What's new

HQ Plants 30% off !

We are pleased to offer to our Forest Pack Pro users, a 30% Summer Campaign discount on all HQ Plants products.

To take advantage of the discount, get access to User Panel, and use the coupon code that you will find in the "My Coupons" area.

This campaign only lasts until September 15, 2010.

Forest Pack Pro 3.3.4 beta

This release fixes some issues of previous beta versions. See all changes here.

Forest Pack Pro 3.3.2 beta

• Multiple surfaces support and scattering over surfaces without using area splines.
• Improved display viewport, including transparency and wireframe mode.
• Many fixes in the network licensing system.
• See all changes here
• Note: if you use network licenses, be sure to upgrade the license server software to the latest version (1.09).

RailClone development announced

We are pleased to announce the development of RailClone, our new parametric modelling plugin for 3DS Max and 3DS Max Design.

You will find more information and some video demos in the forum.

Forest Pack Lite/Pro 3.3.1

• Added compatibility for 3DS Max 2011 & 3DS Max Design 2011.
• Fixed crashing bug when creating object in Generate mode without assigning a spline.
• Note: if you use Max 2011 with VRay, please see this post before installing Forest 3.3.1.

Forest Pack Lite/Pro 3.3

Many new features are included in this release:

• Distribution Map->Diversity. new modes to define the variation of plants throughout the distribution area: Clusters and Color ID.
• Scale Falloff from area splines.
• Collision checking has been rewritten completely. The new algorithm is much more accurate and flexible.
• Distribution Map now supports all types of maps, not only bitmaps. These include animated and procedural textures.
• The items can be rotated along any axis, not only Z. Added random rotation for X and Y axis.
• Scattering process now is fully multithread, using all CPU cores. Performance gain can reach 100% in complex scenes.
•  Tint Color Maps including random and texture modes. All parameters can be defined globally or by material.
•  New Creation Tools modes. Scattering over complex surfaces is now possible as well.
• And much more. See all changes in the release notes

Besides the changes introduced, we have enabled Collision checking for Forest Lite. Most of the new features (as Diversity) are available as well !.

We have also updated the Urban Park tutorial, adding the files for VRay/Max 9.