[pixymboss]

Hi,

I have done some quick tests with the new grass basic settings on a large field (426m x 84m). It is very Ram consuming
On a smaller field (22m x 10m), Ram comsuption is quite fair.

[Fernando Tella]

Used LOD options?

[pixymboss]

Yes with LOD on

[Mihnea Balta]

Do you mean during rendering, or in Lightwave?

[pixymboss]

Do you mean during rendering, or in Lightwave?

During fire rendering or Maxwell render rendering. I did not render with lw off course.

[Mihnea Balta]

I was asking about LW because I wanted to make sure the ram isn't taken up by the viewport preview. The render itself can consume a lot of memory for grass because it's a geometric solution so it has to keep data about each blade. Multiply 426 by 84 and then by the density you've used and it will probably be a lot of blades.

[pixymboss]

Thanks for this reply. It is what i though it is (true geometric and not instancing)

[nico_cad]

hi boys, i'm new MWR user...and i've difficoult for apply grass effect in my object.
how can see the grass???
who can explain me the system?

[pixymboss]

http://support.nextlimit.com/display/maxwelldocs/Grass

[nico_cad]

http://support.nextlimit.com/display/maxwelldocs/Grass

thank's i've see it but how can apply filament on my object in plugin for lw?

[pixymboss]

It is just a modifier to add to your grass object.