Talk to me about... Java 3D

[trevor]

That's an interesting question. I've been contemplating switching over to a 3d engine for MT, starting off by rendering the current map onto a 3d plane, then add in models over time.

The engine that I was looking at is Java Monkey Engine (jme for short) It's more game oriented, but it abstracts a lot of the tricky parts. The demos are pretty easy to get up and running in eclipse.

One reason I'm hesitant to migrate to a 3d engine though is support for old laptops, which seem to be a common factor when getting a group together.

[torstan]

Would there be a way of running the standard 2D maps that are currently used in a 3D engine?

So for example, you have a lovely 3D environment that the GM runs and some players have the horsepower to keep up, but one does not. He gets sent a topdown shot of the map as a 2D map instead? That might well get around the old laptop issue.

Nice to see you over here trevor.