Programming for Computer Animation and VFX - Maya Python City

Devlog

• Functions
  April 24, 2023 by Aronne_Monk

  When it came down to the execution and organisation for the script to create the city I decided to use two separate functions so that when it interacts with the UI it would not be significant amount o... Continue reading
• UI (Buttons & Sliders)
  April 24, 2023 by Aronne_Monk

  For the UI to generate the city I wanted to create a button for each feature that being for buildings, weather, day and night cycle and so on, but also to have a slider system to have some editing con... Continue reading
• Buildings
  April 24, 2023 by Aronne_Monk

  For the buildings I wanted to be able to generate a group of buildings that had random height and shape, so what I started to look at first was generate a set of cubes that will generate within in a c... Continue reading
• Day and Night Cycle
  April 24, 2023 by Aronne_Monk

  For the python city to create a day and night cycle I wanted to use a a direction light so that when it moves it looks like the sunlight moves away and the darkness of light follows. So my initial ide... Continue reading
• Snow Simulation
  April 24, 2023 by Aronne_Monk

  For the weather simulation I decided to go for a snow effect to fall down onto the city. The first thing I looked at was to generate directional emitters which did not work. So after going through the... Continue reading