Instancing File Format?

Mandrake0

Hi,

I'm new to Godot and at the moment i work on a Houdini Exporter. When i Look in some Files and Youtube Videos i see some Examples about Instancing but i'm not sure whats the best way to create a optimized Instancing Setup.

First i was thinking to use a CSV File but i read that's not every where supported in Godot is this correct? What i have seen i can use a json file format but i don't think it's a ideal format for instancing.

Whats the best setup for instance file that has 1'000 -100'000 Instances (Position, Rotation, Scale, Instance Object)?

thanks for your help.

Mandrake0

it looks like instance by code is the way to go. docs.godotengine.org/en/3.0/getting_started/step_by_step/instancing_continued.html

and the CSV can be used: https://godotengine.org/qa/30352/mass-data-storage

RES Ressource: https://godotengine.org/qa/21370/what-are-various-ways-that-i-can-store-data

other stuff: https://godotengine.org/qa/14138/csv-xml-json-arrays-dictionaries

What i'm doing at the moment: https://sidefx.com/forum/topic/54360/?page=1#post-254460

Mandrake0

small update:

Made some more work on this and i think this combo could work much better when all the mesh part is done in houdini and on the end it's just a full instanced scene file that needs to be load.

Made a video about the work:

NOTE: No sound and it's very early in development [

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