Key Features
COVERAGE : Cross platform
support for PC, Microsoft Xbox360, PlayStation 3
At the heart of the design of FxStudio lies cross
platform support. Designed from the ground up to
support any number of platforms with ease the
FxStudio system provides the key feature set that a
modern game team is looking for. An important part
of the workflow is to differentiate between
platforms and FxStudio embraces this by providing
both platform specialization and runtime management.
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INSPIRATION : Powerful Designer for creating effects
At the heart of creating special
effects with the FxStudio system lies FxStudio Designer, the
artist friendly environment for creating special effects.
Designed to embrace familiar and useful editing features
such as timeline track based editing, drag and drop
components and in-place property editing with real-time
feedback, FxStudio Designer users will feel right at home.
FEEDBACK : Real-time preview system
FxStudio is all about efficiency. You
want to see your changes happen as you make them. The FxStudio
real-time preview system provides the feedback you are looking
for. As you make changes to an effect, those changes are
silently communicated to your runtime and updated behind the
scenes. This means ZERO iteration time and that translates into
quicker, better and more enjoyable!
SPEED : Optimized runtime effects engine
The FxStudio runtime provides high performance playback of
special effects. Designed to fit into your environment with
ease, the FxStudio runtime comes with an easy to use SDK which
speeds integration. Optimizations include fast loading through
packed banks, optimized playback core and virtually no memory
allocations with hooks provided for memory management.
FLEXIBILITY : Data-driven, component based modeling of special effects
The FxStudio system uses a tried and
tested system for putting together special effects - components.
Components can be defined easily through the component editor
within FxStudio Designer. Any number of properties can be added
to components to represent all manner of interesting things from
colors, to decay rates, to screen effects and so on and so
forth.
COMPLETION : Integrated Level of Detail system and support for platform
targeting
The FxStudio LOD system solves the inherent problems with effect
content in a tightly integrated fashion. Categories of special
effects can be defined that contain any number of level of
details. Artists can assign different values for different
levels of detail through the powerful FxStudio Designer property
editor.
