[File point cache too heavy]

You need to optimize by editing parameters in GrowFX, keeping the shape of the plant.

For example, increasing the Steps of the paths, increasing the Face Size in the mesh builders, etc.

 

Thanks!

[File point cache too heavy]

Hello Baptiste Sarrazin,

 

How many vertices does your tree have?

Can you optimize it?

 

Thanks!

[GrowFX 2 идеи для улучшения]

Да, все это реализуем, просто нужно немного времени...

Спасибо!

[VecOrient тормоза]

18 hours ago, Azat Hai said:

Привет, да, это просчет метамешей. Вопрос, почему они просчитываются, даже если просто выключать скажем, листья (меши)

Привет!

 

Ну да, все верно. Если отключаем или включаем какой-либо путь, то система становится полностью невалидная, и требуется полный пересчет всего.

Мы же не знаем с чем данный путь может быть связан, поэтому полный пересчет всех мешей и метамешей соответственно.

А анализировать все цепочки связей - это практически невозможно. Просто есть 4 уровня валидности модели: на уровне путей, на уровне мешей, на уровне метамешей, и на уровне афтермеш модификаций. Так вот, если на каком либо уровне произошла невалидность, то остальные уровни также считаются невалидными. Уровни меш и метамеш - считаются параллельными (независимыми). Но если возникает невалидность на уровне путей, то все меши становятся также невалидными.

 

Спасибо!

[Help! I Can't get deactivation code.]

Hello skyland99,

 

Yes of course, I just deactivated your old activations on the server side, and now you can activate again.
Thanks!
 

[VecOrient тормоза]

Здравствуйте, Azat Hai!

 

Можете прислать Вашу модель? Посмотрим почему подвешивает. А так да, возможно, что если процесс однозадачный, то работает на одном ядре.

Все зависит от структуры дерева, по идее должно работать на нескольких ядрах. На одном ядре строятся только метамеши.

 

Спасибо!

[Opening maxtree trees in v 1.9.9sp10]

4 hours ago, Caue said:

Hello Eduard!
It mean I can just download and install it again and patch will be applied?
Thx!

Hello Caue,

 

Yes, if you've the same problem, try downloading and reinstalling GrowFX again.

 

Thanks!

[scipting Path distributer]

Ok, I've sent you an update.

 

Thanks!

[GrowFX crash on Start]

On 10/1/2021 at 1:32 PM, mad said:

Hi,

I have exactly same problem with max 22 and growfx2. After copying growfx object I cant open max file anymore  Also I cant open lates autobacks because they are corrupted also

 

Hi mad,

 

Can you please send me any files that might show this error?
I need to check what is happening at the time of copying, saving to file, etc.

Thanks!

[scipting Path distributer]

Ok, I fixed this bug.

 

But I also saw an error in your code:

distnum=gfx.getNumDistributors i
for j=1 to distnum do (
	-- ...
	dist.GetParentPath j	-- Here "j" must be in the range from 1 to dist.GetNumParentPaths(), and not to getNumDistributors
)

 

If you want I can send the update again.

Thanks for your bug report!

[scipting Path distributer]

Hi schellicon,

 

I wonder why this happened...
Can you send me your model and a script line with the GetParentPath function so I can test this?

Thanks!

[Curve editor text entry error]

Hi,

 

Looks strange. I've not been able to reproduce this.
Normally it should look like this:

 

Have you changed the font size in the OS, or something else?
Try resizing this window.

 

Of course, we want to implement our own curve editor, directly in the node editor. But this will take some time.

 

Thanks!

[Slow wind animation preview.]

Hi Matt,

 

Our tutorials are probably out of date, they were created when AfterMeshModifiers didn't exist yet.
We'll create new ones, but only for version 2.0.

So, here's a simple rule, create Wind modifiers only in AfterMeshModifiers.

Thanks!

[Instanced geometry node]

Hi Craig,

 

You can read these sections of the help:

https://exlevel.com/growfx2-manual/Node_Mesh_InstancedGeometry.html

https://exlevel.com/growfx2-manual/Node_Mesh_InstancedGeometryElement.html

https://exlevel.com/growfx2-manual/Examples_IG_CurrentTime_UseHierarchy.html

 

Also you can see our example Orange tree 1 in the Plants library.

You can convert this tree to version 2.0, and watch the settings for the fruit created using the instanced geometry.

 

Thanks!

[Slow wind animation preview.]

Hi Matt,

 

Can't download this file?  Treeanim_002.max

 

Thanks!

[Perturb jitter]

Hi Jakob,

 

I always recommend applying the Wind modifiers only in the After Mesh Modifiers. The calculation will be fast and without any problems.

Thanks!

[scipting Path distributer]

Hi schellicon,

 

Ok, I sent you an update.

 

Thanks!

[scipting Path distributer]

Hi schellicon,

 

Ok, we've added the following functions for Path and PathPosition distributors:

 

<growfx>.<path>.<distributor>.AddParentPath <path_index_integer> - this is the same as AddStartPath;

<growfx>.<path>.<distributor>.GetNumParentPaths()  - returns the number of parent paths;

<growfx>.<path>.<distributor>.GetParentPath <parentpath_index_integer>  - returns the path object as a ReferenceTarget;

<growfx>.<path>.<distributor>.GetParentPathIndex <parentpath_index_integer>  - returns the index of path;

 

Will this be OK for you?

I can quickly send you an update, please let me know your version of 3dsMax.

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

[Search bar in User Manual web page]

Hi tiptop234,

 

We'll of course implement this feature, but for now you can use the CHM help file that is installed with the plugin.

 

 

Thanks!

[scipting Path distributer]

Hi schellicon,

 

You can only specify the path that will be used for distribution:

<growfx>.<path>.<distributor>.AddStartPath <path_index_integer>

 

But if you really need it, we can add these properties.

Thanks!

[Work On Individual Branch?]

Hi Andrew,

 

You can add the Path position distributor for first level branches, but temporarily disable the Path distributor for this level. This way you'll have one branch for the first level. The position can be set to 50%, or any other.
After tweaking your branches, turn off PathPos distr and turn on Path distr again.
The same can be done with other branch levels.

 

Thanks!

[Node editor off screen?]

Hi Chris,

 

Most likely yes, the window showing up off-screen.
 

You can reset this value by deleting the registry key: "WinPosition: Node Editor" in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Exlevel\GrowFX\3dsMax_XXXX\Settings 

 

Where XXXX is your 3dsMax version.

 

Thanks!

[GrowFx Student discount ?]

15 minutes ago, Oleksandr777 said:

Hi, I’m also a student, can I get educational offer?

 

Hi  Oleksandr777,

 

Ok, I sent you an educational license offer.

Thanks!

[Деактивация лицензии]

On 8/20/2021 at 6:54 PM, TYROS4 said:

хорошо бы было если сделать систему как в ITOO     ... все на автомате

 

Наша система защиты этого не позволяет сделать, по крайней мере мне сказал сам разработчик защиты, что если это реализовать, то программу можно будет взломать очень легко.

Спасибо за понимание!

[GrowFx Student discount ?]

4 minutes ago, Luiz Fernando Júnior said:

I'm interested in the educational license, can you send me?

Hi Luiz Fernando Júnior,

 

Ok, I sent you an educational license offer.

Thanks!