Hi everyone!

I just wanted to post here and let everyone know that SpeedTree 4.2 Beta is out. There's also a demo of it available (movie, not program)!

http://www.speedtree.com/

Personally I LOVE speedtree, and any game developer who doesn't seriously consider using it needs a conk on the head for stupidity, and then another for measure.

This new version is more or less a slightly improved version of the previous. Notably, the new features are rather impressive if I do say so myself. For instance, it now offers a forest preview, which essentially means you can select a tree or number of trees, and then set them up as a forest to see what they would look like en masse.

Secondly, it offers full wind support for both animation and sound. BIG FEATURE. I want to make it clear that this is offering REAL-TIME support. As in, fully usable IN-GAME.

Love it, love it.

later,

Moi

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"Whenever cannibals are starving, Heaven, in its infinite
wisdom, sends them a fat missionary"
-Oscar Wilde

"Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."

-Page 231, Ender's Game

Ive never seen speed tree trees that have really impressed me.

After seeing fable 2 trees you can see such a huge leap in quality over speed tree.

Thanks for the update though.

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