Networked multiplayer modelling, oh yes!?

eld

Just tried it out, and actually realized how nice it works, and you're not limited to four persons :P

http://www.blender.org/cms/Verse-Blender.verse_blender.0.html

bearkub

neat! go go blender!

JKMakowka

Actually Verse has many more uses than just networked modeling.
The same feature that makes it possible to connect say 3DSmax to Blender, also makes it possible to connect different applications on the same PC (just use the home ip to connect). You can for example paint a skin in GIMP (with the GIMP verse plugin) and it automaticly updates in realtime in Blender (without any importing/exporting etc).

MoP

That's pretty damn awesome.

bearkub

Oh, and FYI, I am going to try and set up one of these servers either on nibbler (polycount game server) or on my machine at home so you folks can give it a whirl. I am hoping (read: HOPING) that I will be able to get it done tonight, however, I am REALLY tired already today and I have class as soon as I get off work til 8:30 at which point I may just drive home, lay on my bed and sleep for about 14 hours. I shall update as I know. XD

poopinmymouth

Go Go Kubbles! You rock.

eld

It's truly awesome, I'm hoping for future handling of multiple versedriven clients, like blender, 3dsmax, and maya all sharing polygonal models with the same verse-server.

Justin Meisse

woah, this is just begging to be combined with rooster's texture tag!

aesir

I may have to learn blender for this...

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From the looks of it you can do this with any program that has a verse plugin

CheapAlert

I know blender, so maybe we can hook up and make some super awesome thing.

aesir

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From the looks of it you can do this with any program that has a verse plugin

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Yea, but what program has a verse plugin? I dont think max or maya has one...

JKMakowka

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I am sure you ment to say super awesome gargoyle right?

Edit: Here is a verse plugin for 3dsmax:
http://www.pdc.kth.se/~slas/Verse4Max/

But learn Blender anyways, it has become an awesome program lately!

aesir

sweet JKMak, thanks.

lookin forward to the collabs we'll come up with

eld

It's possible to edit the same mesh at the same time too. disturbingly entertaining.

Justin Meisse

argh, I can't find a maya plugin, why must the fates be so cruel!?

CheapAlert

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I am sure you ment to say super awesome gargoyle right?

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Well, seeing I last did one in february... highly unlikely

JKMakowka

Ahhh, come on... we both know you can only resist the urge by utilizing extreme mental self control and months of training (by a tibetanian super monk)

KDR_11k

Naah, he's changed obsessions. I've had a phase where I would model all kinds of dragons (before I came to polycount, I think) and look where I am now.

Wells

yes. hopping chinese vampires is where its at now.

Joseph Silverman

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Edit: Here is a verse plugin for 3dsmax:
http://www.pdc.kth.se/~slas/Verse4Max/


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A polycount hosted server would be incredible.

Mongrelman

We need to organise some multi-modelling sessions , been awhile since I've done modelling in Blender.

Geezus

I am sooooo up for some multi-modeling sessions in max. Hope we can get this goin.

flaagan

I can only see bad things coming of this at a workplace. You're sitting at your desk working on a character model, the boss walks in, and suddenly you realize someone else in the office has just extruded some nasty bits onto your model... at least that's what I'd expect to happen if you were workin with Earthquake.

Mongrelman

I feel sorry for people working with Poop.

<boss walks in>
<you turn around as he comes up to your desk>
boss:"Ummmm.......why?" as he points to the screen
As you look you see every limb of the character has somehow transformed into a large phallus, evidence of some basic texturing is also present.

A chuckle from across the room....

bearkub

I'll work on the server tomorrow, guys. I just got in from SQL class and I can barely keep my eyes open. Sorry. =/

MoP

Bearkub, that'd be friggin' awesome.
Thanks for the max plugin link too, JKMakowka.

It'll be interesting to see the results of this.
Also, I'm wondering what happens if multiple people try moving the same vertex at the same time

aesir

this is gonna be so fuckin rad. We shouldmt even discuss what we're making beforehand or as we do it. Just see what comes out of it.

Wells

You mean you guys have bosses that DON'T want phallic shapes on everything?!

wierd.

I'm looking forward to this.

MoP

Actually, a note to Max users - the plugin link JKMakowka posted is an old version which doesn't work with 3dsmax7+
A newer Max 7/8 working release is included with the Verse full Windows download found here - http://uni-verse.org/uploads/media/setup.exe (5mb)

Geezus

Awesome, thanks for the updated link MoP. I'm super excited about this. It is...how they say...K-Rad Awesome.

bearkub

I haven't forgotten about you, folks. =]

This weekend turned out to be more of a challenge then I could have imagined and I apologize. It also seems that nibbler (the up-to-recently Polycount game server) has vanished.

I am still going to try and get a server up and moving, just be patient. =]

MoP

Note for people using the Max version of Verse - I dunno how other apps handle it, but with the Max plugin, every time someone modifies an object in the scene, it gets converted to a "verse object" (essentially a different editable mesh), so you have to convert it back to EMesh to continue working on it.
This means it's probably better suited to people working on different objects in the same scene, rather than the same object, which seems like it just won't work.
I'd be interested to see how Blender handles it.

eld

realtime and without and conversions, since blender doesn't really have any different kind of edit-modes, it's just vertices in a mesh in blender.

Lee3dee

im prepared to get owned in modeling wars!

eld

I wonder who will be the first to model several giant digital phalluses on everyones models on the verse-server.

JKMakowka

poop for sure

steady

hey i tried this with a friend today in max 8 but we couldn't get it working, and the documentation for it is not available online. Can anyone give a heads up with step by step instructions on how to get it working? thx.

MoP

steady: Someone needs to run the "verse server" included in the link I posted previously... then you have the plugin in your /plugins folder in your max directory, start Max and look in the Utilities tab, select "More..." and choose "Verse" from that list. Then type the IP address of the server you're connecting to (localhost is fine if it's yourself running the server), click connect and it'll automatically load any objects already existing on the Verse server.

KDR_11k

Guess it's useful for working with two or more people if you don't want to split roles into "I model and you texture". Also useful for realtime tutorials and teaching.

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Yeah, it seems like it would be a really valuble teaching tool.

JKMakowka

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As I said earlier, the main feature of Verse isn't networked modeling but realtime interaction between different applications (2D and 3D apps or rendering engines/games etc).

Fizzly

Sorry to bump this old thread..

But does someone still have this file? The download link seems to be dead.

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Actually, a note to Max users - the plugin link JKMakowka posted is an old version which doesn't work with 3dsmax7+
A newer Max 7/8 working release is included with the Verse full Windows download found here - http://uni-verse.org/uploads/media/setup.exe (5mb)

Thanks in advance