Autograss license problems

[trick]

Is anybody using Autograss? Out of the blue I get this error message that my license is not valid. Reinstalling also results in an error that some server can not be accessed. I tried everything: from installing with a second (and third) order number, switching off all virus/firewall soft, etc....
I mostly use Forest Pro, but Autograss is faster for large birdseye views.

I always have these kind of problems when on a deadline and as a legal user I am really getting fed up with this. Now waiting almost 6 hours for some reply from the author !?@#%@^%#!!!! ( In the meantime back to old trusted ForestPro

[glorybound]

I have it, but I haven't used it in a long time. They sent out an update a month or so ago.

[glorybound]

I just tried it an mine works fine in MAX 2019

[trick]

Thanks for testing. I just installed a version frolm last tuesday and still an error inside the installation, that their server can not be reached when registering the license

[glorybound]

They might be having issues

[glorybound]

Like people used to ask me, why would you still be using Autograss?

[trick]

Autograss is better in handling huge surfaces (multiple miles) and also helps in taking away the tiling on grass textures for these kind of surfaces, something ForestPro just can't handle.

In the meantime server issues are solved...they changed access settings accidentally... cost me some preciou$$ time today

[glorybound]

When I use it on large surfaces mine chokes. I'll have to give it a try again, sometime.

[werticus]

I think autograss is better at lawns. And very large lawns - I don't use it often but sometimes forest pack is just a pain, especially on hilly bits. Mainly because forest pack uses clumps not blades. Obviously you could do that with forest pack but it does not do it 'out of the box'

[glorybound]

Do you use your own textures. The ones with it seems to be weak.

[trick]

There are 3 material ID's with which you can stear the textures. Most important for me (at least for huge terrains) is the root position channel (ID=3). Each grass blade then takes it's color from the underlying textured surface on wich you distribute AutoGrass. This results in realistic surfaces. You should really put some time investigating these channels effects, because that is what makes this plugin valuable over Forest Pro. Doing this with Forest Pro requires working with very small grass patches and then you need somewhere around 100G instances for a squar mile...RAM will hate you Of course you can do the same with larger grass patches in Forest Pro, but it is somehow harder to get the right look.

[werticus]

They just updated autograss again with a licensing fix.