In nuce: Quad Spinner, the software developer with a soft spot for nature – as it says in the company’s self-promotion – has released the latest version of its terrain design tool Gaea. This is according to a blog posting on blog.quadspinner.com from 14 November this year. According to 80.lv, Gaea 1.3.2 adds some of the most requested functions, including a new rock tool and object import (see below). Cost: The community version of Gaea is free of charge, although the range of functions is limited. The Indie licence costs 99 US dollars, the Professional licence costs 199 US dollars and the Enterprise licence costs 299 US dollars.
In toto: Below is a brief overview of the new functions of Gaea 1.3.2.
- RockNoise: This function can be used to create a field filled with stones of different sizes. The stone density is user-definable. The stones can be placed on any surface.
- Object-to-Heightfield: This is the name of the new tool that can be used to capture the height field. This converts an OBJ file into a terrain – and thus prepares it for further processing in Gaea.
- Screenshots: The status bar now has a dedicated screenshot button that can be used to take a screenshot of the viewport – whereby the resolution of the screenshot can be doubled or even quadrupled (supersampling option). The user is free to select the storage location and name of the screenshots. Optionally, a screenshot of the diagram can also be created. Screenshots with a transparent background can also be selected.
- Minor improvements have also been incorporated – can be viewed at blog-quadspinner.com.
Click further: An alternative to Gaea is the Terrain Mixer; Digital Production reported on15.07.2021 about the Terrain Generator for Blender.
Sources: 80.lv ( report by Gloria Levine), blog.quadspinner.com ( report by QuadSpinner Team)
