Using The City Generator in Blender | Tutorial

[@ДанилЧірва]

Congrats, you have won the race of city generators)

[@mgsvevo]

The first one who can make his city generator support slops is the real winner of the city generators race

[@sebay4654]

​@@mgsvevo Do you mean slopes?(As in hills)(To be honest I'm wanting to know how easy it is to take it from blender into Something like Unreal

[@massimoconcimedia612]

I don't even need this. But the pure effort and work that has gone into this. I have bought it. Amazing work!

[@doubledeecreator]

Wish I could afford it

[@theodoro445]

Depende do tipo de usuario do blender

[@andreybagrichuk5365]

So happy to see that finally where is an city in Blender that we can use for cinematics

[@ager294]

bro dropped the best addon ever, and thought we wouldn't notice!!

[@Ebowleslap]

Bro this is the most needed blender add on I have ever come across.

[@lukasboysen7589]

As a creator who uses Citys often I cannot thank you enough. I have tested every Method and every Addon there is in City Generation and this is the most convenient, best looking option. Thank you man!

[@atakgraffitisuperhero]

Is is usable for you? With just a couple of buildings everything in Blender slows down for me.... I am using an i9, 3070 GPU and 32 gbRAM

[@pampuuushka]

@@atakgraffitisuperhero Problem solved? Same thing.

[@atakgraffitisuperhero]

@@pampuuushka nope... I gave up.... When it gets an update I will have another look into it...

[@therealer1164]

I bought the addon a few days ago to run some tests, and I really like it! It already has a mode to make the viewport performance smoother, which is great. However, I think it would be even better if the details could adjust dynamically based on whether the camera is focused on them or not. This would not only speed up rendering but also make the experience feel more organic and dynamic

[@void_visuals_]

This is one of those addons that are really worth buying lol this can save SO MUCH time

[@s.patterson5698]

Agreed. Just need to have a decent computer to run it on.

[@lunardbay]

The further I looked into the video the more blown away I was, that is a different level of small details to this kind of geometry nodes driven addon.

[@silberhealth4319]

Im fkn crying, I spent day’s learning UE5 looking for exactly THIS. You are life saver, a honoured one. Thanks for making this amazing plugin. 🙏 please make more tutorials in regards of animation and animating the scenes in the city. People (like me) can use it to create micro worlds

[@CalebNatale]

I don't have a project in mind, but I immediately purchased this!

[@atakgraffitisuperhero]

Does it work for you? I can't really work with it... With just a few buildings the viewport gets veeery laggy and basically useless.... i9, 3070, 32gb RAM

[@mega6076]

​@atakgraffitisuperhero i have ryzen 7 3070 and 16 go can I run it

[@joojosart7772]

In the beginning I thought this is cool but you just kept going and going... this is pure madness!! Amazin job dude!❤😮

[@geminimanvfx]

The first addon ill buy

[@Renzsu]

I'll probably get it as well. If you're into animating cars, you should get RBC as well, super easy to auto-rig cars and you can drive them in realtime with a keyboard or controller. Super easy to make animations that way.

[@mrmaboox1135]

For sure best city generator that is available on market !! Your works and page is for sure underrated !

[@Donovann09]

I think it's the the first time I will pay for a plugin ! I'm a 3ds max user, but I want to turn to blender just because you create this crazy addon !! Congratulations !!!

[@VIP-ov1qo]

make sure your pc can handle it. i have a 3070 and its a struggle

[@Jyve]

Looks incredible.

[@juanblanco7449]

It looks awesome. i have been looking for something just like this. that is to say highly flexible and adjustable and that i can introduce my own assets, newer style building, easy to create - so i can mostly concentrate on animation.

[@Kaizouku321]

This is too insane to believe!! The best addon so far that I've seen. Hats off to this man, amazing job.

[@jeanwork4070]

Wow, i'm a 3dsmax user, but this is mindblowing ! So much time saved. Congrats !

[@navidumardaraz7163]

Tremendous amount of work. Amazing!

[@Pakilla64]

If you're planning on adding updates, here's an idea. Vertex group functionality. Having control over individual grids like if I want a specific building style, number of floors, or even the option to remove a building.

[@gingerbearhaus]

This is absolutely amazing man, way above and beyond. THank you for your effort!

[@diegoburitica731]

I can't belive what you've just create. Awesome

[@v-g-lant]

Holy this looks like it’s gonna be used by a lot of people this is great work you’ve made I’m gonna buy it just because the attention to detail

[@Mind_Splitter]

Actually so insane. Great work!!

[@akramhossain5241]

This is totally game changer for city animation. This add on gonna save tons of time and energy!

[@teeheeleelee]

This is pure wizardry, incredible work!!!

[@Israel2099]

It all looks wonderful, it is a good start for this addon. My recommendation regarding the asphalt and grated textures is to make them a bit dirtier, they look very clean with respect to the buildings. Even though I don't know if the materials can be altered. Great job anyway, I'll keep an eye out for updates

[@jankokot3537]

Sometimes clients don't want to see much dirt, this should be a matter of choice :)

[@oscarzambello3533]

I bought this addon.. Absolutely wonderful.. Great job..

[@atakgraffitisuperhero]

Is is usable for you? With just a couple of buildings everything in Blender slows down for me.... I am using an i9, 3070 GPU and 32 gbRAM

[@Intensity_2D]

@@atakgraffitisuperhero What is the CPU? Make sure the CPU is strong

[@atakgraffitisuperhero]

@@Intensity_2D i got a i9 (10th gen) . .. should be enough.... Meanwhile I also read from people, who have maxed out stats in every way and still have problems

[@Intensity_2D]

@@atakgraffitisuperhero Hmmm that is weird. i9 10th gen is a strong CPU. Wait is it a laptop? Like is there a K, U what's the ending letter?

[@atakgraffitisuperhero]

@@Intensity_2D it's not a Laptop.... i9-10850K ... As far as I know the second strongest of its gen

[@maurits_valk]

Legend status. Thank you for sharing!

[@alfredo7153]

Bro this ist madness, congrats!

[@ThePassionofaMagnificentLife]

It's crazy, I already had exactly the same idea. Congratulations for the achievement 👏

[@gardonkulous]

Purchased immediately! This is great. It doesn't seem to install in Blender 4.2, but it works in 4.1

[@jeffbb22]

THE BEST CITY GENERATOR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nickolaslewis1560]

This is a nice idea. I will look into this further.

[@Albert_Riseal]

Amazing. Great job Cinematic cookie !

[@gabrielfluorite]

Okay, this is insane.

[@superkaboose1066]

Actually insane, well done, you win, not even something I'd really need but may buy just as a props for how good it is lol

[@stwdprod]

Blender really gonna have to buy this from you it is a must. Congratz

[@Chap-CG]

Incredible work! Can't wait to see how far you push this addon, I will definitely keep an eye on it!

[@makkingeverything6610]

Congrats!!! This is the start of something big

[@rampapandiontinling]

Can the cities be baked for export as FBX or OBJ with all the materials? I would like to import the cities into iClone.

[@snakerb4677]

i hav same question

[@meteoztanas]

i have same question

[@Cegor]

Dude this is insaneeeeee. Cannot wait to see how this renders in Eevee 4.2

[@descendinguniverse]

definitely best city generator possible in Blender

[@mrfeathers3938]

Show us how to change up the textures for better asphalt and close up renders

[@cinematiccookie]

You can simply go to the road material on the object and change it.

[@mrfeathers3938]

@@cinematiccookie another question, how do we make the instances real in this? To solidify everything as their own mesh? “Convert to mesh” just deletes everything

[@LawrenceAaronLuther]

Damn, fine work. Usually geo nodes buildings are to "grid" looking and lack variation, but these look great

[@doctorkj5640]

This is a great addon, but the main problem for these city generators is the rely solely on bland and dull orthogonal american cities with repeatable patterns. How about european cities or old english towns, villages or historical places? That would be the real deal.

[@theodoro445]

Sou do Brasil e isso também me preocupa, as cidades aqui tem prédios, mas ao mesmo tempo tem muitas casas normais

[@SUVO_RAW]

This is the best generator i've ever seen

[@samdavepollard]

extraordinary work well played, Sir

[@NotTheDarkLord_]

Is it possible to apply the buildings and transform them into a mesh? I may be asking too much here, but if we can modify them from the inside after they're setup, that would be wild.

[@valtabohm]

waiting for this answer

[@cgworm6111]

Maan your knowlage of GeoNodes is Crazy🔥🔥🔥

[@s.patterson5698]

The price for this just raised over the weekend 😢 I had this among several items to get over the next week. Now will have to wait for a bit. It is definitely STILL worth the current new price, but that puts me over my budget, so I have to prioritize on my needs.

[@Morristlm]

Fantastic work.

[@Skaratak]

Looks dope. Once it goes on sale, I would seriously consider it. Right now its too expensive for a hobby user. But impressive and well-thought-out, nevertheless.

[@jlee6566]

Wow this is amazing, congrats !

[@pklpklpkl]

Are the scenes exportable? I want to give the assets a try in unreal or unity

[@Intercepto]

Incredible work!

[@williamcousert]

Can you choose some streets to be one way only, or whether cars drive on the right or left side of the road? Can some roads be elevated? What about support for freeways? Is there any way to integrate street cars (trolleys), buses and other types of transit?

[@navidumardaraz7163]

Is terrain topography a possibility. Sloped roads etc?

[@Fafmagic]

This is awesome dude!

[@HuyATran]

man this is so epic! thank you so much for making this!

[@Israel2099]

This is nuts

[@filmaker]

This looks awesome!!

[@Iam_Conde]

this is amazing. keep it up. you are awesome

[@1DInciner]

Nice to see Zyx0 car model being used)

[@lalawee2073]

All I can say is that you are amazing.........

[@FilmSpook]

Brilliant Work, my Brother, Thank You!! Pure Genius 😎

[@wade2351]

Wow I’ll get this!

[@noGuideD2]

Great job. Just amazing

[@youtubehandlekor]

8:35 the fake car light method is very clever

[@kilburnvideos]

Wow. This is... brilliant!

[@slow-blow14]

Best one i seen yet!

[@benpergolizzi2555]

This is incredible!

[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

I can't believe this was exist in Blender community, even other software need more than 1 plugin to fo this, but this only one generator???!!!

[@danialsoozani]

excellent job!! this is amazing!!!!!!!

[@paymansalehishafa6884]

Amazing work

[@DatYouTubeGuy]

Can you add custom buildings, props, and street decals? I want to make more of a Japanese city/residential area but the architecture is a lot different then urban cities plus in Japan a lot of city stuff is mixed with residentials/apartments. Plus is there a option to generate parks?

[@Ronin2079]

if there was a way to import a city map and have the addon use that as a base to generate the cith that would be perfect

[@iclone3d]

Hi mine isnt working for some reason when i try to drag the nodes it just stretches out the city and doesnt create any new buildings? can you help me understand what i might be doing wrong? thanks

[@chrischart]

top class this - bravo!

[@Cegor]

I purchased this and I am trying to upload the scene to my render farm (Render Street) and I'm having "Consolidation Failed" issues. I suspect this is due to the geo nodes. When I tried to "Apply" the modifier tree, it broke the city. Do you have any fixes? I have a few scenes I want to render out but logistically need to use a Render Farm. Please advise!

[@Cegor]

Update: Go into the Geometry Node Editor, right before the "Geometry Output", you need to put a "Realize Instance" and connect Geometry to Geometry. From there you can apply the modifier and bake your mesh. However, I am still falling into the "Consolidation failed, check your warnings" message.

[@Cegor]

Another Update: Turn out I could have baked this from the main menu config. The issues is actually VDB clouds that I'm using which are not consolidating to the scene. Without the VDB clouds it works fine.

[@valtabohm]

it worked for me, thanks! Was trying to apply the geometry to mesh and failed but this technique works

[@yuzhenwang9764]

@@Cegor Can you explain how you baked it from the main menu config?

[@visualdrip.official]

is there a way to interact with the cars with other objects making contact?

[@borrowedtruths6955]

How can I turn the main static meshes into a single unit, say with ctrl-J, and then transfer everything, including the materials and textures, into Unreal Engine?

[@gallystops]

This is BONKERS!

[@visualdrip.official]

epic stuff!! thank you!

[@Tau3si]

can I give the buildings collision to make a water simulation in the city ?

[@nikitakrivicky]

also would like to know

[@SNPDPICTURES]

Hey, could you add a LOD function? Or something where we can have low poly buildings for like shots in the background? Great addon ❤

[@3DreamAnimation]

Nice work and effort, really interesting addon and many ideas come to my mind when I watch the demo. So are the buildings and models optimized for fast rendering?

[@ryzhov_art]

Very powerful addon! Buying!

[@chromosome24]

very cool. Any potential for supporting gradient surfaces.

[@nayefhazmi6396]

@Cinematic Cookie about the cars headlights i did face some issues in rendering so the new C.G. 2.0 doesn't have the alpha cars headlights options any idea on how ?

[@tbuk8350]

What are your computer specs? I have a pretty high end computer with a 14th gen i7, 3060ti and 32GB of ram and my viewport is extremely laggy and Blender crashes constantly. I managed to pull off a render with it but it took hours to set up the scene with a relatively small city because of the constant crashes and the viewport barely keeping up. I only managed to load the Cycles rendered viewport once.

[@atakgraffitisuperhero]

I have the same problem.... With only a few buildings the viewport gets basically useless.... i9, 3070, 32GB Ram

[@JohnnyDavila]

@@atakgraffitisuperhero same here

[@kea220286]

same for me...I can't render

[@bonster101]

Man...if only someone did this into a game like city skylines.

[@williamcousert]

Can you animate the construction of buildings or the growth of cities?

[@michaelvishnu]

This is pure madness… I think it took a year to do this. 😁 You have to work hard to impress people🥵

[@MOHAMMEDSIDDIG-wz2ov]

WoW 👏👏 Impresive

[@G.Hamilton]

Sehr sehr cool!

[@steelej_fx]

being able to turn the traffic off entirely would be a really nice feature

[@DownTownDK.]

god this is insane. i really need to learn geo nodes

[@DeejayJeanP]

It's a great addon but so so heavy to run, even with a 4090 and a 7950X3D. Would use it all the time if it didn't slow everything down so much.

[@AnoRepublic3D]

Are you sure you're using GPU for rendering

[@mega6076]

Can I run it on eevee with a 3070 and 16gb ram?