GroundWizTM GroundWiz Terrain Map, GroundWiz Planter & GroundWiz Variation Map for 3ds Max and Autodesk VIZ GroundWiz Terrain MapTM Procedural 3d terrain map
- uses layers combined with fractal algorithms...
- infinite detail possible due to a procedural nature...
- supports mental ray, V-Ray, Brazil...
- terrain importing with optimization...
GroundWiz PlanterTM Mass placement and instancing tool
- handles millions of objects in 3ds Max/VIZ
- uses GroundWiz layers for placement
- collision avoidance / automatic LOD handling
- mass & detailed planting with a brush tool
- flexible modification (move/rotate/scale...)
GroundWiz Variation MapTM Multipurpose variation map
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What's new:
June 1, 2009
GroundWiz update version 1.600 released, available online:
- GroundWiz now compatible with 3ds Max 2010 & 3ds Max Design 2010.
- New feature: GroundWiz Planter Clustering In nature, different types of plants tend to grow in groups. Clustering was introduced to Planter to help simulate vegetation grouping effect so common in nature.
- Mental ray shader version 2: new mental ray shader v2 that replaces the old native mental ray shader should be much faster and support bigger scenes. The new shader also supports mental ray assemblies.
- SpeedTree v4.0 and higher supported via Planter's Instancing shader. Instancing shader allows each planted tree instance to be unique by engaging SpeedTree's procedural tree creation.
- Some bug fixes
»Read more about the new version.
GroundWiz update version 1.500 released, available online:
- GroundWiz now compatible with 3ds Max 2009 & 3ds Max Design 2009.
- New feature: GroundWiz Variation Map Variation map allows users to quickly add variations to materials when creating large scenes with many objects. Usually it's used to create random diffuse color variations.
It can be used with any 3ds Max object and is also fully integrated with GroundWiz Planter.
- GroundWiz Planter now supports ArchVision RPC objects.
- 3ds Max 2009 mr Proxy objects fully supported when rendering with mental ray.
- Numerous improvements on Planter's editing tools
- Some bug fixes
»Read more about the new version.
GroundWiz update version 1.290 released, available online: 3ds Max 2008 fully supported.
August 22, 2007
GroundWiz update version 1.280 released, available online: Maintenance release - the following issues were resolved:
- When brushing (planting) objects on terrain, 3dsmax 9 could crash in certain cases.
- When network rendering, sometimes GroundWiz Planter objects would not get rendered.
- When used with plugin DreamScape(Sitni Sati), crash could happen when rendering started.
- On certain graphics cards, GroundWiz Terrain Map texture would disappear from the viewport after rendering was finished.
