COLUMBIA, SC – N3V Games Pty. Ltd., the international distributor of the TRAINZ franchise developed by Auran of Australia, has chosen SpeedTree® for its next offering, Trainz™ Simulator 2010: Engineers Edition.
TRAINZ has dominated the train sim industry worldwide for a decade, and Trainz 2010 promises the most realistic and comprehensive virtual railroading experience ever. The simulator is due out November 16 and will include new and upgraded routes, full tutorial sessions, a customizable menu system and seasonal asset support as well as lifelike and impressive graphics.
“SpeedTree will help launch a new generation of realism and immersion for the Trainz community,” said Lead Programmer Chris Bergmann. “Rail lines, whether out of the box or built by our users, will now pass among windblown, beautiful and quite believable trees and plants.”
Auran Games is an Australian based game developer who developed and released the first version of Trainz in 2000. The international publishing rights for Trainz were transferred to N3V Games Pty. Ltd., an associated company, in March 2008. Distribution and ongoing development is now done by N3V Games Pty. Ltd.
SpeedTree, winner of the 2005 Front Line Award for middleware, delivers beautiful, amazingly natural real-time trees and plants with seamless LOD transitions, an array of lighting, physics & wind effects, and an SDK programmed to support any level of engine integration. SpeedTree includes the SpeedTree Modeler, a Windows application that offers a unique hybrid of hand and procedural modeling options. For more information about SpeedTree, visit www.speedtree.com.
Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV) develops software products with a focus on real-time three dimensional applications for the game development, visual simulation, engineering visualization, and animation industries. IDV, a privately held corporation, was founded in 1999 in Columbia, South Carolina. For more information about IDV, visit www.idvinc.com.