Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
Hey I have to do a destruction scene in Softimage. I use the simple shatter to break up our geometry with localized density. I do not know, how to maintain the UVs. Though at this moment I'm about to use GATOR to transfer the UV from the source geo to the fractured mesh The scene involves a

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Adam Sale
Seriously. . Momentum has helped immensely in this regard.. internal uvs and all. Worth the price for sure. On Apr 15, 2014 4:39 AM, Szabolcs Matefy szabol...@crytek.com wrote: Hey I have to do a destruction scene in Softimage. I use the simple shatter to break up our geometry with

RE: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
, 2014 5:48 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question Seriously. . Momentum has helped immensely in this regard.. internal uvs and all. Worth the price for sure. On Apr 15, 2014 4:39 AM, Szabolcs Matefy szabol...@crytek.commailto:szabol

RE: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
/active rigidbody switch… From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Szabolcs Matefy Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:00 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question Unfortunately

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Greg Punchatz
Everything has bugs... but to try to do this kind of work in softimage without Momentum is serriously a a giant waste of mony... you are going to take FAR longer to do this work without Momentum. Only thing I would recommend to ease the pain of rendering on the farm is to pick up a cut of

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread olivier jeannel
It's for sale already. You have to ask Ben. Still waiting for Exocortex to make a little promotion about it. The AD news just devastated their plans... There's a tut about Momentum changing state (so that it doesn't shake) before collision. Can't find it though.. Le 15/04/2014 18:15, Greg

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread olivier jeannel
Ah this one : https://vimeo.com/15461863 Le 15/04/2014 18:25, olivier jeannel a écrit : It's for sale already. You have to ask Ben. Still waiting for Exocortex to make a little promotion about it. The AD news just devastated their plans... There's a tut about Momentum changing state (so that

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Ben Houston
Momentum v4 is available here: http://shop.exocortex.com/products/momentum-4 If you own Momentum 3, you can use the promo code m3upgrade to get $200 off. If you own Momentum 3 + ImplosiaFX, you can use the promo code m3ifx1 to get $300 off. :) Momentum 4 contains a ton of bug fixes over

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Greg Punchatz
Well I know I am stocking up on Softimage plug ins atm... His are a tad pricier then the some but as I already have an earlier version Momentum ( I don't remember if I bought 3 for home or not) I would pick it up if there was a feature listOh I see Ben chimed in, Ben can you give us a

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Ben Houston
Hi Greg, I'll make an separate email about this now, but here is the list of improvements, they are massive actually: IFX4 - Rewritten from the ground up as result has a huge improvements in GUI - Added operator-based fracturing as well as the boolean operator - Extended ICE nodes set to bring

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

2014-04-15 Thread Adam Sale
the speed of fracturing and the sheer number of fractures you can perform is worth the upgrade alone. We'll be upgrading our site lic shortly. Adam On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com wrote: Hi Greg, I'll make an separate email about this now, but here is the