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• marat

  over 4 years ago

  Great product! Why proxy (LOD) has been removed? I remember there 're LOD support in the previous version.

• Fernando Sanchez

  almost 6 years ago

  A good plugin with lots of options for scattering, BUT.. very good for Sacattering up to.. let's say 1 sqr. Km... if you want to scatter large real size terrains (more than 1Km , lets say 20Kms, 100 Kms) ... not this addon. No. Even preparing the masks or tuning it before scattering, it just hangs. I know.. blender limits.. but I think it is absolutly necesary thay the programmer implements pre-fine tune settings so it dont begin scattering as soon as anything is done, AND a better way to LOD vegetation for large scale terrains. That's why I give 3 stars: great for small size things.. BAD for large scale.

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  BD3D

  almost 6 years ago

  Hello Fernando,
  Thanks a lot for your feedback!
  I have a few things to say regarding Scatter optimization and blender viewport performance:

  -Scatter already have "pre-fine tune settings" to hide particles on creation, reduce particle viewport density percentage on creation, set instances to bounding box/proxy on creation. Scatter also has security actions that will automatically do these operations if the custom threshold limits have been reached.

  -"Blender limitation" indeed, i believe that you may have an unreal expectation of what an OpenGL viewport can achieve. While it's completely possible to render billions of particles in cycles, doing the same in a real-time engine such as the live viewport of blender is completely impossible in the year 2020. Games-Engines could achieve the illusion by using complex technologies such as variable distance LOD, billboards, and super optimized normal map - transparency based shaders with their assets. Blender is not a game engine and doesn't possess the same technologies. Rendering complex landscapes in blender ray-tracing engine will require you to hide your particles within the viewport.

  Note that the Scatter plugin is already innovating a lot in this area with a LOD/Proxy system and camera clipping/culling features with advanced options such as ray-casting visibility, not proposed natively by Blender, that is drastically improving the experience for a lot of users out there. And we try to push it even more, by developing a point cloud display technology, currently in Beta testing.

  I hope this answers your Remark.
  Bests,
  Dorian
• Michael

  over 1 year ago

  Nice product, only thing I don't like about the way they model it. Is that every update requires a new purchase. As I've bought it twice. Certainly not dropping another 100, whilst I found others with borderline same quality, easier to use out of the box.

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  BD3D

  over 1 year ago

  Hi Michael
  That's not true, you have free update. Send us a message so we can refund your double purchase
• Shawn

  over 3 years ago

  when i bought this add on it came with 100plus assets covering rocks trees grass and flowers.... now it seems like it's just grass through plant library..... this addon takes away things with updates. Aside from not being able to download the asset pack i bought this add on with it is a really useful scattering system. If i were needing to buy a scatter system. i would look for another addon with more assets included. now i guess i gotta go buy some trees... THANKS GEO!

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  BD3D

  over 3 years ago

  Hello Shawn, the plant-library has become its own free separate products plus we greatly improved the models and biomes. Next time, contact us instead of spreading false informations online..
  Cheers
• chris jacobs

  6 months ago

  I wish that the developer was more helpful. I was very frusttrated with issues I was having with it not spreading the right amount of items (like 700,000,000 too many) - and all I got was, "You're spreading 700,000,000 items!" - Yeah... I know... can you show me how to fix it?

  Nothing.... crickets.

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  BD3D

  6 months ago

  Hi everyone. It seems this customer don't know his blender basics (how to deal with scale in Blender). This is common beginner mistakes but we are happy to help out of course. He sends us a message at @6:43 AM, we responded immediately at @11:46 AM.
• Nicholas

  about 3 years ago

  This Add on doesn't come with any assets AND ITS 100 DOLLARS? I tried to get a refund 20 min after I bought it and The Seller refuses to refund or respond to my PayPal and bank dispute. This Team is predatory in their advertising. I just hope I can get my money back from their greedy hands because I can't afford this loss.

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  BD3D

  about 3 years ago

  Hey Everyone, this user is somehow unhappy because we sell a scattering plugin and not an asset pack, please be aware of this information! From our FAQ: "Q: What assets are included?"
  "A: Geo-Scatter is a plugin, it's not an asset pack!" Bonus: There's an asset library compatible with our revolutionary biome system and it's entirely free! it is available right here https://blendermarket.com/products/the-plant-library
• Victor

  over 3 years ago

  Horrible. Super heavy plugin, freezes a lot. Multiple attempts to get the refund since the first day of purchase. I do not recommend the product and seller. I'll post some other reviews in Youtube videos. That's insane.

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  BD3D

  over 3 years ago

  This user did not once give us a description of the issue, no images, no error messages, and no .blend file, he simply refused to let us resolve his supposed "issue".
• josh

  about 5 years ago

  This product is just the Blenders particle systems in a new window. This product is useful but not worth the hype or price. I do not recommend it.

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  BD3D

  about 5 years ago

  Hello Josh
  I'm sorry that you are disappointed with Scatter4.

  Your claim about Scatter4 being a "Blender particle system in a new window" is False, the Scatter plugin innovated an immense amount of essential functionalities, it's not "Just" something, it's years of work and researches accumulated in a well-polished and designed product aimed for professionals who need a proper, complete and easy to use Scattering solution.

  Just to give you a sample of the features we implemented :

  - Procedural Camera clipping / Camera Culling Masks
  - a Proxy/ Level of detail system
  - Point Cloud Optimization
  - the One-Click to use Biomes system + customization possibilities
  - Batch change properties
  - Procedural Elevation / Curvature / Slope Control
  - Procedural Particle-Proximity Masks
  - Procedural Bezier Path / Area Masks
  - The easy to use Texture Manager
  - Procedural Object Collision Masks
  - Boundary Masks
  - ... and many other

  Add to the fact that Scatter5 is right around the corner and every feature of Scatter4 looks tinier compare to what's to come.
• Chuck Blier

  over 6 years ago

  installed as instructed... can't find presets. all I get are errors Blender 2.83.1

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  BD3D

  over 6 years ago

  Hello Chuck,
  I'm sorry for your trouble,.

  After a few messages, It seemed to be only a simple installation problem,

  If anyone have any issues on installation :
  - There is an online guide, explaining the basic installation process of Scatter
  (it basically install like any other addons)
  https://sites.google.com/view/scatterblender/tutorial/installation
  - Contact me via message, I'm reactive and will solve problems.

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