Practisim Designer

Great program and constantly updated. We use it for ALL of our matches.

I will one day endeavor to build a stage for USPSA competition. This program is a start.

Cool to create your stages and practice. Pretty cool simulator, even we can generate a PDF for official IPSC matches (scenarios)

Practisim Designer is a highly specialized simulation and creation tool built around the world of practical shooting sports. Developed and published by AncientSky Games, it differs considerably from a conventional first-person shooter because its primary objective is not defeating opponents or progressing through a campaign. Instead, it provides a virtual workspace where users can create, visualize, test, and refine practical shooting stages. Its focus on disciplines such as USPSA, IPSC, IDPA, and Steel Challenge gives it a clearly defined audience, particularly match organizers, stage designers, competitors, and shooting-sport enthusiasts interested in planning courses within a three-dimensional environment. The stage editor is the centerpiece of the experience. Users can construct layouts with a large collection of objects and props, allowing targets, barriers, structures, obstacles, and other course elements to be arranged according to a designer's ideas. Working in 3D provides an important advantage over simply drawing a stage on paper because distances, angles, sightlines, movement paths, and object placement become easier to visualize. The creative freedom also encourages ex…

Great software for creating courses of fire. Although, the UI isn't perfect and is a bit clunky.

When I was a Match Director I used 3DS MAX to design my stages mainly because I was comfortable with the interface and navigation. After finally diving into to learn the Practisim navigation/Interface, I believe that this is actually more intuitive and effecient for stage design. I'm looking forward to spending more time in the software to design and share stage ideas.