French middleware developer Gamr7 has released version 2.0 of its procedural city creation software, Urban PAD. The new version features a revamped interface and wider format support for mesh conversion.
Other new features in Urban PAD 2.0 include 20-fold time gains for some features, according to the company, and improved context generation control capacities.
Urban PAD includes four content editors and a city generation engine. The tool is aimed at offering editable procedural city creation through automatic content placement, real-time manual editing, and contextual adaptation.
In particular, version 2.0 adds a new 'City Project' format. "Our focus for 2.0 has really been improving Urban PAD integration into production pipelines, which is why we’re pleased with the new City Project format," says Gamr7 founder and CTO Lionel Barret.
"The format centralizes project resources and allows all team members to work simultaneously without fear of data loss or corruption. This step lays the groundwork for the four template Editor libraries, which are currently in development."
Gamr7 general director Bernard Legaut says the company incorporated user feedback in developing the new version. "Many of the new features are user-requested, and developing them in this version adds value for our clients by optimizing their time and development budgets," says Legaut.
