Member Rob Posted June 6, 2013 Member Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 I know the 3D Coat Trees is a side product, but I'm hoping for more. What is the possibility of seeing more with this product and, if this does happen, what can we expect? Especially now, it would be a good time to understand the approach to trees. So many vendors are scrapping for their place in this area. However, I'd be fine with something simple with UVs and maybe a way to texture something like leaves and bark and / or fruit. I'll be waiting to hear what might be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 I would love to see Andrew support it again. There was an old post about it http://3d-coat.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1003&hl=trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member geo_n Posted June 6, 2013 Advanced Member Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Do you mean to sell it as a separate product? How much would you pay for something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 It sounds like a joke, but it is serious In general I am making 3D-Coat whole time But recently I have remembered that there are some hidden features A year ago I have written trees generator. It can be activated by replacing one string in config.txt in current 3D-Coat installation (read there). But for convenience I have made separate installation in half of hour. It is there. www.3d-coat.com/files/3d-Coat-2-trees.exe It is free to everyone who has purchaced 3D-Coat. At least for some time (maybe it will cost something when I will make rich export functions and make it white&furry). It is not very user-friendly, but anyway, easy enough. It is not 100% made, sometimes I will update it if you will like it. Enjoy! There is screenshot: tree.jpg *edit: I have updeted the link, now it has correct export functions. - Export for games - exports leafs as a random planes. To use in game you should convert it to your own format and rendar billboards to look at camera - export for render - contains 6x more random billboards mtl file and textures are also exported. In general it is serious app, there is many competetive options: 1) deleting invisible faces inside parent root 2) branches can grow not only directly under some angle like in SpeedTre but starts from tangent direction and follows with random angle in some direction 3) roots like a kind of branches 4) adaptive simplification of branches in dependence on curvature (not a simple equidistant sampling like it is usually done) 5) possibility to use multiple leafs types on the one tree (most of generators use single leaf clone). 5) generating LOD-s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 I actually used it a bit on a project a few years ago, it trees turned out splendidly. It's pretty good when you need trees in a pinch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Bernardo Posted June 6, 2013 Member Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 wow this would be nice! But is it still inside 3d coat or it was just some year ago? Anyway I would warmly welcome such a feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Rob Posted June 6, 2013 Author Member Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Probably, and depending on the features, I'd pay about the same or thereabouts as 3D Coat. Do you mean to sell it as a separate product? How much would you pay for something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Rob Posted June 6, 2013 Author Member Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 @Bernardo - I think you can download it to find out. As I remember, it's separate from 3D Coat. And it's free! Free for now. @Javis, yes I like it and see its benefit. It has Andrew all through it and I see potential. wow this would be nice! But is it still inside 3d coat or it was just some year ago? Anyway I would warmly welcome such a feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 http://www.3d-coat.com/files/3d-Coat-2-trees.exe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 I still have my copy from when it was discussed a long time ago. Haven't done much with it but there are times when I could really use tree models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member UnCommonGrafx Posted June 17, 2013 Member Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 My question is this: what's the script line that needs to be changed and does v4.x have the tree stuff in it, all grown-up? Or was version 2 the last to have any of the Tree branch of code? (haha, pun intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 This is the download link to the 3DTrees standalone version: http://www.3d-coat.com/files/3d-Coat-2-trees.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philnolan3d Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Yes, I think it has actually been removed from 3DC itself when the UI changed and now just lives as the standalone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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