[JCAddy]

http://guruware.at/main/index.html

Not sure if this one has been posted or not but this is the same as Luft's Ivy Generator but can be used directly within Max / Viz.

Enjoy!

[sandykoufax]

Wow, looks great!!!

Thanks for the info.

[JCAddy]

I was testing it out just now and it seems to be pretty fast compared to the 3rd party program. The ivy grows with no slow down on my machine.

[sandykoufax]

Mapping is some strange. I can't doing maxwell opacity mapping with this.

[Bubbaloo]

Thanks! No more exporting and importing!

[Fernando Tella]

Thanks a lot!

And this version has more useful things:

additional notes:

ivy's shouldn't grow on windows, correct ?
to inform the ivy of such situations you have to freeze your window-meshes
this way such a frozen mesh will still be used for collision-detection,
but the branches will die there faster than on unfrozen meshes

And the "Age" spinner is great!

[JCAddy]

Indeed. It seems to recognize surfaces alot better than the other Ivy gen. You rarely get the ivy intersecting through a wall.

The capability to animate it growing is fantastic as well.

[Bubbaloo]

The capability to animate it growing is fantastic as well.

But not necessarily for Maxwell users...