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Chaos Scatter => [Scatter] Feature Requests => Topic started by: eschac on 2022-07-07, 18:49:21

Title: Mapping density of scatters
Post by: eschac on 2022-07-07, 18:49:21

As per my post in the "I Need Help" section (https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php?topic=37369.0), it looks like Chaos Scatter has no way to map density. I suggest a density or distribution section within the transformations tab, where we can simply add a map to control, similar to how the translation/rotation/scale features work.

Plants/trees do not grow in perfectly uniform distributions, they grow in clusters and patches-- it only makes sense that we should be able to replicate this in a scatter system.

Title: Re: Mapping density of scatters
Post by: TomG on 2022-07-07, 18:53:31

Clustering is on the roadmap for some future development (https://trello.com/c/wFZbPZlS/25-clustering ), but density mapping is still useful. As a note, mapping density is possible with 3ds Max, so this is a C4D specific request.

Title: Re: Mapping density of scatters
Post by: mike288 on 2022-07-22, 18:26:34

Hi, FYI missing density map slot in C4D will be addressed.

Title: Re: Mapping density of scatters
Post by: frv on 2023-12-20, 12:39:01

I was wondering if density mapping in C4D has already been added.

Title: Re: Mapping density of scatters
Post by: maru on 2023-12-20, 17:12:44

I'm not a C4D expert, but according to https://docs.chaos.com/display/CRC4D/Chaos+Scatter :

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Distribution – Specifies a texture map or shader used for instance distribution. White areas of the texture are treated as maximum density, and black areas are treated as areas with no instances.