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Really dosen't live up to the Hype

A topic by Sylius created May 12, 2021 Views: 484 Replies: 3

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Sylius3 years ago (1 edit)

I implore the dev of this software to release a demo for this so people can get hands on experience with this software so they know exactly what they are buying. The handfull of youtube videos I found of this gave rave reviews and I have heard so much about it. I must say, I am really dissapointed. Not at all what I thought it would be. The software itself is incredibly simplistic with only a few basic options available. I know refunds are out of the question but, hopefully this can be a warning to any future purchasers on the edge on buying. Dont take the word of reviews and make double sure you know EXACTLY what you are buying. But then again maybe it's me and I just expected too much.

Kenney3 years ago

Thanks for your comment! I absolute urge people to ask about certain features or functionality before purchasing, I’m very approachable on all platforms so there should be no issue to get answers to your questions.

Unfortunately you didn’t list which features you deemed missing, or what made you make your comment - so it’s hard for me to improve on the software in the future.

Sylius3 years ago (1 edit)

Fair enough.

2 things which I think would make a huge difference are:

1) Materials. Maybe if there was a way to have materials grouped by block it would make it a lot easier to see which materials belongs to which block. Currently I think it's awkward to have to do this by sight alone. The colofull image below is just an example, but hopefully you get what I mean.

2) Views. Maybe even just having a Left and Top view would help A LOT with positioning blocks rather than having to constantly rotate the camera to get the right angle which can be annoying. (Unless if I'm just doing it wrong)

3) UV's. Don't even get me started on UV's. This is basically non-existant. Want to export to Blender? Good luck.

These are the first 3 things that come to mind.

Kenney3 years ago

I’m not sure what the problem is you’re having with materials, the colors on the left show which colors are applied to the blocks on the right. Again, I’m not sure how this can be improved.
I’ll take this as a feature request and consider adding more viewing options.
Automatically generating UV maps is not a good process and wouldn’t recommend it even if the software allows for it. The next version of Asset Forge is getting support for color map UV’s, however the usual UV you will find on pre-made models is not planned because it simply is technically not possible to do with good results.

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