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I apologize to vobla for messing up his topic with my stupid question 

Are you kidding? As long as it's not an offtopic I am happy to see people discussing.

Thank you very much for your answers


EDIT: I was playing around with values and here's something aqward I found while taking these steps:

+ create the cube;
+ convert to subdivided;
+ select all edges and set to round;

Results:

+ Round lvl 1 result - pic 1;
+ lvl2 and 3 results - pic 2;
+ lvl 4 results - pic 3;
+ lvl 5, 6, 7 results - pic 4.

Everything looks fine and explainable except round lvl 2 and 3 results

ONE MORE EDIT: Hmm.. seems that you can see the difference when applying higher division values, but anyway, these results still look strange to me.

AND EVEN MODE: When you set all edges to creased (taking above mentioned steps), cube transforms in to a perfectly smoothed ball
Since I am modeling houses, I need most of edges to be creased and/or slightly rounded..

Thanks for your answers. I am quite familiar with the technical side and modeling stuff. Thing is I never created realistic maps/textures and that is what bothers me. I was just trying to get some info before making any desisions.
Camera will be moving near the buildings, so I think I need more datails. Then I will add some vertical planes with some buildings around the "shooting" area to make it look more "live", add a fog, lightining (scene should be "shot" at night;) ).. Oh, I'll definetely need some lamps around the place.. Seems like a good scenario to me

#parameter("side", float, 10.0, 0.001, 99999, scale);I'm guessing this is the parameter

That is correct.
side - param name;
float - type;
10.0 - min value;
0.001 - min step;
99999 - max value;
scale - scale parameter (aparantly non uniform scale wont be available on this obj, couse author use side for width and for length).

#return($plane);

It's return value. At the end of the script this value wil be passed back to Anim8tor. It's not initialized yet.. Hmm.. My gues, that you pass name of the variable, which you sould initialize later. Other wise "#return(..)" or smthng like that would be normaly at the end of the script.

shape $plane;
point3 $p;

point3 like shape is a structured type variable type. It has three floating point values. $i has $i.x, $i.y and $i.z (point 3d coordinates).
shape has loc is a point3 type property - it hold the location of the shape. shape also has some methods..

You can read more http://www.anim8or.com/scripts/spec/Anim8or_Scripting_Language.html
veeeerrry useful

Basicly I don't really get what the rest is saying like what's "TextCoord. and all the other stuff
$p.x = -$side;
$p.y = 0;
$p.z = -$side;
$plane.TexCoordN($plane.AddTexCoord((0,1)));
$plane.VertexN($plane.AddPoint($p));

Ok, first three lines set the point $p properties - x, y and z.
$plane wich is the shape type has some methods. I will rewrite last two lines more elegant and explain it step by step:

int $point_index;
shape $plane;
point3 $p;

[..........]

$point_index = $plane.AddTexCoord(0, 1);   // Add new texture coordinates to a point (we get the new point index)..

$plane.TexCoordsN($point_index);   // We use $point_index to actually set the added texture coords. More info for texture coords in general: http://paulyg.f2s.com/uv.htm

$point_index = $plane.AddPoint($p);   // We add point to the plane and get integer value - added point index - as a return value;

$plane.VertexN($point_index);   // Draw the added point.

So, basicly we have to set point parameters and then draw it..


Cheers

Well how do you make other stuff? Start from the simple model and skulpt the details.

Try some tutorials: http://www.anim8or.com/tutorials/index.html
Quick google search result: http://www.geocities.com/anim8ortrade/downloads3.html#Model29

Oh, thats handy..
Anyway, there are loads of unused methods, like you said: mid button, ctrl+click, etc, etc

Havent tried it yet, but I'm sure it works fine.
I've got one question though. Will it be posible in the future ASL to set UI for these type of scripts?

Thank you lads

Here is the newest version.


+Parameters added allowing non uniform scaling, tnx BOB_I_Ts
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+ Plane is facing up the Y axis;
+ Texture coords are counted well, tnx Claude;
+ Drawn points are reused;
+ Icon updated;