Recommended Third-Party Tools
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Third-Party "Plug-In" Software
Molebox - Protects your assets.
Open-Source-Physics Engine - A free open source physics engine.
Newton Game Dynamics The famous Newton physics engine. Free with API - no source.
File Converters
Autodesk FBX Converter - Free, stand-alone tool capable of converting FBX to Collada, and OBJ, DXF and 3DS to FBX. Supports batch processing. Available for Windows and Macintosh.
Texturing Tools
Adobe Photoshop - Popular image-editing tool. Available for Windows and Macintosh.
Adobe Illustrator - Popular vector artwork tool. Available for Windows and Macintosh.
Filter Forge - Procedural, node-based texture generator. Windows only.
Spiral Graphics Genetica and Genetica Pro - Procedural, node-based texture generators. Windows only.
Map | Zone FREE or EX - Advanced Standalone Texture Generator. Windows only.
Body Paint 3D - Popular 3D texturing program. Windows & Mac
Corel Paint Shop Pro - Popular Image editor. Windows & Mac
nVidia Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins - Plugins for the NVIDIA DDS format, and making normal maps. Windows
GIMP - Open Source Image editor. Windows, Mac & Linux
Modelling & Animation Tools
Blender - FREE
Google SketchUp - FREE
trueSpace - FREE
Terrain Tools
Terragen - Windows & Mac Terrain Editor
PnP Terrain Creator - Windows Terrain Editor
Vue 5/6 - Windows & Mac Terrain Editor
L3DT - Large 3D Terrain Generator
FreeWorld3d - Terrain generator and sculptor with texture creation tools. Other features include a Road System which can create roads that fit to the terrain, and a Vegetation System that supports billboards or meshes. Available for Windows 2000/XP.
Audio Tools
SoX - Sound eXchange - Windows, Linux, MacOS X - "The Swiss Army knife of sound processing programs"
Audacity - Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
Free installer software
NSIS - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System is a professional open-source tool for the development of Windows installers.
Inno Setup - A free installer for Windows programs.
