well, this engine is definitely one of the candidates... i am not that impressed with ogre, but i am looking for something that's smart enough to do the shadows for me (so i don't have to bother myself)
$400 isn't much for a commercial license, it's a bit much for a first try though... well, i can always make up a nice story and release many different 'versions' hehehehe, ahum <shut up, bluez, you're giving away state secrets?
i have been busy writing some game concepts and making some graphics lately for commercial stuff, and i don't picture myself as a professional programmer...
yet... something like the 3dstate engine might be what i need to impress and convince some other people (read: those with money

) that i'm pretty much dead serious about things...
gonna' have a look at your code, misterdr, did you rewrite their c(++) sample in purebasic?
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definitely interesting, i'm a bit unhappy with the pricing for a full package though... 400 isn't too bad, but a few times that to get all the tools is getting a bit more worrysome...
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hmm... have you tried to animate anything? the few samples they included were not that impressive
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oh, a remark on your code, don't check everytime if a function exists (in the dll), that'll cause severe slowdowns... find the address and use callfunctionfast, that's a lot faster