Houdini anybody?

ru4it

I didnt know where to post this but it seemed the best place.

Does anybody here use Houdini? if you do is it easy to use? or personnel experience would be helpful

psychoticprankster

I think this would be a better question for the CG society rather than polycount...

oXYnary

Depends on his usage. There are a handful of game companies that do use Houdini in their production pipeline.

BradMyers82

I heard people involved in cg for movies saying it was like the most amazing program ever, and it changed the way they think of 3d. This was several years ago though.
But at the same time I also heard it was one of the most expensive programs around.
I haven't heard much about it since, and I certainly haven't seen anyone use it in game art.

oXYnary

Hmm nope, the full featured version is the expensive one with particles and dynamics.

All the things we need as artist are in the basic version... $2000. Thats less than HALF of what the monopoly of Autodesk want for theirs.

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1021&Itemid=270

In fact.. hmmmm...

GG (ugh I know) has worked with them for a torque plugin. Not thats a positive in my book. I also have heard of a few EA projects (which in particular I do know know) used with it.

Edit: KillZone 2 from Guerrilla Games is on their site.

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1454&Itemid=68