscape, Kill Things, Pachinko, PSlider, Racebull, RGB_Tmp, Rico, Sailing Greece, SC_Demo, Shape Zapper, Space Ball, Tank Fury, TT2005. |
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Visit GameStudio at the GDC! |
| January 22, 2005 |
GameStudio as well as several user-made games will be presented at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Moscone Center, March 9..11, 2005. Visit Booth #762! |
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New SDK for A6 |
| November 20, 2004 |
The new Source Development Kit for creating plugins for V6.31 is faster and a lot easier to use than the old A5 SDK. It also offers a lot more possibilites for DirectX, like access to model and terrain meshes at rendering time. The SDK is open source like it's predecessor. A sample DLL source is included. The new SDK is available on the download page. |
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Driving Academy reaches 100,000 |
| October 15, 2004 |
The 3D Driving Academy series by Besier 3D-Edutainment has reached a total amount of 100.000 retail units sold in Europe at a retail price of around $40 per unit. This makes it the most successful GameStudio application ever created. |
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