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BlitzRift - Blitz3D Integration (Open Source)
EDIT:
For those curious how this would look when working correctly, along with headtracking, I've put together an almost identical scene setup in Unity.
Link:
http://www.marbas3d.com/files/UnityRift.rar
Greetings fellow Rifters!
I'm releasing my Blitz3D integration for the Oculus Rift.
This was basically a fun project I did back when the Oculus Rift was launched on Kickstarter.
The main purpose of the techdemo was to implement and experiment with the Barrel distortion correction (warping).
Blitz3D is a somewhat dated (still available) development platform with built in 3D engine based on DX7.
However it's a good tool for prototyping ideas that gamedev beginners might find useful.
Source-Code included!
To compile the project, you'll need:
- A copy of Blitz3D. There is a demo available that you may use. Untested!
- IDEal. A proper IDE for Blitz3D (Free).
From IDEal, open the BlitzRift.ipf file to load the project.
A precompiled exe is also included.
Head-tracking support is not integrated yet!
(I may address this later when I receive my devkit)
DOWNLOAD - BlitzRift_SRC_v1.0.rar
Enjoy!
For those curious how this would look when working correctly, along with headtracking, I've put together an almost identical scene setup in Unity.
Link:
http://www.marbas3d.com/files/UnityRift.rar
Greetings fellow Rifters!
I'm releasing my Blitz3D integration for the Oculus Rift.
This was basically a fun project I did back when the Oculus Rift was launched on Kickstarter.
The main purpose of the techdemo was to implement and experiment with the Barrel distortion correction (warping).
Blitz3D is a somewhat dated (still available) development platform with built in 3D engine based on DX7.
However it's a good tool for prototyping ideas that gamedev beginners might find useful.
Source-Code included!
To compile the project, you'll need:
- A copy of Blitz3D. There is a demo available that you may use. Untested!
- IDEal. A proper IDE for Blitz3D (Free).
From IDEal, open the BlitzRift.ipf file to load the project.
A precompiled exe is also included.
Head-tracking support is not integrated yet!
(I may address this later when I receive my devkit)
DOWNLOAD - BlitzRift_SRC_v1.0.rar
Enjoy!
13 Replies
- Awesome man! Nice to hear Blitz3D is still alive and kicking, it was a great platform.
- Thanks Cyber! I may be adding support for the other BRL dev tools, like BlitzMAX and Monkey... once I get my DK :)
- Blitz Basic was the first language I learned, also used Blitz 3D. Cool to see this!
- It's a shame Platypus was a 2d shooter. It was the best looking Blitz game ever created (imo). A 3d version that let you fly through a plasticine landscape with a Rift would have been awesome :)
"palmertech" wrote:
Blitz Basic was the first language I learned, also used Blitz 3D. Cool to see this!
Cool to hear you were once a blitzer Palmer! :D I didn't know you used to code, and thought you exclusively lived in the hardworld ;)- Blitz3D gave me good memories, used it a lot in the past.
I was the author of YAL (Yet another lightmapper, at the code archives), seeing the code nowadays feels very strange. - Very nice work! Hope you received your devkit by now :D
Is it possible you could make a port-friendly version? Everytime I attempt to port Blitzrift to my game, nothing seems to happen. The most I got to happen was a black screen!
-Sam "InnocentSam" wrote:
Very nice work! Hope you received your devkit by now :D
Is it possible you could make a port-friendly version? Everytime I attempt to port Blitzrift to my game, nothing seems to happen. The most I got to happen was a black screen!
-Sam
Yes I've had the devkit for a while now. But since I've been busy with other projects, there's been none progress on this port. Actually I haven't touched Blitz3D for quite some time and I doubt I'll ever will again.
If you haven't yet, I strongly suggest you take a look at Unity for your Oculus Rift developing. It's really easy to use and have official Oculus support."Marbas" wrote:
"InnocentSam" wrote:
Very nice work! Hope you received your devkit by now :D
Is it possible you could make a port-friendly version? Everytime I attempt to port Blitzrift to my game, nothing seems to happen. The most I got to happen was a black screen!
-Sam
Yes I've had the devkit for a while now. But since I've been busy with other projects, there's been none progress on this port. Actually I haven't touched Blitz3D for quite some time and I doubt I'll ever will again.
If you haven't yet, I strongly suggest you take a look at Unity for your Oculus Rift developing. It's really easy to use and have official Oculus support.
Yeah, Unity is good and all, but if I want to do some coding but without the brain-hurt, I just work on my project on Blitz. I just thought it'd be neat to use the Rift on it.
But if you can't work on it, that's fine, it was worth an ask :)
-Sam- This project was created as an experiment to recreate the lens warping effect in Blitz3D. I worked on this long before I received my kickstater backed dk1. By the time I received the DK, I've lost interest in working any further on this project. Lately I have tested this on my Rift and found that the stereoscopic effect was way off, and regardless of the many controls implemented to tweak the distortion, I found it very hard to find the correct settings for making the Rift work with Blitz3D. Also still at this stage it does not support headtracking.
Therefore I'm a bit unsure if it would be best to pull this release, not to confuse people trying to make this work in Blitz3D.
