5 Blender Crowd Simulation Addons

if you want to create crowd scenes with animated characters whether they are walking running doing their daily tasks or maybe you need crazy zombie hordes or even swarms of insects birds or fish then you are in the right place because today I've got you some blender add-ons that can do all of that before we continue I wanted to let you know guys that the blender Market is having right now a huge summer sale with 25 discount on add-ons courses shaders you name it so to take advantage of this opportunity I prepared for you guys a list of the best blender add-ons and courses and you will find all the necessary links in the description down below so without further Ado let's Jump Right In we're gonna start with this new craft simulation add-on called population from B production which allows you to use varied sets of characters animations textures and other stuff right off the bat this add-on comes with 48 3D photo scan characters that can be used for different projects so naturally they are divided into categories that allow you to try different things for example we have casual business and Sport so as you can see there are different characters for different situations and different animations as well the great thing is that you're not limited to the initial textures or the shaders the add-on provides because you have access to a Smart Shader which allows you to create different variations of the same character in addition to that you have up to 8K PBR textures which include diffuse normals roughness ambient occlusion and most importantly subsurface scattering which makes characters look realistic and if you are concerned about performance the album comes with high quality and low quality characters so you can work comfortably depending on your settings and the hard water power you have when it comes to animations they are created using motion capture with more than 50 unique movements but what I think a lot of you guys are interested in is of course craft animations and simulations from what you can see the population add-on offers a diverse range of options whether you want your crowd to move in a certain direction follow a curve Gather in certain areas on the surface or form a grid or whatever furthermore you can customize your crowd inside a stadium and control their positions according to your needs whether they are standing sitting moving or something else we also have procedural crowds which is probably the most popular add-on for creating crowds right now in fact it has been the top selling blender add-on for a while so basically procedural crowds allows you to create Crowd simulations by choosing between six different craft types and each type comes with its own preferences and settings the first crowd type is called audience and here you can add a stack of people at once a second type of crowds is called Circle which of course allows you to create a crowd of people around a circle the third one make a crowd follow a specific curve that you can draw manually the fourth one is called March and here you can create a marching group of people formed as armies information for example on the other hand the fifth type allows your crowd to march in random directions or motions and the last one is called Stadium you can populate the stadium with fans or audiences generally speaking there are 20 high quality 3D photo scan human models with each model having different color variations and accessories during these crowd animations or simulations you also have the ability for the characters to be stand still walking or cheering depending on your needs alright now we have something different the add-on we're gonna talk about now actually was created several months ago and even though it is about crowds and stuff it offers something different because it comes with different types of characters and animations the Animal by the way is called horde so if you want to create zombie scenes or something similar to this on the go this add-on is gonna save you a lot of time and effort indeed the best aspects about it are how many assets it includes and how straightforward its user interface is and with the use of geometry nodes and void particle systems it gives you the ability to add various controllable human crowds which includes animated 3D characters but most importantly it is very quick and easy to use once you install the add-on you first need to select the type of crab as such that you want to be instanced on your system you will find four different types ranging from Human professional and human casual to zombie bear and zombie clothes the next step is to decide how you want the crowd to move what is done by picking the style of Animation you want so you have a choice of four animation types which are walk run or just static ground the next step is to select one of the two possible system types either voids or custom Advanced geometry nodes and of course the last step is to draw manually what you want the crowd to be with the topic of crowd simulation but now with different kinds of crowds in fact it is about creating swarms and hordes of bugs and insects so it allows you to add a realistic and customizable bugs both particle system to your scene the birds and insects are beautifully animated and textured in addition to that all the answers can work with cycles and EV first and foremost we have two types of swarms that we can generate and we have flying insights and crawling ones in the flying section we used to have only locusts but with a new update we also got butterflies flies hummingbirds sparrows crows and seagulls in the Chrome section we have black widows bird eating spiders beetles and centipedes you can add all of them at once or select only the ones you need to add to your scene so you can choose to give a go to your swarm by ticking the checkbox labeled at goal doing that will give you a swarm of insects or flux of birds a gold who had to so for example you can neutralize this to make the boxes a character in scene or move from one side to another because without a goal the insects or birds will just wander around aimlessly you can also add a collision object to your scene by choosing one of the three buttons which are plain Cube or cylinder however you can also select your own object in your scene and make it a collision object by hitting the select geometry Collision button at the bottom we actually made an in-depth video explaining this add-on specifically if you are interested similar to spider Phi we have the particle Library add-on which is a collection of over 50 particle animations packed in one library that we're gonna take a look at right now first of all the answers are organized into eight categories displays as filters with multiple sections each onset comes with its own thumbnail and icon giving you more information about the particles you can also find nine of the textured 3D objects the add-on has to offer including seven rigged and animated animals and insects so you can import them to your scene and use them as particle objects so the idea behind this is similar to cinepack which is to provide artists with customizable and ready to use assets that either can be used in your projects directly or they can be used as a foundation for more complex or custom animations with that being said there are three types of Assets in this Library we have base particle systems particle systems with particle objects and physics simulations the base particle system types include the abstract paths and explosions categories as well as fire and water animated particles you can assign the objects from the library presets or even your own objects which gives you some options or as for the second type of particles with animated objects you can find realistic bird flux fish swarms mosquito swarms ampers Sparks and also weather particles such as rain and snow and for the physics simulation particles there are multiple variations of texture papers and back simulations the simulated objects include newspapers plastic bags Bank Jacks and sticky notes and using these few ones only you can create very cinematic and realistic looking scenes within minutes I would say the difference between this add-on and the spider fight add-on is that the spider fight add-on gives you a lot of options when it comes to Instax birds and stuff with highly realistic creatures and animals in addition to being Advanced when it comes to generating particles animations especially for VF vaccines whereas the particle library has additional stuff such as fish swarms and weather effects in addition to environment elements like plastic bags checks and stuff that allows you to create different scenes so there you have it guys if you are interested in one of these add-ons you will find all the necessary links in the description I hope you guys found this video useful and informative if you did please give it a thumbs up you can also check some of our previous videos thank you very much for watching and I will see you and the next one foreign foreign

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Published: Mon Aug 21 2023