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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyzS0oznPQY&feature=related anybody have any idea how this is done? i know counterstike has a mapping program to make game maps but it cannot import anything i think, i have worked a little bit with this mapping software its kinda easy to work with but making a complex building would take a very long time, ( like this one http://www.revitcity.com/gallery.php?action=view&gallery_id=6187 any ideas of other software that can get this kinda result? Kind regards,
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looks like a 3d max type program with the cloud movement and stuff.
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I really wanted to be able to do this a while back for two reasons. First, client presentations with a navigation system I was already very familiar with (without gun showing) and, secondly, the ability to play games in places that everybody in our office was familiar with...like our own office or the half-scale version of the local university campus that I was trying to build. We used to play Unreal Tournament at lunch...bloody free-for-alls usually, sometimes get a little Architecture and Electrical versus Structural going (shooting a structural engineer in the face relieves a surprising amount of stress). These days, it's Call of Duty 4, but I digress. Unreal comes with a level editor that can import solid import ACIS SAT files (if I'm remembering correctly), which Revit can export. The problems were two-fold: The level editor basically is a solid you void rooms out of, so the export needed extensive, solid-void inversion and room definition exports wouldn't work quite right. Also, the geometries in Revit were much to complex to have any level of detail once it's in the level editor. Gaming environments are, not-surprisingly, extremely simple with mapped images all over them. Basically, it became easier to just build levels from scratch. Again, I'm rambling. Basically, if the game has a level editor, check out the importable formats. If Revit doesn't export any of those, check out Viz or Max as a Revit-exported-import to Level-editor-importable converter. But be prepared to be either disappointed with the game performance or the amount of detail you get to keep.
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Playup Tools are developing a plugin for sketchup where you can take models and put them into the Hammer Editor (for CS:S, HL2 etc) and it's looking very promising. Hopefully a new release will be available soon. Since you can easily go from Revit to Sketchup this tool would be great if it works! http://playuptools.blogspot.com/2008/07/frequently-asked-questions.html http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=3650
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I'm also excited by this, and you'll be happy to know that the folk over at Autodesk Labs are getting right on board. Check out their website and look at Project Newport. This is rumoured to be release early 2009 (i'm hoping for any day now). The technology was previewed at AU at the end of last year.
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OMG!! thats awsome news !! 
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If you guys have 3DS Max check out "Applied IDEAS" by doing a google search. The program is "IViewer3D". I played with their program last night and it's pretty awesome. I think it's only a trial though which sucks.
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http://labs.autodesk.com/technologies/newport/ FAQ and updates appearing now. looks like its far more than a walkthrough generator.
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ok... want! that is an absolutely amazing idea!
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Oh god I can't wait!! Do you guys think it will be free?
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ATTENTION EVERYONE LOOKING TO PUT REVIT MODELS INTO A GAME ENGINE: Look no further. The answer lies in the uber-powerful Cryengine 2, which runs the game Crysis. The game itself (Amazon sells it for $27) comes with the wonderful (and easy to use) map editing software, Sandbox 2. In order to get your Revit model into Sandbox, you have to get it into a Collada format and run a script called ColladaCGF found here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235915&package_id=286549 . The easiest and cheapest way to do this is through a Sketchup export to a Google Earth (.kmz file). Then, you would take that file and change the extention to a .zip, which will give you a file and and images folder. Run the script I just mentioned and place the files it outputs into the proper Sandbox folders and you will be able to insert them into your map. Textures migrate somewhat, but Sandbox is FILLED with great textures, so I would wait to straighten that out in Sandbox. If you have any questions, just Google this. You will find dozens of tutorials and videos on how to do this step by step. Also, DON"T WORRY ABOUT EXPORTING TREES OR A SITE! Sandbox lets you paint high-poly trees and sculpt the site very easily. Hope this helps! Here's one more link showing the power of the engine/editor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g37kcx7J24&feature=related
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cheers ill have to try that.
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