GitHub - OlafHaag/VectorFields: Scripts to create vector fields and flow maps that can be used in Unreal Engine 4 or Unity 3D for particle VFX.
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To learn more about LOD Recipes and how to get started see LOD Recipe -Quick Start. LOD Recipes expose the full range of settings for our different pipelines. LOD Recipes provide you a complimentary approach to traditional LOD creation through the Static Mesh Editor or Persona Editor. With LOD Recipes we bring a new workflow for our users for creating their Static and Skeletal Mesh LODs. Following are some feature highlights: LOD Recipes The new Simplygon Unreal Engine plugin provides a great set of features for your 3D content optimization needs.
This should allow developers who want to setup their own workflows or editor tools based around Simplygon a jump start to their asset pipeline development. We built our editor tool around these public interfaces and building blocks. We now provide a public interface method to allow developers to easily setup and run pipelines and provide utility methods for data transport between Unreal Engine and Simplygon API. Extensible building blocks for developersĪnother key area of the plugin was to provide developers a set of building blocks they could use to build upon. You can read more about Simplygon Grid and Pipelines here. All processing done through the plugin can easily be distributed with little setup cost. As the pipelines matured during the development of 9.0 we integrated them into our Unreal Engine plugin.
Moreover, they make it easier to run tasks locally or distribute them using the Simplygon Grid. Pipelines streamline the process of setting up an automated content pipeline using the Simplygon API. Powered by Simplygon Pipelines for task distributionĪ feature highlight for Simplygon 9.0 was the introduction of pipelines. With the plug and play nature of the plugin, getting started with Simplygon is now more streamlined both for teams using the vanilla engine or a customized version. For Simplygon 9.0, we tackled this by moving our advanced integration into a plugin, while ensuring that we had feature parity with our old, to be discontinued, advanced integration. A frequent ask from our customers was a simplfied integration process for the advanced integration. You could choose between a basic and an advanced one, which was a choice between ease of use versus feature richness. In the past, we have had multiple flavors of the integration. This blog will cover the key development areas and highlight some of the features of the plugin. The Gold Standard in 3D content optimization for Unreal Engine users, in a new packaging. With the release of 9.1, we are happy to announce our new Unreal Engine plugin.