Glad that SCG is useful to you 
Could you provide more information ?
Can you post your population map and one or two screenshots of what youāre getting with that map ?
Thanks for the fast reply! Iām using a simple linear gradient (from black to white) but it doesnāt matter if i use it or not,the result is always quite similarā¦the only difference i can see is about the heigth of the buildings because the disposition of the blocks is always the same. Today i canāt post any image, when iāve some time iāll do.
However, thanks again, i know that develop a tool that builds city procedurally is really an hard work and you have done a good job
Iāll be back soon with the screenshots!
Take care
So If I am reading the web site correctly version 6.3 is a pay version. Is that correct?
Hi, iām back with the screenshot:
This is what i get with a popMap. I supposed that the the black spaces are the streets and the white spaces are the buldings.
Beacuse of the flat colors iāve thought that the all the buildings must have the same height and beacuse of the regular square shapes iāve thought that they must be placed in a regular way.
Am i wrong? Could you suggest me a good workflow to use population map?
Thanks in advance
Take care
Not true . First you talk about Cpython and most likely you talk about GIL which does not allow the execution of concurent threads on multiple cores. However the multiprocessing.py module can span processes that can spread to multiple cores. There are also parrarel computing libraries that are C libraries wrapped for Python. In case of a C library the Cpython VM gives always priority to C code and then resumes execution of python, meaning C coder is not affected by GIL and thus possible to use C/C++ threading abilities taking advantage of multiple cores.
There are also pure python libraries specialising on multi core functionality like Parrarel Python -> http://www.parallelpython.com/
I know your post is very old but none the less I wanted to inform you about solutions that may improve this very nice addon.
Also other Python implementations are not affected by GIL , since they dont implement it , those include PyPy , Jython and Ironpython. Python contrary to what many people may believe becomes increasingly popular to CPU and Memory Intensive tasks. By default cpython can be even hundreds of times slower than C , but there are many tools that can speed up cpython up to the speed of C (see Cython) and in some cases like PyPy where default python code can run 10 times faster and use all multiple cores.
Speed up libraries are popping up like mushrooms lately.
Recent example I found is this -> http://continuum.io/blog/blaze
And there are countless more out there. With the right tools Blender could be ported entirely to python or up to 90%. So python scripts are perfectly capable in doing anything a coder wants in the way he wants it.
Wow, I wasnāt notified of your replies by emails, sorry to be so late guysā¦
So If I am reading the web site correctly version 6.3 is a pay version. Is that correct?
Sorry, version 6.3?
Latest released version is 0.5.6. You have the basic version, which is free, then the full paid version, for a modest price.
Am i wrong? Could you suggest me a good workflow to use population map?
supaworst, the population map unfortunately doesnāt let you choose the location of your buildings.
Instead, you can give the generator a clue of how TALL theyāll be at any location, if they are ever created there.
There should be more ways to layout your buildings in the next versions. What you can do in the meantime is change the street layout from Paris to Manhattan, which is more square and regular.
Not true . First you talk about Cpython and most likely you talk about GIL which does not allow the execution of concurent threads on multiple cores. However the multiprocessing.py module can span processes that can spread to multiple cores. There are also parrarel computing libraries that are C libraries wrapped for Python. In case of a C library the Cpython VM gives always priority to C code and then resumes execution of python, meaning C coder is not affected by GIL and thus possible to use C/C++ threading abilities taking advantage of multiple cores.
kilon, thanks for all the information 
I should have a look at the libraries youāre mentioning, though is doesnāt really matter anymore for SCG: Python is nothing more than some glue to talk with Blender.
Always good to know anyway.
SCG 0.5.6 is out !
Compatible with Blender 2.66.
Grab it at usual location.
Hi Arnaud,
I just bought Suicidator and have found it both intuitive and powerful!
My biggest concern at the moment is that I want to use my own custom models for the building geometry.
I found the ānumber of high poly modelsā option and worked out I could replace out the generated mesh data with my own custom geometry easily enough.
The problem Iāve got is that the models that make up the buildings stories seem to be randomly distributed.
This means that I can make my own custom ālevelā geometry.
However, thereās no way of making my own āroofā geometry to be distributed to just the top floor of the buildings.
Ultimately, Iād like the following controls to replace the ānumber of high poly modelsā.
-number of ground level models
-number of mid level models
-number of roof models
This would allow me to swap out the suicidator roof models with a series of domes, steeples, ramparts etc.
Something along these lines, would greatly increase the usability of this tool in a production pipeline.
I just thought Iād put this request in as it was the first and most obvious limitation I came across with Suicidator.
Thanks for great tool,
-Heath
Iām glad youāre satisfied
Yes, there are still many limitations in the current version of the generatorā¦
Thanks A LOT for your valuable input, really appreciated!
Iām putting it into my file of features to add.
Hey,
CG could very powerful in the future I am sure, but I also have some thoughts I want to share with you:
1)dividing the buildings in a roof, a mid-level and a ground level like@Heath3d mentioned above.
2)arrange the buildings on a grid and lining up the roof, mid-level and ground level vertically
2a)an option to generate an extra file for each building
3)set the duplicated faces to ānot selectableā automatically
4)after generating the city I would like to move some buildings and generate other parts of the city.
4a) selecting an area of the generated city and generate the other part of the city.
Ok got it!
Thanks very much
What do you mean by 2a)an option to generate an extra file for each building ? Did you mean an extra object for each building ?
With 2a) all the buildings are written in an extra file and linked into the original file which creates the city.
Ok I see .
Hi there,
I am attempting to run SCG on my imac running OS X Version 10.8.3 with blender 2.63 using v0.5.7 of SCG.
I keep getting this error message when attempting to BUILD CITY.
I have attached a screen shot of the error message I am receiving. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
This looks great, but Iām having a bit of trouble getting it into Blender. Iāve already extracted the file, but what do I do from there?
You cannot need to extract the file. Go to preferences addons install addon and choose the zip and you ok. Then check the java version. If you use a custom built version of blender maybe you get errors. In these case try an official build
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looks great - good work
@richardmanhamme, do you still have the problem ?
Sorry for replying so late, this forum sometimes doesnāt send me email notificationsā¦
@r4ytrace
Thanks
Iām probably missing something obvious, but Iāve got a problem. I generate a city, and itās got nice, varying textures. But if I go into Edit mode on the city, or exit Blender and return to the city, all the buildings have the same material. I can edit the buildings manually and set the materials again, but thatās really a pain.
Hey there, Thanks @piiichan for putting this together and releasing it so we can all try before we buy.
Sadly I receive this error message after the pop up window states its done.
I have a macbook pro 2.4ghz intel i7 with 16gb of ram.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi @vertstream
Welcome on BlenderArtists
You get this error because it seems you renamed the folder in which SCG is.
You should remove the ā2ā and the space character at the end. The folder name should be exactly the same as when you unzipped it.
Let me know if it works.