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what does it do? The City Generator include file lets you create everything from a small town to an entire metropolis. Features of the file include:

• Set the size of the city and number of buildings to generate
• Add traffic and pavement objects (such as street lamps, bus-stops, etc.) to your city
• Create day or night scenes, with lit-up windows and visible spotlight cones on street lamps and vehicle headlights
• Output your entire city to a separate include file for faster repeat parsing
• Use the default city objects, or create your own city objects files (eg. Victorian townhouses, futuristic architecture, etc.)
• Create your own custom city macro files for complete control over how the city is generated

sure, but how does it look? Select an image for the full-size animation or still rendering:

so where can i get it? Download CITY.ZIP (34 Kb) and extract it to a temporary directory. The file includes the City Generator include and macro files, full HTML documentation, default object files, and sample scenes and animations for you to render.

any ideas for the future? One feature that has been suggested to me (and yes, I'm right on it!) is animating the city traffic. Otherwise, I'd like to try my own hand at creating object files for things like cobblestoned streets, or underwater cities, or ant-hills... More importantly, I'd love to see what sort of city object and macro files other people create - any takers?

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