• Sebastian

  9 days ago

  When assigning a value to this generator, I think one has to take into account that it's only $15. I think some people expect this add-on to generate spaceships that look like made by ILM and perfectly textured. I don't think that's realistic.

  I don't know if there's an add-on out there that gives you that level of sophistication, but if there is, I bet it's not 15 bucks. This is a great add-on, and very easy to use. I simply installed it, and a few clicks later I had this fantastic gigantic spaceship that I'm going to use in a future project.

  Sure, it's not perfect, it may need some fixing here and there, but if I had to design that from scratch, it would've taken me forever.

  Even better, with this add-on I can easily generate tons of ships that I can use for a scenario like an armada of ships invading or defending a planet, or something similar where you need large quantities of ships. Imagine having to design 30 or 40 ships from scratch.

  So this plugin may not give you something ready to render, you have to put some work into it, but it saved you a lot of time, and for just $15.

• Edgar

  9 days ago

  Not "game ready" at all. This is great for concept art, but the generated topology is way too problematic to be usable in anything game related.
  In the time it takes to clean up the generated model and make it usable for a game, you can create a better looking model by hand.

  Rather disappointed, considering that the Shape Generator from the same author is generating better topology, although not without problems either.

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  9 days ago

  Hello Edgar, thank you for your feedback. I’m very sorry to hear that the tool didn’t meet your expectations for game-ready topology. You may want to try unticking the ‘Decimate Faces’ option under the Starship Controls modifier which can improve topology. The add-on is primarily designed for concept art workflows and background models, so I agree that further cleanup and retopology are often required for optimized models. I’d like to hear your ideas for improving the topology to make it more compatible for games - click the ‘Contact the Creator’ link and I’d be happy to explore any suggestions you have, which I may also be able to incorporate for you into the Shape Generator.
• Erno

  5 months ago

  It would be a really good fun and very useful for me it but the booster problem remained the same - the seed of the boosters don't work, there is only one booster can be used :/

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  4 months ago

  Hello Erno, I am sorry to see your review following our discussions that took place over April & May as I had mistakenly thought I had answered your question when I no longer received a response. As discussed, the seed on the booster modifier is used to randomly change the booster object: You will, however, need to add another booster object into the Booster Objects Collection to make it change. I have found Boosters to be very user-specific, so I only added one as an example so that you can add your own if you wish. Let me know if you'd like me to show you how to do this. I always endeavour to support my users and genuinely believed this had been resolved.
• Victor

  almost 2 years ago

  Fun addon. Love the many options. Thanks

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  almost 2 years ago

  Thanks Victor for the great review. Enjoy!
• Cyber Kriss

  almost 2 years ago

  Simple to use, great for fast prototyping and an infinite amount of random results.

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  almost 2 years ago

  Thank you Kriss, really pleased it helps you prototype ideas fast!
• Jack

  almost 2 years ago

  This and Shipwright/Random Shapes/Plating Generator are excellent for sci-fi concepts, background assets, and even for details, greebles etc. on hero assets. Great value for the price point.

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  almost 2 years ago

  Hi Jack, thanks very much for leaving this great review and glad you are enjoying the other addons too.
• FuzzyTuesday

  about 2 years ago

  Great add-on! Very useful for concept art and ship ideas

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  almost 2 years ago

  Thanks FuzzyTues - exactly what I hoped it would be used for!
• Paul Webb

  about 2 years ago

  Awesome addon. I'm trying at the moment to make a little short film and need some large ships as background and fly throughs. this is working great, simple to use straight off, and then so much more when you take the time to watch the tutorials. if you need to generate spaceships - then you need this.

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  almost 2 years ago

  Hi Paul, thank you once again for another good review. Really pleased the addon was able to help with your film. :)
• rey blaze

  about 2 years ago

  Quick and Easy starships at your finger tips !! The tutorials are super helpful and easy to follow. I would also recommend to get the behind the scenes video , it helps explain the geometry nodes used for the generator. Thank You for the low price too !

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  almost 2 years ago

  No problem Rey - glad to hear it is all useful :)
• AVFX216

  about 2 years ago

  I love how the Starship Generator focuses on Starships and the things modelers need when designing them. Thanks for another useful tool!!!

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  Mark Kingsnorth

  almost 2 years ago

  Thank you, AVFX216 for the great review. Glad modelers like yourself are making good use of it!

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