Hey Arvid, Mai from SideFX Labs here. Thank you so much for trying out our tool and make such a cool tutorial with it. We really appreciate it! :) A small thing: at 20:10, the output of Labs Biome Define should be connected with the 2nd input of Labs Biome Attributes to Terrain. The Labs Biome Define nodes are also only used when you have multiple different biomes on your terrain, in which case you need to set up different biome regions using Labs Biome Region Assign, and then connect biome regions (represented by one HF layer per biome) to the 3rd input of Labs Biome Attributes to Terrain. When that 3rd input is not connected, the 2nd input is ignored, and the biome attributes are coming directly from the Default Attributes tab on the same node. You can find more details in the example file we provided, but apologies since many of these do not seem intuitive enough. The toolset is still in alpha, and we will keep improving its functionalities and UX. Thanks again!
Hey Mai! Thanks for the explanation! I did check out the file, must have missed that step. Had also a quick chat with Baylee on the Discord. Yup, I was aware that it's still alpha, and I know there will be changes to come. I couldn't resist playing with it though. If you have updates you'd want me to test, I'm happy to!
Hey @Arvid , Great tutorial, thanks for taking the time to go through it all. I'm struggling to see the different mesh parts split out in LOPS and therefore i cannot shade each component part (Leaves, Bark etc) separately. I can see them if I SOP import and use subset groups but this way bypasses Biomes altogether, which is obviously no good. Do you have any thoughts? All the best.
hit z on on your keyboard to change a null's shape. If you want to permanently change the shape so it appears modified every time you place that node, hold shift, then drag and click the new shape onto the node whilst its selected.
This is probably me being a bit dense but what is the keyboard shortcut to paste - Ctrl, Shift ? Doing this does nothing on my end. Maybe I am not copying the node correctly?
Is the Instancer broken or something? I can't make it work at all... it crashes Houdini constantly -- just switching from bounding box to point cloud crashes Houdini.
Amazing tutorial but you use a Lot of hotkeys that you dont say what they are or what is going on. On future tutorials if you could show in the menus where things are it would be greatly apreciated. 8:58 What created that texture node? 6:38 What button did you hit to create that null because its different than when I type in null?
Hi Lenny, yeah I do use a lot of shortcuts, as that's the way I like to work. And I always try to remind everyone that I'm using ODTools for Houdini, which has some convenience shortcuts. When copy and pasting, it will create object merge node, ctrl enter will create nulls etc.
Hey Arvid! At about 9:06, what shortcut are you using to create the SOP import node within the Copnet? I did a Ctrl + Shift + v and I didnt seem to work. Thanks!
Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄See you all in the new year! 🎆
Hey Arvid, Mai from SideFX Labs here. Thank you so much for trying out our tool and make such a cool tutorial with it. We really appreciate it! :) A small thing: at 20:10, the output of Labs Biome Define should be connected with the 2nd input of Labs Biome Attributes to Terrain. The Labs Biome Define nodes are also only used when you have multiple different biomes on your terrain, in which case you need to set up different biome regions using Labs Biome Region Assign, and then connect biome regions (represented by one HF layer per biome) to the 3rd input of Labs Biome Attributes to Terrain. When that 3rd input is not connected, the 2nd input is ignored, and the biome attributes are coming directly from the Default Attributes tab on the same node.
You can find more details in the example file we provided, but apologies since many of these do not seem intuitive enough. The toolset is still in alpha, and we will keep improving its functionalities and UX. Thanks again!
Hey Mai! Thanks for the explanation! I did check out the file, must have missed that step. Had also a quick chat with Baylee on the Discord.
Yup, I was aware that it's still alpha, and I know there will be changes to come. I couldn't resist playing with it though.
If you have updates you'd want me to test, I'm happy to!
That's actually helpful, would love to see more videos about environments in the future. As always cool stuff, Arvid!
Thank you Mr.Arvid for this great tutorial. It’s really helpful for me. You’re a great tutor so far.
Thanks for sharing this great workflow. 🙌
Niiiice . Great video thanks Arvid.
CFBR. Thanks for another great tutorial, Arvid!
I love your content 💖💖 keep creating
very cool. your vids are great.
Keep it up man!
Nice one!
Thanks!
theses OUTcops and out geo is the same of NULL like X instead circle?
Yes just a different node shape
Hey @Arvid , Great tutorial, thanks for taking the time to go through it all. I'm struggling to see the different mesh parts split out in LOPS and therefore i cannot shade each component part (Leaves, Bark etc) separately. I can see them if I SOP import and use subset groups but this way bypasses Biomes altogether, which is obviously no good. Do you have any thoughts? All the best.
I would need to see what you got, otherwise it's hard to debug. You can share it on the discord if yo like
@@arvidurs- Thanks man, ill share tomorrow, appreciate it.
@@arvidurs - I've posted in the discord.
great thanks, how did you make you null like that 06:38 in?
hit z on on your keyboard to change a null's shape. If you want to permanently change the shape so it appears modified every time you place that node, hold shift, then drag and click the new shape onto the node whilst its selected.
This is probably me being a bit dense but what is the keyboard shortcut to paste - Ctrl, Shift ? Doing this does nothing on my end. Maybe I am not copying the node correctly?
I’m using ODtools extension to create those on paste. It doesn’t work by default like that
@@arvidurs Damn, I keep hearing about the OD Tools, maybe I need to take the dip and get a license. Thank you for clarity.
Is the Instancer broken or something? I can't make it work at all... it crashes Houdini constantly -- just switching from bounding box to point cloud crashes Houdini.
Amazing tutorial but you use a Lot of hotkeys that you dont say what they are or what is going on. On future tutorials if you could show in the menus where things are it would be greatly apreciated. 8:58 What created that texture node? 6:38 What button did you hit to create that null because its different than when I type in null?
Hi Lenny, yeah I do use a lot of shortcuts, as that's the way I like to work. And I always try to remind everyone that I'm using ODTools for Houdini, which has some convenience shortcuts. When copy and pasting, it will create object merge node, ctrl enter will create nulls etc.
How you can create null node and objMerge node so quickly????
Can you also add the .hip project file into the source files?
It should be there! I will double check!
Yup just double checked - it's in the jungle.zip files
www.patreon.com/arvidschneider/shop/environment-biomes-scene-files-806409
@@arvidurs It's there. Thanks
Hey Arvid! At about 9:06, what shortcut are you using to create the SOP import node within the Copnet? I did a Ctrl + Shift + v and I didnt seem to work. Thanks!
Oh yeah that is ODTools - that has all sorts of helpers for Houdini
@@arvidurs Thanks! Ill check that out
FIRST!
Gpu?
Yes, using Karma XPU