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• Marc

  about 2 years ago

  I'm just out of energy to deal with the plenty of bugs created by the python codes behind this addon . First , I'm not a beginner in blender world. I work since years in 3d modeling apps and I'm pretty wise to debug myself but now .... this Urbaniac addon packs are a MESS .

  They are an absolutely nice work in terms of architectural thing and the procedural buildings are very nice idea but the code is horribly made and it feels like a specialist in 3d modeling tried to become a coder and made something without considering the way Blender works and is programmed. I first had problems with the SYNC system interfering with other addons ... and then recently , I did a very hard work , very well made with the building generator addon ... to finally realize any props added from other Urbaniac packs like a simple fence would cause a major memory leak . I had a file running fully smooth with 22 HD buildings on my high end PC and ... it took max 35GB ... 42 GB while in Preview mode. Now just addind a simple fence along a coast made with this addon created a major memory leak , making my PC go up to 92GB taken . I run 22 millions polygons in very smooth and 33% of my RAM but simple fence of hundreds of polygons ... duplicated in APPEND mode .... fulls my DDR5 and my 14700k PC . Come on .

  Seriously , I'm a patient man . I tried to talk a bit to Patricio but I feel he's not so interrested to correct bugs that seems pretty major to me and I understand some addons like Building Generator is a Anticipated Version but ... the packs are still sold pretty at high price for codes that need A LOT of work as I see this.

  Finally , in 3 weeks , I was unable to use the 3 packs I bought together without strange bugs ruins each time my files . I take then a week to find a workaround and when I find it , I begin a new project which will cause failure and RAM leaks freezing my PC. The addons don't integrate well together and caused problems with other addon so ... sincerely ... it's sad. The concept was VERY NICE . I had so much fun looking at the props , telling me now nothing would stop me from creating . In facts , the props are SUPER NICE but it's of no use if in each project I start , I get stucked in stupid bugs .

  Normally , I just write to the creator , don't want to be rude as it's sometimes more tough to code with open source like Blender is. I give a chance a lot to creators but now after a month trying to create something , I've come to a point I'm forced to buy other addons that sue less my needs like I City which is too much automated for me and gives less control on the quality.

  I spend around 150$ CAD in these Urbaniac packs. If it would work decently without us waiting for the next bad surprise ... I'd feel it's more than fair price for what it is ... but I regret it honestly. It's probably suitable for people only doing small small amateur things but the concept is for pro people so the target fails in terms of marketing because of that.

  I really wanted to like this but when I get to a nonsense bug after dozens of hours on a pro scene , it really gets me too angry. Why I bought 3 addons that don't work together decently? If I want to add props to my buildings , I can't without strange bugs ... and what's the point of using props or roads without the buildings ? It adds another complexity in my projects ... asking myself if I continue using only the Building Generator and buy other addons ... to complete with the props but if I do this , nothing tells me another strange bug won't happen in Building Generator ... cancelling for a 3rd or 4th time a new project .

  I didn't want to be too much rude so I give 3 STARS but sincerely , if I'd be rude I'd put 2 because of the frustration generated. The hopes created by the marvelous concept takes us into a moment of joy and when the problems starts ... it's an horror story but sadly , users won't know this looking at most of our reviews ... only because we can't modify them after using more the addon.

  That's my second complain about Blendermarket. A couple of addons I seen here look absolutely amazing because most of people are excited to comment after only some minutes using the addon. One week later , probably that a lot of us becomes very frustrated but we can't modify our initial review. It's a thing BlenderMarket needs to modify. The pertinent revies are the one that have been updated after a while but ... Blendermaket don't want us to inform other users. ... they want to sell so they made it in favor of that. Because of this , a couple of addons here are unachieved things rated 5 STARS by dozens of hundreds of people.

• sean

  about 3 years ago

  a bit tough to work with

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  Patricio Massun

  about 3 years ago

  Hi sean, thanks for the feedback - Remember that you can download the manual: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1goiDwt66qHpSCWA_QxX2G8jGaKAQqvEc
  See our video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhM3xx9v-qs&list=PLt23kvhTA-3xnBZQZdf_2OlRh8wj9f4_m&index=14
  And join to our discord for personal and community support: https://discord.gg/hdaZMe8ZK7

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