http://www.rusteddreams.net rusted dreams latest news http://www.rusteddreams.net/images/logo.png http://www.rusteddreams.net 83 80 en 1440 http://www.rusteddreams.net/ Faogen 3 pre-release version available May 21 2014 New version of Faogen is finally here. Just a pre-release for now, but soon it will become stable and fully featured. This update (and all future Faogen 3 builds) is free for all existing Faogen users. Go try it! And now Faogen is moved to its own website: www.faogen.com Visit New Faogen 3 website 21 May 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html FBX i/o plugin for Faogen March 13 2013 Hello dear faogen users. Much time has passed since the last update of the program and it may seem that Faogen is abandoned. But this is not the case, after a long break a new version development is resumed. Watch out for the new and improved Faogen. And in the meantime, as a bonus, the current version adds support for FBX format. Faogen 2.0 preview now allow input/output of FBX files. Per-vertex ambient occlusion can be saved directly as vertex colors. Download 13 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html 3dsmax script for Faogen October 15 2010 New version of 3dsmax script for Faogen by Sebastien Larrue. Full refactoring (3.0) Modified all import\export process to avoid error and problems with duplicate name objects Added "use all environments objects" mode . All unselected but visible objects cast will cast AO but will not receive it Added faogen AO render option "Use hemisphere mode" Fixed "read AO" function. AO was erroneous in 3dsmax No more executable is needed Download 15 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html 3dsmax script for Faogen May 25 2009 New version of 3dsmax script for ambient occlusion baking with Faogen is available. Thanks to Sebastien Larrue. Download 25 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/glsl_grapher.html GLSL grapher February 07 2009 GLSL grapher, freeware tool for exploring GLSL functions graphs, has been released. Read more... 7 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/http://blog.rusteddreams.net Graphics programming blog launched November 16 2008 rusted dreams graphics programming blog launched. It will contain useful code snippets and algorithms descriptions. 16 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogenlib.html Faogenlib v2.0 August 15 2008 Faogenlib has been updated. This version adds features, which was introduced in latest versions of Faogen application: precision optimization for large-scale scenes and ability to calculate bent normals in addition to ambient occlusion. All existing customers get this update for free. Read more... 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v2.0 July 17 2008 Faogen v2.0 preview. Fast Ambient Occlusion Generator. Use your video card GPU to compute ambient occlusion really fast. Support both texture and per-vertex calculation. This version provide updated ambient aperture and bent normals shaders with ability to customize them. Other features include improved precision on large scale models, adjustable background for AO texture images, lighting animation control and few bugfixes. Read more... Download Order Now! 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.9 June 11 2008 Faogen v1.9 preview. This version contains preview of new AO calculation feature: bent normals. It can be used in many dynamic lighting models from regular fixed-function lighting with bent normals to more advanced like ambient aperture lighting. 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.7 August 9 2007 Faogen updated to v1.7. Fast Ambient Occlusion Generator. Use your video card GPU to compute ambient occlusion really fast. Support both texture and per-vertex calculation. This version is a bugfix release before Faogen 2.0. New in 1.7 version: Features from 2.0 beta: alpha-test transparency, OBJE geometry format, different image formats Fixed bug with geometry merging Fixed problem with importing OBJ, saved by 3dsmax Fixed few bugs causing crashes on some systems 9 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Lightwave script for Faogen December 24 2006 FaoGenLWEd is a LScript for Lightwave that renders AO through command line within Lightwave using the Faogen. Thanks to Lamont Gilkey. Download 24 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html New MEL script for Faogen December 22 2006 FaoGen Render is a Mel Script for Maya that renders AO through command line within Maya using the Faogen. Thanks to Lamont Gilkey. Download 22 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v2.0 beta December 19 2006 Faogen 2.0 beta update. Faogen 2.0 beta is updated. This 2.0 beta update adds support for many different image formats. Generated ambient occlusion texture now can be saved as .PNG, .TGA, .JPG or .TIF. And much more formats allowed for alpha-test textures. 19 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v2.0 beta December 13 2006 Faogen 2.0 beta version. Faogen 2.0 beta is available. New in 2.0 beta: Support for alpha-tested transparency for geometry Extended OBJ (.obje extension) format plugin for allowing geometry multiple UV channels Few interface improvements and bugfixes For alpha test .obj (or .obje) files should have associated .mtl file with map_Kd records for alpha textured materials. Look in "C:\Program Files\Rusted Dreams Faogen\example\" for alpha.obje and alpha.mtl as example. This beta version can only load .png textures, but next versions will support .tga and some over formats. Now about extended obj (.obje): It is created to allow use different UV channels for alpha-test texture and generated AO texture. It contains additional vt2 records for storing texcoords, which are used for alpha-test map. Face records now look like this: f v/vt/vn/vt2 v/vt/vn/vt2 v/vt/vn/vt2 ... v - vertex position index, vt - texcoord index for AO map vn - normal index vt2 - texcoord index for alpha-test map. If your OBJ file didn't contain normals, face records will look like v/vt//vt2 13 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/flower.html 3D flower screensaver v1.2 July 10 2006 Flower Screensaver updated to v1.2. A beautiful red rose lying on the stones at the shore of some dreamy lake. Who brought it here? Maybe it waits for someone? Version 1.2 fixes problems with non-playing music on some systems. Read more... Download Order Now! 10 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html MEL script for Faogen June 13 2006 MEL script for automating Faogen use from Maya available. Thanks to Alex Carbonero. Download 13 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.6 June 12 2006 Faogen updated to v1.6. Fast Ambient Occlusion Generator. Use your video card GPU to compute ambient occlusion really fast. Support both texture and per-vertex calculation. New in 1.6 version: Hemisphere mode to simulate lighting from sky Few interface improvements and bugfixes 12 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.5.1 May 9 2006 Faogen updated to v1.5.1. Version 1.5.1 is a fix for bug which caused in black AO textures on some NVIDIA cards. 9 May 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.5 April 21 2006 Faogen updated to v1.5. New in 1.5 version: Faogen remembers object options from previous scene session Object options setup can be saved as preset and applied later Merge command now allows selecting multiple files at once 21 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.4.2 April 12 2006 Faogen updated to v1.4.2. Version 1.4.2 fixes bug with changing current directory if run not from installation folder and few small improvements in Faogenbatch. 12 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogenlib.html Faogenlib April 1 2006 Faogenlib has been released. Library for fast ambient occlusion generation. Same algorithm is used in Faogen application. Read more... 1 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.4 March 1 2006 Faogen updated to v1.4. New in 1.4 version: FaogenBatch - command-line utility for automating ambient occlusion baking Source code for FaogenBatch C# application, so you can modify it for your needs Site License allows use of Faogen on any number of computers inside one organisation 1 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.3 February 21 2006 Faogen updated to v1.3. New in 1.3 version: Fixed bug with incorrect interpretation of smooth-groups in loaded scene Export scene with materials, which contain ambient occlusion data - for both OBJ and LWO exporters Added possibility to enable filtering for ambient occlusion textures 21 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.2 February 10 2006 Faogen updated to v1.2. New in 1.2 version: LWO IO plugin Increases maximum size of generated texture on NVIDIA cards 10 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.1 January 13 2006 Faogen updated to v1.1. New in 1.1 version: Improved quality of generated AO maps Object selection by picking them with mouse in viewport Increased speed of loading high polygonal objects Better UI allows to re-generate AO only for selected objects 13 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/faogen.html Faogen v1.0 January 2 2006 Faogen has been released. 2 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/flower.html 3D flower screensaver v1.1 September 28 2005 Flower Screensaver updated to v1.1. New in 1.1 version: Added render path for older NVIDIA cards Better performance Gamma correction 28 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT http://www.rusteddreams.net/flower.html 3D flower screensaver v1.0 September 22 2005 Flower Screensaver has been released. 22 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT