[3dsMax] Greg's Tools: Rock Generator

Amatobahn

Back with a simple little tool to help speed up productivity / workflow:

Greg's Tools: Rock Generator
v0.1.0

Install the tool and associated files into the *://Program Files/Autodesk/3ds Max */scripts/Startup

You will find the scripts where you can drag and drop to your toolbar under:
Customize UI > Toolbars > Category: Greg's Tools > Rock Gen

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Generate Rock

Clicking on this button will generate a High Polygon randomized rock based on the size range [100-1000] and the Resolution [1-20].

Generate Selected

Clicking on this button will generate a rock based off of a lower resolution mesh as a guide.
Keep in mind when creating a base mesh for this operation that the best results will be made if the object is quads-only. Try to refrain from adding any tight details into the mesh.

Make Low Poly and Cage?

Enabling this option will create a LOD0 mesh and cage for baking textures in addition to the high poly mesh.


**You will still need to unwrap UVs. This process has not been [and probably will not] be automated.**

Download the SuperTest Beta HERE

Demonith

Wow coool will try that out

SimonT

Really cool! Thx for sharing!

Thaiauxn

That's pretty incredible! Now if you really want to jump the shark, add geological process passes and different types of minerals & surface textures; chondrites, composites, etc...

I will use this to make worn down looking Egyptian statues very quickly! Cheers

oglu

reminds me on this tool here i used years ago...
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/rock-generator

Quack!

I am going to use this. : ]

Amatobahn

oglu wrote: »

reminds me on this tool here i used years ago...
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/rock-generator

I'm sure it works better/gets better results because of the dynamic controls attached. I decided to keep mine compact and to the point as a generator.

BasicallyNormal

Looks sexy, I'll definitely give it a try.

NegevPro

This looks great, I'm going to test it out later today for sure. Thanks for sharing!

autokey

Very impressive, Amatobahn! Thanks for sharing!

solidshark91493

Wow, awesome. Thanks!
Gonna try this out.

armagon

Awesome script. Do you have any plans of sharing the source?

Eric Chadwick

armagon wrote: »

Awesome script. Do you have any plans of sharing the source?

The script is unencrypted. Open it in a text editor and you'll see the source.

ghaztehschmexeh

This is better than the rock generator I've been using! Thanks for sharing! I am using this and your UE4 tool, you've been quite the help

armagon

Interesting! And a very clean code. I didn't expect that using Voronoi cells could give such a good result. How do you create the model from scratch, though? I didn't get that part of the code.

Arahnoid

Amazing script
I would modify a bit script like so

on btn_generateRockFromSelected pressed do
(
    -- check if selected obj is not rock itself because it will be deleted 
    -- and selection will be empty and script will crash
    for o in $ where o.name == "generatedRock" do deselect o

    if $ == undefined do
    (
        messageBox "No mesh was selected."
    )
    
    if $ != undefined do
    (
        MakeSelectedRock()
    )
)

Amatobahn

So this is a tad embarrassing. I managed to lose all instances of this rock gen script when reformatting and not saving to a network SVN drive as I typically would. On top of that, the version on my web server was wiped. By chance, would someone have the script still on hand? Would be swell!

Cheers!

ekul

Amatobahn said:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cajtibi1bsxqpgv/GregsTools_RockGen.zip?dl=0
Here you go! And thank YOU!

Amatobahn

Thanks! You're a lifesaver.