I have the premium version some time ago, I was trying out if I can make flight sim scenery with it. Really not bad, especially with another plugin like this Buildify. However, when importing big areas, the bottleneck becomes blender's 32-bit single precision floating point coordinate system (just like with any float-based 3D engines). Placement precision starts to fade away when distances go beyond the magic 10km (or +/-7 digits of dimensions given in mm, e.g. +/-9999.999) range. Until blender gets native 64-bit double precision coordinate support, post OSM import precision wil not be constant across the board. This is something one should consider, especially if trying to tile maps from different imports.
It looks like terrain is actually supported, to an extent. It's not one of the checkboxes, but above that, you select the terrain object. If you set the import to terrain instead of OpenStreetMap, it will import a plane that looks like it follows the elevation of the area. Then it seems to automatically select that object as the terrain. Select OpenStreetMap after that, and it imports the stuff referencing the terrain. It looks like it does not go so far as to "stick" the buildings to the terrain, but it does make the roads and such follow it from the looks of it. EDIT: Actually, it looks like the built-in 3D buildings do try their best to stick to the terrain, it just doesn't do that with the geometry nodes addon.
You can import terrain as a separate import. Select "terrain" in the dropdown next to the "import" button. This will create a terrain object of the size selected on the map. You can then do the rest of the import. If you select the terrain object before downloading the building structures and they'll follow the topology. You can also import satellite images onto the terrain as yet another import option.
Doing what you said doesn't work for me, the buildings are all floating & they're all level with eachother so putting them onto the terrain just means some are in the ground, some are floating, some are flat. I'm trying to find a way to make a city like they did in the matrix demo but the houdini files they provided for the city sample project are broken so I'm running out of options, this is fustrating
@@theterpenater6414 Been using youtube for 18 years, Toronto youtubers are far less common than American ones. And I said a "blender user" [Toronto youtuber] is really rare.
I prefer these kinds of tutorial videos of yours over the videos that just feel more like news/announcements like a new game engine version. They feel more useful to me.
This is stupidly cool. Now I can get a little exercise with a walk around town with Vespucci open and put in as much data as possible on all the buildings, upload to OSM, wait for the sync, then download my neighborhood into Blender xD.
Correction: The asset set that is included with Buildify 1.0 is NOT from Megascans. That would be a FLAGRANT violation of the ToS for Megascans and would get Pavel in pretty deep trouble. The building sets used IN THE VIDEO on the Gumroad page are Megascans assets (except for the Desert set which Pavel created themself).
11:35 that building fracturing in a funky way would make a trippy dream sequence, make that 2d plane do the worm. parts of the building would fracture and then go back, to normal. silent hill "Otherworld" but with unstable geometry, you could have it slowly worm in to the Otherworld and slowly worm out of the Otherworld.
This is super cool! I've been spending the past few hours recreating my old neighborhood. What alternative to the basic Buildify are there for generating different types of buildings?
Perfect, will play around with this. Looks like it may take care of the some of the busy work for a project I am working on. I wonder if I will be able to stitch multiple sections from different cities together with a bit of tinkering.
You didn't mention that to export to Unreal you need to add a node (mentioned in the doc) to make the mesh and apply the modifier.. Then Send2UE takes care of everything.
I tried to use the Desert Kit blend file, but it doesn't have the node groups set up to work with OSM, or even any Geometry Node setup within the file itself to use the objects within the file. Frustrating.
everytime i import the 2d map with buildify it wont build thru building correctly and looks all broken down, not how it is in the tutorial. if there is a solution please let me know thanks
I'm seeing myself using these two addons separately. European old cities are a chaos of old senseless streets turning on themselves and different building styles next to each other. But having the volumes of the buildings is great for a more streamlined or abstract piece. And with some time of collecting and curating, buildify can be an incredible tool to make different looking buildings.
I think you can make destroyed buildings easier if you don't keep the base mesh flat when you use buildify. I mean you would have to do additional work to add a bit more damage to them, but it wouold seem it would work well.
Hello, I have a question about those websites, just let me know please, can I use those buildings in my youtube videos? Are they NCS components? Thanks
I Want to export this as an FBX file and import it into my game, is that possible? Because when I tried applying the modifier the buildings disappeared and only the roofs remained
perfect video Could you make a video on how to place the texture or create the textures to paint a unique building, not necessarily the procedural one plus a cube for example🥰😍
IDK if this has been removed from the free version or just corrupted but the buildings from buildify are terrible or it didn't remove the old buildings or something.
hey i have collections of building and i want to put them intro the imported 2D map . The collection i have not in Geo nodes and i do not want to use buildify for that, so what should i do?
Nice tutorial, unfortunately blender crashes when I use Buildify for building a pretty big area (Oslo 40x20km) but not with the default Blender-OSM method of rendering
Great idea, but the implementation is not applicable for game development. 1. Exporting real geometry yields about 300,000 faces for a building and 50,000,000 faces for a small town. 2. Overlapping polygons for both buildings and roads. 3. For a generated city, it is difficult to edit the materials for an individual building.
1) Not really. You can use altermesh addon for Unreal or Meshsync for Unity to utilize instancing. So you will get proper occlussion culling, colliders and stuff you expect from game-ready building ;) 3) you can set up multiple buildings inside one node graph or you can separate individual buildings manually to have multiple building styles/materials
@@ivailoburov1295 Oh, unfortunatelly I dont know any solution for Godot at the moment. You will have to encourage my friend who wanted to make GN link for Godot a few months back :D
Can you show us how you did the materials on your building in your thumbnail...👋😆👋and maybe turn it into a treatise on how to add materials and make the buildings different just as easily as you create them
Megascans isn't exclusive to Unreal. It has paid subscription plans for anyone not using unreal. And even when your subscription is done/you cancel your sub you can still use what you've previously downloaded since you paid for it.
AskNk covered these as well and I have used OSM way back it is a bit less intuitive than buildify. I'd rather used Buildfy but OSM has more practical. Another downside of the OSM it can get pretty heavy and you can get all of unwanted information as well. I didn't know you could use OSM and Blendify together with OSM if that is true then that is cool.
Hmm, not super impressed with the clickbait thumbnail. Was expecting an additional step showing how to implement phototexturing into this workflow. Yes, I can find that elsewhere, but I can find the rest of the content in this video elsewhere also.
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Greetings from Waterloo. SWO sucks!
@@abdulhjada6006 i hate buildbox. Unity is better
Thanks now I can make my own gta 6 lol
GTA 6 from your neighborhood let's go! 🔥
@Activators Have you heard about Solaria Synthesizer? :D Well, it's not so gangsta, but at least it can help you started hehe
@@pavelolivaart its free ?
@Activators Can I voice a random homeless bum?
Did you make it?
I have the premium version some time ago, I was trying out if I can make flight sim scenery with it. Really not bad, especially with another plugin like this Buildify.
However, when importing big areas, the bottleneck becomes blender's 32-bit single precision floating point coordinate system (just like with any float-based 3D engines).
Placement precision starts to fade away when distances go beyond the magic 10km (or +/-7 digits of dimensions given in mm, e.g. +/-9999.999) range.
Until blender gets native 64-bit double precision coordinate support, post OSM import precision wil not be constant across the board. This is something one should consider, especially if trying to tile maps from different imports.
Wow they STILL haven't done that huh..smh
For a flight simulator you'll have a better time with Cesium
Microsoft flight simulator 2020: *laughts in fear*
I was just wondering how I’d generate a city as a solo dev. This is incredible!
You should check out the videos on how epic created the matrix demo city. Houdini can do incredible procedural generation
It looks like terrain is actually supported, to an extent. It's not one of the checkboxes, but above that, you select the terrain object. If you set the import to terrain instead of OpenStreetMap, it will import a plane that looks like it follows the elevation of the area. Then it seems to automatically select that object as the terrain. Select OpenStreetMap after that, and it imports the stuff referencing the terrain. It looks like it does not go so far as to "stick" the buildings to the terrain, but it does make the roads and such follow it from the looks of it.
EDIT: Actually, it looks like the built-in 3D buildings do try their best to stick to the terrain, it just doesn't do that with the geometry nodes addon.
You can import terrain as a separate import. Select "terrain" in the dropdown next to the "import" button. This will create a terrain object of the size selected on the map. You can then do the rest of the import. If you select the terrain object before downloading the building structures and they'll follow the topology. You can also import satellite images onto the terrain as yet another import option.
Doing what you said doesn't work for me, the buildings are all floating & they're all level with eachother so putting them onto the terrain just means some are in the ground, some are floating, some are flat. I'm trying to find a way to make a city like they did in the matrix demo but the houdini files they provided for the city sample project are broken so I'm running out of options, this is fustrating
@@arielortiz3150bro just snap it to the grid lmao
Every time I hear a youtuber mentioned they're from Toronto I get happy for some reason lol, AND a blender user? Even more rare.
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Being g from Toronto isn't rare lmao it's literally a city
@@theterpenater6414 Been using youtube for 18 years, Toronto youtubers are far less common than American ones. And I said a "blender user" [Toronto youtuber] is really rare.
I prefer these kinds of tutorial videos of yours over the videos that just feel more like news/announcements like a new game engine version. They feel more useful to me.
Literally was looking for a way to build Toronto and you showed me how! Thank you!
Wow, that change the way we build cities. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for making this video! I really love your content, keep it up man! ❤
This is stupidly cool. Now I can get a little exercise with a walk around town with Vespucci open and put in as much data as possible on all the buildings, upload to OSM, wait for the sync, then download my neighborhood into Blender xD.
Thank you. That is an amazing tool for Blender.
I was wondering is there a standalone software like this where I don't need Blender to make these types of buildings?
Correction: The asset set that is included with Buildify 1.0 is NOT from Megascans. That would be a FLAGRANT violation of the ToS for Megascans and would get Pavel in pretty deep trouble. The building sets used IN THE VIDEO on the Gumroad page are Megascans assets (except for the Desert set which Pavel created themself).
What does this mean
@@applecore4525 Meaning stealing things and reposing it as your own would get you in serious trouble..
@@subjektivegaming Things have changed ever since.
@5:45 can you make a separate video on how you add different walls and roofs to buildings with this modular system? *It will be greatly appreciated.*
This was such a great example. This kind of thing in particular is quite tricky especially if you need to have it done quickly
11:35 that building fracturing in a funky way would make a trippy dream sequence, make that 2d plane do the worm. parts of the building would fracture and then go back, to normal. silent hill "Otherworld" but with unstable geometry, you could have it slowly worm in to the Otherworld and slowly worm out of the Otherworld.
This is super cool! I've been spending the past few hours recreating my old neighborhood. What alternative to the basic Buildify are there for generating different types of buildings?
my import doesnt seem to work at all in 2D it only gives me floor maps , not sure whats wrong, no bulding is being imported
Update the issue was my version of blender when i passed to 3.4 it worked perfectly! In case anyone is having the same issue just update the software
Perfect, will play around with this. Looks like it may take care of the some of the busy work for a project I am working on. I wonder if I will be able to stitch multiple sections from different cities together with a bit of tinkering.
That's a coincidence. I just recently downloaded this not too long ago. It's a pretty cool plug in
MAKE A TUTORIAL FOR ITTTTT
@@muhammadyusoffjamaluddin I'm still new and getting the hang of it. Maybe once I've gotten a better understanding of it. Than sure.
hmm followed all instructions but cant seem to import it as a 3d object, its all flat
So great!
You didn't mention that to export to Unreal you need to add a node (mentioned in the doc) to make the mesh and apply the modifier.. Then Send2UE takes care of everything.
Hi, I have been searching everywhere for a comment like this! Where in the docs is this node?
I tried to use the Desert Kit blend file, but it doesn't have the node groups set up to work with OSM, or even any Geometry Node setup within the file itself to use the objects within the file. Frustrating.
everytime i import the 2d map with buildify it wont build thru building correctly and looks all broken down, not how it is in the tutorial. if there is a solution please let me know thanks
How to create a city?
Step 1: Sacrifice the Cube! 🤣
;-;
This is the way
This is the way
When try export with the Ian and buildout, the building don’t show, how to fix?
I'm seeing myself using these two addons separately. European old cities are a chaos of old senseless streets turning on themselves and different building styles next to each other. But having the volumes of the buildings is great for a more streamlined or abstract piece.
And with some time of collecting and curating, buildify can be an incredible tool to make different looking buildings.
So use america
I think you can make destroyed buildings easier if you don't keep the base mesh flat when you use buildify. I mean you would have to do additional work to add a bit more damage to them, but it wouold seem it would work well.
Can I use the final model for commercial purposes
How do I import this to Unity? Whenever I do it just loads a ton of flat planes.
Hello, I have a question about those websites, just let me know please, can I use those buildings in my youtube videos? Are they NCS components?
Thanks
I Want to export this as an FBX file and import it into my game, is that possible? Because when I tried applying the modifier the buildings disappeared and only the roofs remained
how would you go exporting it to glb/gltf?
is there a way to get this city into unreal engine so i can make a third person free roam game on it?
when i tried importing with geo nodes it just placed a bunch of tiny watch towers and wierd fantasy buildings that are not even in the buildify blend
perfect video
Could you make a video on how to place the texture or create the textures to paint a unique building, not necessarily the procedural one plus a cube for example🥰😍
IDK if this has been removed from the free version or just corrupted but the buildings from buildify are terrible or it didn't remove the old buildings or something.
Did all of that but there no texture how do i fix that?
Would it be possible to make these buildings collapse as well? (total noob here)
I'm considering using this method to mock up a city for use in Unreal Engine 5.1, any thoughts on how viable this is?
really nice and detail thank you so much !!
I'm a comic artist looking to make varied buildings for my backgrounds... where can I buy kits to use with buildify? 🥺
I have both. Sometimes it's confusing how to install and use. I have to get out of one project to start another tool...
VERY NICE!
Blender made me uninstall 3dsmax. and I t just keeps getting better because procedural stuff like this is what us GAME devs REALLY WANT
what about the textures?
Someone needs to integrate this with Unreal engine so that the pieces remain modular when you export to the engine. That would be amazing!
There is a plugin that does move geometry nodes to unreal and lets you modify but it does not transport the textures.
I think it can be done with a plugin called Altermesh
I mostly do 2d art but this will be great for getting some quick 3d references of buildings.
can be imported to unreal easy I suppose ?
hey i have collections of building and i want to put them intro the imported 2D map . The collection i have not in Geo nodes and i do not want to use buildify for that, so what should i do?
Wow this is Big
This is amazing
Now if only it were this easy to make forests.
Please make a video buildbox is mad.
Buildbox is scammer
You guys stop wasting your time. Buildbox is totally scam.
What about parks and parking lots?
nice!! thanks for the videos!
hello, can it be used in unity? Will there be a performance drop because of it?
Nice tutorial, unfortunately blender crashes when I use Buildify for building a pretty big area (Oslo 40x20km) but not with the default Blender-OSM method of rendering
man this is very good,
Nice one! thanks!
Unity has Cidy2, but this is nice for buildings, but not roads, and the other parts but this is useful
I have a prototype for road ands crowds as well, but currently it is really buggy :)
@@pavelolivaart get Cidy2, from unity
thanks for the tutorial
google map is not opening , showing time out for this page
would be nice this with interiors
Great idea, but the implementation is not applicable for game development.
1. Exporting real geometry yields about 300,000 faces for a building and 50,000,000 faces for a small town.
2. Overlapping polygons for both buildings and roads.
3. For a generated city, it is difficult to edit the materials for an individual building.
Nanite solves 1
1) Not really. You can use altermesh addon for Unreal or Meshsync for Unity to utilize instancing. So you will get proper occlussion culling, colliders and stuff you expect from game-ready building ;)
3) you can set up multiple buildings inside one node graph or you can separate individual buildings manually to have multiple building styles/materials
@@pavelolivaart I am working with Godot engine. Any idea for such an app?
@@ivailoburov1295 Oh, unfortunatelly I dont know any solution for Godot at the moment. You will have to encourage my friend who wanted to make GN link for Godot a few months back :D
@@pavelolivaart Will be great. As far as I know Godot 4 will support input of .blend files, but I'm not aware of geometry nodes.
Can you show us how you did the materials on your building in your thumbnail...👋😆👋and maybe turn it into a treatise on how to add materials and make the buildings different just as easily as you create them
The 10:10 was awesome!!!!!!!!
Where are all these resources?
i think i love you bro
You should try to use the sinty city assets that unity and unreal gave away for free with buildify.
Doesn’t that break the megascans license to just rip a building asset, put it in an addon, and not use it in Unreal?
Megascans isn't exclusive to Unreal. It has paid subscription plans for anyone not using unreal.
And even when your subscription is done/you cancel your sub you can still use what you've previously downloaded since you paid for it.
AskNk covered these as well and I have used OSM way back it is a bit less intuitive than buildify. I'd rather used Buildfy but OSM has more practical. Another downside of the OSM it can get pretty heavy and you can get all of unwanted information as well. I didn't know you could use OSM and Blendify together with OSM if that is true then that is cool.
api key what is up with that? how to
I can definately see this being useful for visualizing concept art. Pretty cool.
That poor cube's sacrifice shall not be in vain.
Great
What about roads?
@Eagle Watch Can that be used with OSM the same way buildify can? Or do we have to put it all down by hand?
Anyone else think of the UNIX file system viewer that Lex used in Jurassic Park after that first step?
what if the city I'm living is doesn't have the 3d view on google maps
Can we get an F in chat for the Default Cube...? Such a fucking hero.
This is the way
modern buuildings with balconies in Vienna
ArcGis installation too complicated!
I build my city on rock & roll. Any version.
Ayo wait, thats way too easy 😂
Hmm, not super impressed with the clickbait thumbnail. Was expecting an additional step showing how to implement phototexturing into this workflow. Yes, I can find that elsewhere, but I can find the rest of the content in this video elsewhere also.
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@Activators ;-;
2-2-3 and 4 is the solution
You can't be from Toronto because you didn't say "Toronno". lol
And now, how do I make this city work properly in Unreal Engine? :P
Apply the geometry nodes modifier and export as fbx or what format you want
On my way on making gta updates see the update soon boys
It's neat, but you're not really making anything. it's basically the same as building a city in Cities Skylines
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