Saturday 3 October 2009

Suicidator City Engine Blender script

Hot on the heels of the previous post, but this time for different 3D modelling package, the Suicidator City Engine (SCE) is an urban modelling Python script for Blender. In other words it is a program written in the Python programming language that runs inside the Blender environment.

With it, you can automatically create entire, three-dimensional modern cities in a matter of seconds by adjusting various parameters, such as city size and complexity, rather than creating each building, each street, and each texture manually. The master concepts in SCE are randomness and therefore uniqueness: each generated city, each building, and each street is random and unique, making your city look real. Besides, you can greatly alter the look of a city simply by changing the input parameters.

SCE is lean (only 263kb), fast, and generates very complex-looking cities with minimal memory footprint, so even modest computers can run it. More robust configurations can generate cities that spread to the horizon. Since it is run from within Blender, making cities with SCE doesn't have to end at the generator's limits. You can always tune a generated city while enjoying the editing power and comfort of Blender.

Finally, SCE is completely free of charge, and its source code is in the public domain, download it from http://arnaud.ile.nc/sce/index.php

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