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In this video, we explore the new Biome Tools introduced by Labs in Houdini 20.5! 🌿
You’ll learn how to define key attributes like temperature, precipitation, and soil presence and use them to intelligently scatter plants across your terrain. These tools bring a new level of realism and control to scattering workflows.
Key topics include:
🌡️ Define temperature, precipitation & soil attributes
🌱 Realistic plant distribution
🌄 Working directly on Heightfields
🧠 Biome logic for smarter terrain Scattering
🎥 Check out my HeightFields Series:
🔗 Watch it here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFcf2pe8frw&list=PLwwRnDH_Xdq0LGTutl14bztwhuoe2q-lP
🌟 Useful Links:
📚 SideFx Biomes Scatter Docu - https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/nodes/sop/labs--biome_plant_scatter-1.0.html
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Plant Definition
02:31 - Adding Variation
04:07 - Spacing
05:21 - Terrain Creation
06:31 - Biome Define
08:26 - Biome Scatter
09:05 - Outro