by EdenWeby 3D·Simulation
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Earns its place in the superhive library for combining seven ready-made presets with geometry-nodes-based, endlessly looped motion and the option to drop in your own models.
The Locomotion Addon adds dynamic, path- and surface-based motion to Blender projects using geometry nodes. Animations created with it loop endlessly, so motion stays continuous throughout a scene. Geometry nodes provide the framework behind the presets, and every preset's settings sit in the modifiers tab, where you can customize and adjust them.
The addon ships with seven presets: a crowd system on a path, crowd surface random movements, insects on a path and surface, birds on a path, insects flying around an object, and a simple car traffic system. To use one, you add your own models to the system. Custom model integration also lets you send any object along paths, with airplanes and missiles cited as examples.
Preset demonstrations use Mixamo characters, which are included with the addon for demonstration only and remain copyright reserved rather than sold as part of it. A demo video is available on the developer's page.
Locomotion Addon - Traffic, Crowds is best for blender artists animating crowds, traffic, insects and birds along paths and surfaces using geometry nodes.
Locomotion Addon - Traffic, Crowds is completely free to download and use.
The Locomotion Addon keeps all of its preset settings in Blender's modifiers tab, so you adjust each system from there rather than moving between separate panels. The addon is built on geometry nodes, which underpins its functionality and provides the framework for the animations. To use a preset, you add your own models to the system, and the settings in the modifiers tab let you customize and fine-tune the result to fit your project needs. This applies across the addon's preset systems.
The Locomotion Addon supports custom model integration, letting you add your own models to move along paths, with airplanes and missiles cited by the developer as examples among other objects. This means you are not limited to the included content and can bring your own assets into the systems. You simply add your models to the system to create your own animations. The custom integration works alongside the addon's preset systems for animating entities along paths and surfaces.
The Locomotion Addon includes Mixamo characters that its presets use for demonstration purposes, but these models are copyright reserved and not sold as part of the addon. They come bundled to show how the presets work rather than for resale. The developer notes the SWAT model can be downloaded for free on Mixamo directly. So the characters are there to demonstrate the crowd systems, and you can source Mixamo models yourself for your own projects.
The Locomotion Addon is listed as free here in our catalog. Licensing terms can change over time, so check the developer's page for the current details before you rely on it for a project. The addon covers seven presets for animating crowds, insects, birds and simple car traffic along paths and surfaces, all built on geometry nodes with endlessly looped motion. For the most up-to-date licensing and any usage conditions, the developer's page is the place to confirm.
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