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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited May 30

    Thanks again.

    Using the Slope distribution modifier with Min value set to 0 and Max value set to 30 gives the result I want.

     

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited May 30

    Slightly different version...

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited May 30

    Using the Slope distribution modifier with Min value set to 150 and Max value set to 180 gives the opposite.

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  • AnEye4ArtAnEye4Art Posts: 846
    Good job.
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284

    Thanks. Will try to figure out the other settings of UltraScatter2.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited May 31

    Space in Space

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited May 31

    Another in Space creation...

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  • MasterstrokeMasterstroke Posts: 2,298

    Can I use UltraScatter 2 without UltraScatter 1?

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284

    There is nothing in the requirements about it.

    https://www.daz3d.com/ultrascatter2--advanced-instancing-for-daz-studio

    Besides that, UltraScatter2 works as a plugin, which makes it very fast.

    All prevoius versions of UltraScatter were just a scripts.

     

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited June 1

    Have tried some of my old purchases: TerraDome 3

    https://www.daz3d.com/terradome-3-iray
    https://www.daz3d.com/aeridian-drone-robots

    and Affinity settings in UltraScatter2.

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  • felisfelis Posts: 5,719
    edited June 1

    A little test.

    Can you get instances to "point at"?

    I looked through the options but couldn't find any such.

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284

    Point At would be really great to have.

     

  • HowieFarkesHowieFarkes Posts: 624

    Artini said:

    Point At would be really great to have.

     

    Yeah, I'll probably sneak that into an update at some time.
  • HowieFarkesHowieFarkes Posts: 624

    Masterstroke said:

    Can I use UltraScatter 2 without UltraScatter 1?

    UltraScatter2 is a completely new and independent product from UltraScatter. So, no you do not need the original for UltraScatter2 to work.
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284

    HowieFarkes said:

    Artini said:

    Point At would be really great to have.

     

    Yeah, I'll probably sneak that into an update at some time.

    Thanks for considering such update.

    All the best. 

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited June 3

    How to avoid clustering of the objects?

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,156
    Artini said:

    How to avoid clustering of the objects?

    You can set a min distance between instances. It defaults to 25 CM, I think. I'm traveling without a computer, so I can't check.
  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284

    Thanks, but I have tried that already and could not find the proper value.

    With higher values for minimum distance the instances are gone and nothing shows up.

    So what else one can do to stop instances to overlay each other?

     

  • felisfelis Posts: 5,719

    For me the distance works.

    Attched are 3 images, with distance 50 cm, 100 cm and 200 cm. It is a default cube of 1 meter.

    I planned to instance the robot, but daz got stuck trying to render, at "retrieving lights", so I skipped that and added a cube instead.

    If it doesn't work for you, you must provide more info.

     

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited June 4

    I have added a small prop to the group with Cyber D Model 1

    and scattered such group. The results are better.

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited June 4

    Another trial. I have added a cube and parented Cyber D Model 1 to it.

    I have scattered the cube and got this:

    After hiding the cube and the path I got this:

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 10,284
    edited June 4

    Probably I will use UltraScatter2 such way.

    Calculating position of the instances with the cubes is easier, than more complicated shapes.

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  • AnEye4ArtAnEye4Art Posts: 846
    edited June 13

    barbult said:

    The default units are Centimeters. You can change that to Meters. You can also change 3D space to either World or Local. Those options might help with your large terrain. Min and Max Elevation both default to 0. After you change min to a higher number, Max stays 0, so don't forget to change it, too.

    Thanks for the help. I was away for a while. But I still can't get elevation to work using your suggestions. All of the trees disappear when I check elevation and altering the numbers don't have any effect.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,156

    AnEye4Art said:

    barbult said:

    The default units are Centimeters. You can change that to Meters. You can also change 3D space to either World or Local. Those options might help with your large terrain. Min and Max Elevation both default to 0. After you change min to a higher number, Max stays 0, so don't forget to change it, too.

    Thanks for the help. I was away for a while. But I still can't get elevation to work using your suggestions. All of the trees disappear when I check elevation and altering the numbers don't have any effect.

    If your terrain is extremely high, maybe the max number of meters is just not enough to reach your extreme terrain. If you experiment with a more "normal" terrain, can you get it to work there, to verify that you are doing it corrrectly? 

  • AnEye4ArtAnEye4Art Posts: 846
    Makes sense. I'll give it a try. Thanks.
  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,857
    edited July 27

    Sorry to bump this with bad news, but Ultra Scatter 2 seems to crash DS when loading Victoria 4.2. The figure appears to load OK, then the application crashes after a few moments. I tried a few other Poser-format items, props and figures, without issue - Victoria 4 is going through Power Loader, I don't know if that might be an issue (perhaps relating to the ability to load new morphs in place). Edit: disabling Power Loader and the V4.2 .dsb loader script didn't help.

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,156

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Sorry to bump this with bad news, but Ultra Scatter 2 seems to crash DS when loading Victoria 4.2. The figure appears to load OK, then the application crashes after a few moments. I tried a few other Poser-format items, props and figures, without issue - Victoria 4 is going through Power Loader, I don't know if that might be an issue (perhaps relating to the ability to load new morphs in place). Edit: disabling Power Loader and the V4.2 .dsb loader script didn't help.

    Are you saying that just having UltraScatter2 plugin installed causes the crash when loading Victoria 4.2? Would disabling the plugin while using Victoria 4.2 be a workaround?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,857

    barbult said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Sorry to bump this with bad news, but Ultra Scatter 2 seems to crash DS when loading Victoria 4.2. The figure appears to load OK, then the application crashes after a few moments. I tried a few other Poser-format items, props and figures, without issue - Victoria 4 is going through Power Loader, I don't know if that might be an issue (perhaps relating to the ability to load new morphs in place). Edit: disabling Power Loader and the V4.2 .dsb loader script didn't help.

    Are you saying that just having UltraScatter2 plugin installed causes the crash when loading Victoria 4.2? Would disabling the plugin while using Victoria 4.2 be a workaround?

    To disable/reenable a plug-in you have to restart DS after making the change in Help>About Installed plug-ins. I didn't test to see if V4.2 would load from a saved scene with the plug-in enabled - let me try.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,857

    Yes, Victoria 4.2 in a saved scene doesn't seem to be an issue, it is just loading the Poser fromat version (at a quick test). I don't have M4 or the SubDragon installed to see if it affects any ExP figure, but I would not be surprised (on the other hand, it could be dForms - in which case Victoria would be the only one).

  • memcneil70memcneil70 Posts: 5,235

    On my MacMini M4 I have installed both the Millennium SubDragon, Millennium Dragon, and Millennium Dragon 2.0, but when I click on the SubDragon a window pops up 'The "SubDragon" support folder could not be found.' And then a window with PowerLoader : Import is there. The window is blank. Millennium Dragon crashes DAZ when you try to load. Millennium Dragon 2 is stable and loads. I do have UltraScatter2 Plugin. I do not have Victoria 4.2, Michael 4 or the The Kids 4 installed. Did not want to deal with the files. 

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