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Download Free Trial of Visual3D Game Engine

Download the Visual3D Game Engine today, for a free 30-day trial, and begin developing your own games, MMOs, simulations, and online virtual worlds with the Visual3D All-in-One Toolset.  You can then buy a license and activate your existing trial installation.


Buy Visual3D Game Engine Today

Buy now to get Limited-Time Discount for Early Adopters, and Publish an Unlimited Number of Royalty-Free Titles.
But act fast, as the full benefits won't be available for much longer.


Getting Started with Free Trial of Visual3D All-in-One Toolset

  1. RUNNING THE DEMO GAME:
    1. Download the Visual3D Game Engine installer from the links below to install the Visual3D All-in-One Toolset and Demo Games.
    2. You can then run Lost Isle.exe to play our demo game

      1. And then press Escape key twice to show the Main Menu listing our other demos (or run World Launcher.exe and select Tech Demos) to tryout our other demos.
    3. To use the All-in-One Toolset ("Architect"), first create an account an our website (if you haven't done so already), which you can use to activate the toolset (as described below) to begin a trial period or to purchase a license.

      1. See the Activating Trial & Buying a License section below for more details about activation and licensing.
  2. USING THE TOOLSET
    1. To start using the Visual3D All-in-One Toolset, simply press F3 key while running one of our Demos (or while running your own game/world project) to show (or hide) the integrated toolset for real-time world building and scenario editing.

      1. If its your first time using the toolset, just enter the login info for your account on our website to activate a free 30-day trial (or to activate your license if you have already purchased one using that account)
      2. You can also launch Lost Isle Editor.exe, or you can check the "Architect" option when launching a demo or world project from World Launcher.exe, to automatically startup in editing mode, showing the Visual3D All-in-One toolset.
      3. check the Architect checkbox your user name and password from your account created on our website, to begin your free trial or activate your purchased license. 
      4.  
    2. You can create your own world project from World Launcher or from the Visual3D Toolset, by using the File (Visual3D icon) > New World menu option.

      1. Creating a new world project will automatically create an .exe you can use to run or publish your project, as well as an Editor.exe to startup your project for editing with the Visual3D Toolset (though you can also show or hide the toolset at any time by pressing F3).
  3. DOCUMENTATION AND TUTORIALS
    1. Watch our video tutorials from the World Building & Terrain manual for help get started using the Visual3D All-in-One Toolset to develop your own Visual3D-powered games, simulations, and online virtual worlds.
    2. And checkout the other tutorials and documentation available from the user manuals listed in the "Getting Started" section of the Visual3D Game Engine Wiki or the "Wiki Navigation" sidebar shown on the left side of this page.


Free Download of Visual3D Game Engine

Download the Visual3D Game Engine here!

Click on the link above to download the Web Installer for Visual3D Game Engine (SDK), which includes the Visual3D All-in-One Development Tool for real-time building and editing of next-gen 3D games, MMOs, simulations and virtual worlds, as well as demo games and a starter kit.

Version: v0.9.6.3 (Beta 6.3)
Date Published: November 18th, 2009
Download Size: 0.6 MB (Web Installer) - 312 MB (Full SDK Download)

APPLY PATCH FOR TERRAIN EDITOR: 
Don't forget to install the Required Patch shown below, to fix a critical Terrain Editor bug.

FOR WINDOWS 7 SUPPORT   (and possibly other cases): 

Please be sure to change the installation path when installing to not be under "Program Files" (for example, to "C://Visual3D Game Engine" instead).  This is required, for the this release, if you are running Windows 7, and might be needed in a few other cases as well.  Doing this will avoid file permission issues which may prevent Visual3D from starting up correctly. Like with the Terrain Editor patch, this step won't be required once v0.9.7 is released.

Installation

Installation

  1. Uninstall previous version of Visual3D Game Engine (or Visual3D.NET) if installed.

  2. Then download the web installer, from the above link, and run it, to install Visual3D Game Engine (including All-in-One Development Toolset, Demo Games, and Starter Kit).


After you have installed Visual3D, then Install this Required Patch (sorry for inconvenience)

  1. After installing v0.9.6.3, please Download this small patch, to fix a few critical Terrain Editor bugs.

  2. Run the downloaded patch installer.

  3. Click the "Browse" button, and then browse to the path where you had installed the Visual3D Game Engine. (Usually, this will be "C:\Program Files\Visual3D Game Engine",  or else "C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual3D Game Engine" for Windows Vista/7 x64)

  4. Press the "Yes to All" button when the "Confirm File Replace" prompt is shown, to finish installation. (If you do not see this, then the correct installation path was not selected in the previous step).

         

Free Trial and Royalty-Free Licensing

Trial Usage and Licensing

This download is for a 30 day (non-commercial use) trial of the Visual3D Game Engine, which can be used during the trial period for non-commercial trial purposes. For extended trial usage, please contact sales@visual3d.net.

To continue use beyond the trial period, and to use Visual3D for commercial development, demo, or publishing purposes, a license must be purchased for each user of the Visual3D Game Engine (anyone using the Visual3D toolset, and any programmers using the Visual3D APIs).  Per-title licenses and floating licenses may also be available. 

License Activation

A single installation of the Visual3D Game Engine (Trial Edition) can be activated (for each license purchased) by entering the user name and password from your account on the www.visual3d.net website, when prompted for Activation when first launching the toolset. 
You should see a login/activation prompt when either starting up Visual3D in toolset mode (by checking "Architect" checkbox in World Launcher, or selecting "New World" option, or running Lost Isle Editor.exe, etc.)  or when switching from gameplay to toolset/editing mode (by pressing F3 when playing one of the demo games).

If you have purchased a license and want to install on more than one or two machines, you can request additional activations by contacting sales@visual3d.net, which usually provide free of charge if being used only for the same individual.


Buying a License (and Limited-time, Promotional Pricing)

Licenses should be purchased for any who are using Visual3D for commercial development purposes, or who wish to use Visual3D beyond the allotted trial period. 

We are currently offering limited-time promotional pricing, prior to our upcoming v1.0 release, which is coming soon. 
The earliest adopters get the highest discounts and most extras, so you may want to act fast.


Downloading and Installing Visual3D Walkthrough Video

Checkout this video tutorial showing how to download, install, and activate your copy of the Visual3D Game Engine, to begin using the Visual3D All-in-One Development Toolset to build your own 3D Game, MMO, Simulation or Virtual World.

What's New

Checkout the Release Notes page, for more information on new features, fixes, and enhancements available for each release.

Requirements and Troubleshooting


System Requirements
Minimum System Specs:

  • Shader Model 3.0 (DirectX 9.0c) capable graphics card, or higher
    • NVIDIA 7300, ATI x1600
    • 512 MB video memory
    • Required video memory may be less, depending on game/simulation content, for both game/simulation developers and end-users / gamers.
  • Intel Pentium® 4 1.6 GHz / AMD Athlon™ XP 1500+
  • 3 GB System Memory (RAM) or more
    • Use of integrated graphics chips (for those which se shared / system video memory) may result in additional System Memory requirements beyond those stated, depending on toolset features and content used.
    • See Memory Requirement Notes below for more details

Memory Requirement Notes

  • If using less than 3 GB (especially if 2 GB or under), or if have integrated graphics processor which users shared / system video memory, or if you otherwise encounter memory-related issues, then
    • We suggest testing Build Terrain first, to ensure this works for you, before purchasing
    • If not, you can try it again with the further memory optimizations in our v0.9.7 release.
    • Or, you can select Editable, Instant Build terrain type when creating a terrain for a new scene, to avoid need to build terrains (an optional optimizations for very large terains/worlds) 
      • Alternatively, in v0.9.6 +, you can use Object Editor to change the Terrain (or Environment)'s Preferred (or Game) Terrain Module from the default, to change to type of terrain which doesn't require waiting for it to "build" LODs for optimization. Terrain Changes, as this isn't required for terrain editor use.
Recommended System Specs:

  • Shader Model 3.0 (DirectX 9.0c) capable graphics card, or higher
    • NVIDIA 9600GT,  ATI HD 4670 or higher
    • Greater than 512 MB dedicated graphics memory (may be lower depending on game/simulation content)
    • NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards are suggested (over Intel or alternatives)
    • Dedicated video memory is suggested  instead of integrated graphics processors (IGPs) which use shared memory for video memory
  • 2 GHz Dual Core Processor or better
  • 3 GB System Memory (RAM) or more
    • See Memory Requirement Notes below for more details
Install Latest Graphics Drivers
For best results with Visual3D, we highly recommend you download and install the latest drivers for your computer.  Otherwise, some visual issues may occur.
This may be required in some cases, especially for (but not limited too) supported Intel integrated graphics processes.

Download Latest NVIDIA Drivers
Download Latest ATI Drivers
Download Latest INTEL Drivers

Dependencies Installed by Web Installer

Note: This are automatically installed when you download and run the web installer, however, they are are listed here for reference and for admin deployment.


Installation Troubleshooting for Web Installer

Note, if the web installer runs, but Visual3D fails to run, there is a good chance that the dependencies were not auto-installed as they should have been.  You can install these manually by clicking the links shown above under "Dependencies", starting with DirectX, which is the most common dependency to be missing (since Visual3D uses a very recent release of DirectX from August 2009).


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