FREE Witch Add-on Pack

Contact support@dakinewave.com if you would like to download the FREE Witch character.

Note: only available to registered users of the full version.

Have something to contribute?

If you have something that you would like to share with the community of VirtualStage users, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact support@dakinewave.com with details of what you have to offer.

We would love to receive:

Actions & gestures that you have created.
BVH motion capture files.
Character models conforming to the VirtualStage Character Specification.
Other 3D props.
Articles & tips on getting the most from VirtualStage.

Please remember that you must have the rights to the resources that you send to us. We will make them available to other users but you will retain all of your rights and can withdraw the permission for us to make them available at any time.

VirtualStage Resources

This page includes a number of links that may be useful to users of both the trial and the full versions of VirtualStage. In addition, it includes resources contributed by VirtualStage users. If you have an action, a 3D model or some advice that you wish to share with other members of the VirtualStage community or if you know of a website that contains useful information or resources, please send details in an email to: support@dakinewave.com Thanks.

Quick Start Guide

Download this essential guide to getting started with VirtualStage. To save the file to your local hard disk, right click on the link below and choose either Save Target As... (Internet Explorer) or Save Link As... (Firefox):

VirtualStage Quick Start Guide (PDF)

Synthesized Voices

The full version of VirtualStage is supplied with a number of high quality synthesized speech engines from the world's leading suppliers. However, if you are a trial user or if you would simply like to increase your options, there are a range of voices available on the web, some of them free for non-commercial use.

NOTE: You should look for Text to Speech (TTS) engines that are SAPI4 or SAPI5 compatible.

For a commercial license for the voices supplied with the full version of VirtualStage, please contact:

http://www.wizzardsoftware.com/

Actions & Gestures

Share the actions & gestures that you create with other VirtualStage users by emailing the exported XML to support@dakinewave.com and we will make them available for download. We will also accept BVH files.

VirtualStage enables the import of motion capture data and predefined animations using Biovision's BVH file format, with tags compatible with those used in Autodesk's Character Studio. Many BVH files are available for little or no charge on the web, for example:

3D models

There is a huge number of 3D models - both characters and props - available on the Internet, many of which are free for non-commercial use. At present, VirtualStage only allows you to import files in 3DS format. However, the 3DS format is in widespread use and most 3D graphics packages will save or export to this format.

NOTE: Character models must adhere to the VirtualStage Character Specification. Very few of the available models will do so in their raw form. However, users with 3D modelling skills should be able to adapt existing models to work with VirtualStage.

You can find 3D models at many locations, including:

User Contributed Advice, How-To's

Romel Gallamoza, creator of Robot Space Trooper: Experiment 001 and "Machines Don't Cry" has very kindly written the following documents based on his experience of working with VirtualStage:

Machinima Info, News

For the latest Machinima news, views, opinions, films and chat, checkout the following sites:

Disclaimer

Dakine Wave is not responsible for the content on the websites listed on this page or for the resources, software, advice and opinions contributed by VirtualStage users.