Forum: Vue


Subject: Just how intensive is XFrog in Vue?

RyanSpaulding opened this issue on Jan 17, 2006 ยท 28 posts


wabe posted Tue, 17 January 2006 at 10:33 AM

I think there are several pros and cons in my eyes about XFrog trees. A lot depends what you plan to do. Pro: The look really good. Pro: There are a lot of ready made libraries available. Con: Indeed, the polygon count can be a problem. As with all imported items, especially when you need a lot of them in a scene. Con: All plants are static in contrary to the Vue native SolidGrowth ones. AND, of course imported plants do not react to wind as SolidGrowth plants do. Con: If you want to create plants for yourself the learning curve of XFrog is a little steep. I tested the Cinema 4D plugin myself and was obviously too stupid to directly start creating plants. As i was with TreePro, maybe the alternative to XFrog. Creates the same quality of plants but is way easier to handle. But you can't make plants for others, this is against the eula of TreePro. I personally mix therefore. Some high end ones for the foreground, Vue plants for mid- and background.

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