dark data - very useful but can wait until your projects reach the stage of needing to actually store data. eg: world editor, or player save data.
it is a good and easy to use system. but not essential until later stage projects.
enhanced animations is also great for advanced projects. when you are putting the polishing sheen on your end product. To mix and match animations, eg walk/run while holding a gun or slashing a sword is a great time saver, you can strip the animation from the model and save just the animation.
you can then load the models without animation, and load the animation once, applying it to all models. very handy. and resource friendly.
I am yet to extensively use this plugin to its fullest potential but it is worth having in the long run. not necessary for low level projects.
Blitzwerk terrain -
this is a truly awesome plugin, if I recommend any of them it will be this one. it allows you to load a terrain from rgb heightmap and gives you the option of editing the terrain in real time, both height position and texture color.
it is the best terrain solution offered by the dark basic pro line. I highly recommend this add-on.
dark imposters is another plugin I value highly. You define an image size, break it down into equal units and each unit represents a 3d object. at distance these images replace the 3d model drastically reducing your onscreen poly count. significant savings in system resources are gained. I have not tried this with tree-party trees(as tree party has its own billboarding anyway). If you want a lot of objects onscreen then I recommend this plugin.
dark occlusion works extremely well on the demo, I haven't used it extensively on system heavy projects. from what I have seen it has a very powerful onscreen polygon reduction process. It is a plugin that I am yet to experiment with in any detail. I am not sure if it works in conjunction with dark imposters.
dark dynamix, I already shared my impressions of it with you, I do like it and recommend it as a physics and collision engine. I am yet to use it to its fullest potential.
my word is not final by any stretch, these are just one users impressions of the products.
I will see if I can bang together a little demo showing some of the plugins in action.
kezzla
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