* Coming Soon* Ecology Painter

Totte

This is a little video of what I've been working on lately, and it will come to the DAZ Store.

WendyLuvsCatz

looks cool, are the painted foliage bits instances or all mesh (though I guess your instancify would fix the latter)

thats always been the issue for me doing it outside DAZ studio in other apps, all the mesh to import though instanced in the original program such as Unreal Engine etc

Totte

WendyLuvsCatz said:

looks cool, are the painted foliage bits instances or all mesh (though I guess your instancify would fix the latter)

thats always been the issue for me doing it outside DAZ studio in other apps, all the mesh to import though instanced in the original program such as Unreal Engine etc

Instances, as otherwise DS would get crosseyed, go belly up and die painfully after a few seconds of painting.
 

WendyLuvsCatz

Totte said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

looks cool, are the painted foliage bits instances or all mesh (though I guess your instancify would fix the latter)

thats always been the issue for me doing it outside DAZ studio in other apps, all the mesh to import though instanced in the original program such as Unreal Engine etc

Instances, as otherwise DS would get crosseyed, go belly up and die painfully after a few seconds of painting.
 

thats good because that's exactly what happens importing brushed on foliage from Unreal or Twinmotion via Unreal   the number of meshes is staggering 

Totte

I'm using the same kind of technique as HowieFarkes uses for his UltraScenery stuff, InstanceGroupNodes.

umblefugly

Nice stuff! Kinda funny because I am doing something similar.

WendyLuvsCatz

can you brush any objects or just presets by you and your collaborators?

am wondering if a collection of buildings for example on a terrain like the Unreal Foliage brush can

basically is it brushable Ultrascatter

Totte

WendyLuvsCatz said:

can you brush any objects or just presets by you and your collaborators?

am wondering if a collection of buildings for example on a terrain like the Unreal Foliage brush can

basically is it brushable Ultrascatter

You can create Ecology Painter Presets from whatever you like really.

 

WendyLuvsCatz

cool 

MelanieL

Wow this looks great.

Presumably DS6 only though? (I'm stuck on DS4.21 until I can acquire new hardware). Still it's something to look forward to when that happens!

Totte

MelanieL said:

Wow this looks great.

Presumably DS6 only though? (I'm stuck on DS4.21 until I can acquire new hardware). Still it's something to look forward to when that happens!Yes

Yes, DS 6 only, mostly because DS 4 doesn't really cut it when it comes to things like this, too slow, too shaky, basically too old core. 

WendyLuvsCatz

oh that's a shame

I uninstalled D|S6 because too much not supported and 7 versions of D|S was too much even for me

Richard Haseltine

Out of interest (aka nosiness) is this a custom paint engine or have you been able to use the one in DS (for weight painting etc.)? It certainly looks useful.

Totte

Richard Haseltine said:

Out of interest (aka nosiness) is this a custom paint engine or have you been able to use the one in DS (for weight painting etc.)? It certainly looks useful.

It's custom, using some strange viewport things to get hit by mouse, took some time to figure those things out.

Totte

Some images showing what you can do with it

Richard Haseltine

Totte said:

Richard Haseltine said:

Out of interest (aka nosiness) is this a custom paint engine or have you been able to use the one in DS (for weight painting etc.)? It certainly looks useful.

It's custom, using some strange viewport things to get hit by mouse, took some time to figure those things out.

Sounds errr, fun?

donniekeidic

Totte said:

MelanieL said:

Wow this looks great.

Presumably DS6 only though? (I'm stuck on DS4.21 until I can acquire new hardware). Still it's something to look forward to when that happens!Yes

Yes, DS 6 only, mostly because DS 4 doesn't really cut it when it comes to things like this, too slow, too shaky, basically too old core. 

Can the terrain mesh that is created in this in DS6 be saved as a scene and opened in DS4 at least? Or would that not be possible?

Totte

donniekeidic said:

Totte said:

MelanieL said:

Wow this looks great.

Presumably DS6 only though? (I'm stuck on DS4.21 until I can acquire new hardware). Still it's something to look forward to when that happens!Yes

Yes, DS 6 only, mostly because DS 4 doesn't really cut it when it comes to things like this, too slow, too shaky, basically too old core. 

Can the terrain mesh that is created in this in DS6 be saved as a scene and opened in DS4 at least? Or would that not be possible?

As these are std DzInstanceGroupNodes, yes, you can paint in 6 and open in 4 to render 

AnEye4Art

I haven't been excited about a new daz product in a while until now. This will come in handy with ultrascatter2 for the finer details.

donniekeidic

Totte said:

donniekeidic said:

Totte said:

MelanieL said:

Wow this looks great.

Presumably DS6 only though? (I'm stuck on DS4.21 until I can acquire new hardware). Still it's something to look forward to when that happens!Yes

Yes, DS 6 only, mostly because DS 4 doesn't really cut it when it comes to things like this, too slow, too shaky, basically too old core. 

Can the terrain mesh that is created in this in DS6 be saved as a scene and opened in DS4 at least? Or would that not be possible?

As these are std DzInstanceGroupNodes, yes, you can paint in 6 and open in 4 to render 

ok, thats great to hear, looking forward to this.

tsroemi

Wow, this looks so promising, thanks for coming up with the idea! Will keep eyes peeled for it to appear in the store.

butterflyfish

Oh, now that's interesting. I don't really use DS6 yet, but maybe I will start.