Anyone know any good, free 3D renderers?

[Adrian Tung]

I don't feel like spending 3-6 months to write one from scratch, but want to use one to write a game. Preferably I'd like one that's free for personal use, but not too expensive if I want to go commercial with it.

Any recommendations? BTW I've currently got Auran Jet RC1, tried the Crystal Space engine but didn't like it that much, also tried Fly3D but didn't like it too.


atwl

EDIT: To further clarify, I'm not really looking for any of those "complete" game engines that do almost everything for you, all I want is a renderer component (with integrated mesh and animation handling, of course, plus support for popular modelling and animation tools as well). Hmm... and come to think of it, a UI component would be nice to have too.

 

[Need4Speed]

I doubt this is what youre looking for, but POV-Ray is free

 

[Moonbender]

Crystal Space was my first thought, but you already tried that. Looked at OGRE yet?

 

[Adrian Tung]

Thanks for the links, guys.

POV-Ray looks nice, but from the looks of it I doubt that it was meant for games.

OGRE looks interesting though, I'll download it and give it a go to see if it suites my needs.


atwl

 

[Nothinman]

Blender is supposed to be pretty good, and soon to be Open Source.

Here is the download link.
Blender3d.com has news and a progress report.

 

[LiLithTecH]

This one's kinda nice too.

gMAX