Lumion - Test drive

boofredlay · 20 Apr 2011, 14:48

Memory on the card... I haven't got a friggin' clue. All but open the box I searched for the info and can't find it.

Shift does me no good as it is too slow regardless. The driver update and setting Lumion to low quality only helped a bit. It is still very annoying trying to navigate.

Now at home it is quick and I have no problems.

jason_maranto · 20 Apr 2011, 16:01

If I had to guess it would be this version:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133274

or this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133307

Either way it is not a card meant for realtime rendering in DirectX -- it is an entry level (read bottom of the barrel) OpenGL card that would be enough to get good performance from Sketchup and other cad programs but not much else.

I'm pretty sure lumion uses DirectX and not openGL -- so a gaming type card would serve much better... although they often don't work so great for Sketchup.

Best,
Jason.

boofredlay · 20 Apr 2011, 16:29

Thanks Jason, I am sure bottom of the barrel applies here yes.

jason_maranto · 20 Apr 2011, 16:37

Well if it helps any, Sketchup doesn't need much more than that and so any Quadro card(open GL) above 512mb in video memory is wasted on Sketchup -- and they can be quite expensive... so truly for Sketchup use you have the right card (I've got a Quadro470 system myself).

The distinction here is the 2 systems are designed for radically different purposes -- Lumion is essentially a video game, Sketchup is basically a CAD program... there is very little common ground in how they display their graphics.

It breaks down like this:

OpenGL = Precise and stable
DirectX = Fast and looks nice

Best,
Jason.

Gaieus · 21 Apr 2011, 02:50

There are some clues on cards here:
http://lumion3d.com/forum/index.php?topic=6.0
and #4 here:
http://lumion3d.com/forum/index.php?topic=310.0

marvins_dad · 4 May 2011, 16:39

Finally got my license!
Now I need to find time to work with it on a project again.

Gaieus · 5 May 2011, 07:39

A new update is coming soon (I am kind of excited about actually as it covers a couple of things that would be very fine for me)

extra fog and smoke effects (I am not sure is flames with the smoke are coming too)
flowing water + cataract and fountain effect for water
ocean waves (those bigger ones on top of which there are the smaller ripples we already have) with automatic foaming of the water on the shores
and of course, new foliage, moving animals and alike that was also added during the last update (and hopefully there will be newer and newer additions with each update)

[flash=600,340:6e8ice72]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22124363&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"[/flash:6e8ice72]
There is an update "preview" post here:
http://lumion3d.com/lumion-update-2-preview

It seems that they are going to the direction of core updates and extra plugin/package updates that can be purchased separately. This may be a good way as users may need this and that but not need another package (I would not need to many palm trees where I live for instance).

And whoever is still tempted, note that Lumion is on a € 100 discount sale for another couple of days now!

solo · 5 May 2011, 12:07

Oooh! that looks like a great update.

Waterfalls!, fire, smoke, fish, waves, particles and more trees.

marvins_dad · 10 May 2011, 16:32

Well - it's May...hopefully it comes out soon!

marvins_dad · 11 May 2011, 18:07

From the Lumion forums yesterday...

@unknownuser said:

Most things are finished but this will be a BIG update. We'll have plug-ins and we'll have a completely new online user frontend so you can easily download updates and purchase plug-ins. Additionally the licensing will go trough the online system so you do not need dongle anymore. On top of that we'll have many new features you can see in the preview movie and there are several UI improvements like a new lay-out here and there and you'll be able to type in values for sliders for example.

Ecuadorian · 11 May 2011, 18:12

Nice to see they're addressing user requests.

solo · 11 May 2011, 18:47

I see there is a 64 bit version 2, I'm still on update 1, I got a dongle, but cannot see the download section for version 2. anyone got link?

solo · 12 May 2011, 03:59

Playing around

[flash=650,366:5t1zakzt]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=23616495&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"[/flash:5t1zakzt]

Ecuadorian · 12 May 2011, 04:58

I'm more impressed with your texturing skills than with Lumion...

Bob James · 12 May 2011, 05:56

Awesome buildings and textures, Pete. Uber-Real.
I assume that "Playing around" referred to the use of Lumion. The model(s) must have been for something serious.

Gaieus · 13 May 2011, 13:12

I started to test some atmospheric animations (fog, cloud, sun, god rays and what not). This was just a (very) quicky to see how things can be configured. Obviously the sun animation is a bit speedy but will be nice somewhere at the beginning or end of a longer walkthrough...

YouTube - Lumion Test Drive - Atmospheric Animation
[flash=600,360:2xnwf09p]http://www.youtube.com/v/f02JZ9JxCOs[/flash:2xnwf09p]

Sorry Pete for the sound effects (at least not some music) but the blackbird is supposed to represent morning...

solo · 14 May 2011, 00:01

I really need to find music for my crap.

Here is an old model, everyone here had seen it a million times, thought I'd run it through Lumion....WOW!!, I promise I took 20 minutes to set up and an hour to render.

Lumion is soo quick and easy.

[flash=640,360:27lzds4k]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=23705978&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"[/flash:27lzds4k]

Gaieus · 14 May 2011, 05:42

@solo said:

Here is an old model, everyone here had seen it a million times...

Yeah, it's getting boring...

@solo said:

Lumion is soo quick and easy.

Well seriously speaking; this is it.

Gaieus · 14 May 2011, 06:04

Ocean...

[flash=650,366:15afh5r1]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=23685778[/flash:15afh5r1]

@unknownuser said:

...the target is this month-ish. If we need to fix some essential bugs at the last moment it could be delayed a bit but certainly no more than 2 weeks. It's safe to say we'll release within a month from now.

I don't know if this is clear in the communications we put out until now but we'll be releasing some of this stuff as plug-ins. The plug-ins are quite cheap though we'll provide more info on this later. Most of the plug-ins will add special effects or extra content. I think the tree package will almost double the number of tree models for example.

Of course Lumion without the plug-ins will be extended on many fronts too. We have a color picker, better lay-out, better tone mapping, you can type in slider values. That sort of stuff.

We'll keep the versions simple from now on:
a) We have Lumion 1.0 and if you bought that you get all service packs for free.
b) On top of that you will be able to get some plug-ins and they require some extra payment
c) Much later we will release Lumion 2.0 and you will be able to upgrade for around 1/3rd of the full price.
d) We will try to release a major new version every year and have service packs in between.

This is not an official statement so it's subject to change but the final outcome will probably be something like this.

boofredlay · 15 May 2011, 00:36

Ooooo