Golaem announces Golaem Crowd 1.2, the latest update to its crowd simulation software for Autodesk Maya. Key new features in version 1.2 include support for V-Ray, a switch to Disney’s open-source Partio particle file format and the option to set waypoints for individual crowd characters. Chaos Group V-Ray rendering engine is supported by generating .vrscene files for the characters and providing a dedicated procedural plugin. In order to support industry standards and improve performances, Golaem Crowd is now using Disney Partio as its particle format.
Waypoint navigation allows that, the Golaem Crowd characters can be navigate by using a route, defined as a list of waypoints points. You have the control back, while still getting the benefits of automatic path-finding and avoidance. This release also brings many others features and bug fixes as well. So for full list of change follow the link at the end of article.
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