Voxel Creator Reviews

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Does not save textures only mtl files.

Edited: 19.02.2024 ============================================== This 'Tool' is quite fun to use, its a little like kenny-shape but cheaper and has better controls.. with-in seconds you can block together a basic model that looks fairly cool & this is very useful for proto-typing various ideas/concepts & could have a very wide range of use cases. what i like: 1) The dev seems to listen to users of the product & tries to fix problems or patch bugs which is amazing. 2) The software is fast, the Tool uses W,A,S,D to allow you to 'fly' around making using the program very intuitive & you don't need to go ham on the keys to find functions at all (unlike other software). 3) No lie, with-in seconds its easy to make something then refine the detail via the changeable size of the 'Paint' type tool (you can go from tiny to huge blocks allowing for a lot of detail that other tools don't allow for). 4) Exporting the created model/s is easy (you may need other tools to texture your creation but that's fine.. you got the main, hard part done). 5) There seems to be an inbuilt model library.. if you press [ I ] in the program it shows a pre-made item library that you should be able to import (such as a cup or a tree).... sadly this didn't work for me, i couldn't import anything this way. The tool could be sold for a bit more i recon as it is very useful, its approach to voxel based modelling is different enough to make it worth a bit more. ------ What i found was missing (might not be though): 1) a block deletion tool, i could add blocks to my hearts content.. but i couldn't remove them to make indents or moats etc.. you can use shift but its not a one-by-one deletion tool & sometimes its ard to judge. 2) can't seem to save each 'project' as a new name.. found i had to rename the 'scene' then t worked but upon save there was no 'save-as dialogue' & o choice of where to save. seems to be: AppData/LocalLow/ReedPlay/Voxel Creator 3) kinda ties into 2... couldn't export as obj, .x or other formats which limits the tools use unless you use another program to change it. 4) couldn't rotate the obejct in the scene to edit other angles. 5) couldn't turn-off that shadow.. it makes editing the object from all angles hard work when you cant actually see anything. ============================================== Just tried this 'tool'.. I have to say that it does have potential to become a really useful tool for making little game assets, however at the moment it is very basic & seems to be missing quite a few useful features (such as just drawing in non-colour voxels like just gray how blender does them, diagonal drawing, rotation or flip tools, simple selection for editing only selected parts and changing there width/height, frame by frame animation editor, draw mode like paint for easy terrain making, importing textures, saving to our own named files, paint type fill colour, basic modifiable shapes, and mine seems to say "drawing" but then it only draws part of what i wanted & this happened an absolute tone). basically this tool has a lot of features that it is lacking right-now (and its quite buggy).. this could be improved over time, but is it worth £4-5 or so that i paid for it? ...id say yes for me it was as it gives me a place to test a theory before committing to making it. As for new buyers.. it depends on what you expect of software.. this isnt going to make you AAA models or worlds just yet as it is very basic & don't expect it to be like CAD/Blender etc.. you will be disjointed.

9/10 - Fantastic voxel creator. I had this previously rated 7/10 but the dev has been great in updating it. The creator now supports material groups on OBJ export --which was one of my critical points in my previous review. There's still room for improvement, but overall I can absolutely recommend this for game devs wanting to save time on creating voxel meshes, or the casual voxel hobbyist. It's easy to figure out how to use with a few minutes of mucking about. Great product, priced really well.