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Polly is an OpenGL base game engine that has direct Anim8or support.  In the near future the source will be available under to GPL license.  Written by Nicolaas.  http://www.irio.co.uk/index.php?page=polly

I haven't had time to try it yet so if you do let us know!

Wow! This one's going on the scripst page, too, Kubajzz   Was your image rendered using Anim8or?

There is a bug in volume shadows in the scanline renderer.  If you're using them then try switching to ray traced shadows.

Continuous mirroring of a mesh is a great idea - suggested by numerous people (including me) and I plan to add it when I next work on the modeler (soon after v0.97 stuff settels down).

The ART raytracer doesn't flip a surface's normal whtn it's pointed away from the light.  That causes problems for some of the more advanced materials and isn't really realistic.  (There are no infinitely thin surfaces in the real world which is what the scanline renderer is assumong.)

As CobraSpectre pointed out the shell tool is a good way to gove thes objects some thickness.

mcheccyb, yes, this is what it is supposed to do.  From the notes on the ray tracer page: "The [specular->reflection] result is multiplied by the materials specular weight, Ks..."

Tyson Ibele first used Anim8or when he was 13 back in 2000.  He's a very talented animator and is now working professionally in New Zealand.  Here is an inteview with him that shows some of his amazing work and give a little advice on how to improve your animation skills.  (Don't miss his reference to Anim8or in the quote below the video :-)

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/07/bbtv-tyson-ibele-21y.html

Yes, this can crash in v0.97.  I'll look into it.  Thanks for the bug report.