there's another game that famously got slandered for using generative AI to "generate trees and grass textures" in their release
like... y'all didn't use AI, you used Speedtree, an industry tool that's been around for over 20 years... you dont need to disclose that ;_;
like... y'all didn't use AI, you used Speedtree, an industry tool that's been around for over 20 years... you dont need to disclose that ;_;
October 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
there's another game that famously got slandered for using generative AI to "generate trees and grass textures" in their release
like... y'all didn't use AI, you used Speedtree, an industry tool that's been around for over 20 years... you dont need to disclose that ;_;
like... y'all didn't use AI, you used Speedtree, an industry tool that's been around for over 20 years... you dont need to disclose that ;_;
ça et les logos Havok, Speedtree et Autodesk, c'est fou comme ils sont gravés dans notre rétine à force de répétition
October 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
ça et les logos Havok, Speedtree et Autodesk, c'est fou comme ils sont gravés dans notre rétine à force de répétition
All assets were either Megascans, Handmade Sculpts, Speedtree Folliage. Terrain was done completely by hand to give each area a specific feeling which I used my terrain PCG tools to give me some starting elevation to carve out. Zero AI was involved
October 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
All assets were either Megascans, Handmade Sculpts, Speedtree Folliage. Terrain was done completely by hand to give each area a specific feeling which I used my terrain PCG tools to give me some starting elevation to carve out. Zero AI was involved
The only good thing I can think of is maybe it’ll get people to stop freaking out when a game says enemies are driven by AI (programmed responses to player input) or that SpeedTree was used to place a realistic forest density on a map
there's like decades of fictional and common usage of "AI" as "thing the computer is doing when we pretend it is a person"
October 2, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The only good thing I can think of is maybe it’ll get people to stop freaking out when a game says enemies are driven by AI (programmed responses to player input) or that SpeedTree was used to place a realistic forest density on a map
Demo of tree with wind.
I <3 Speedtree
I <3 Speedtree
September 27, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Demo of tree with wind.
I <3 Speedtree
I <3 Speedtree
The ai thing is speedtree which was a nothingburger.
Game is still meh though 😒
Game is still meh though 😒
September 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The ai thing is speedtree which was a nothingburger.
Game is still meh though 😒
Game is still meh though 😒
just fyi: the AI declaration on the steam page was for the use of SpeedTree which is a tree model generation software that's been seeing use in the games industry since 2002. if anything it's a victim of the conflation of "AI" with "procedural generation" and maybe the language barrier
September 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
just fyi: the AI declaration on the steam page was for the use of SpeedTree which is a tree model generation software that's been seeing use in the games industry since 2002. if anything it's a victim of the conflation of "AI" with "procedural generation" and maybe the language barrier
If I haaaaave to use a specialized builder I mostly only need Marvelous Designer and SpeedTree for all my props and environmetns.
Yup...nothing else 😟😰
*ghost of houdini*: Babyjaaaaaaack subscribe to meee agaaaaain ooooooooo 👻👻
Yup...nothing else 😟😰
*ghost of houdini*: Babyjaaaaaaack subscribe to meee agaaaaain ooooooooo 👻👻
September 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
If I haaaaave to use a specialized builder I mostly only need Marvelous Designer and SpeedTree for all my props and environmetns.
Yup...nothing else 😟😰
*ghost of houdini*: Babyjaaaaaaack subscribe to meee agaaaaain ooooooooo 👻👻
Yup...nothing else 😟😰
*ghost of houdini*: Babyjaaaaaaack subscribe to meee agaaaaain ooooooooo 👻👻
smdh, poor fools didn't use Speedtree
September 20, 2026 at 3:12 AM
smdh, poor fools didn't use Speedtree
Trees, perhaps SpeedTree vs not
September 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Trees, perhaps SpeedTree vs not
Everytime I fire up this game there's a logo for SpeedTree and so far there's been almost no shots of the outside so I keep thinking they used it on the healing plants.
September 19, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Everytime I fire up this game there's a logo for SpeedTree and so far there's been almost no shots of the outside so I keep thinking they used it on the healing plants.
WIP: I've been working on a new project, "Forest" here, some vegetation I made with SpeedTree, 3DSMax, and integrated into Unreal Engine 5.
#3d #gameart #environment #realistic #realtime
#3d #gameart #environment #realistic #realtime
September 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
WIP: I've been working on a new project, "Forest" here, some vegetation I made with SpeedTree, 3DSMax, and integrated into Unreal Engine 5.
#3d #gameart #environment #realistic #realtime
#3d #gameart #environment #realistic #realtime
like, we all appreciate speedtree, yes? and all the other crap they developed or got used to make the lord of the rings movies look dope, right? no one would or should ever say that the two towers was made by robots, but they helped the artists make scenes believable to the eye, ok, thank you
September 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
like, we all appreciate speedtree, yes? and all the other crap they developed or got used to make the lord of the rings movies look dope, right? no one would or should ever say that the two towers was made by robots, but they helped the artists make scenes believable to the eye, ok, thank you
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ほんとニッチな本を日本語化しましたね
内容としては UE5やSpeedTreeを使った制作フローが中心なのでツール固有の部分もそれなりにありますが
植物をどう観察して構造を捉えるのか
どうゲーム向けのアセットとして組み立てるのかといった考え方は他のツールや制作環境でも十分応用できる部分だと思います☘️
※献本いただきました。ありがとうございます
（感想は個人の見解です）
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September 15, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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something something speedtree
September 15, 2026 at 12:59 AM
something something speedtree
Foliage mastermind Dennis Welling is our next Instructor spotlight, Dennis has joined us to talk all things foliage, taking you through multiple in depth lesson on how to create your own grass and bushes inside Speedtree.
Learn from Dennis and others soon!
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Learn from Dennis and others soon!
https://www.beyondextent.com/academy
September 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Foliage mastermind Dennis Welling is our next Instructor spotlight, Dennis has joined us to talk all things foliage, taking you through multiple in depth lesson on how to create your own grass and bushes inside Speedtree.
Learn from Dennis and others soon!
https://www.beyondextent.com/academy
Learn from Dennis and others soon!
https://www.beyondextent.com/academy
Yeah I think Everybody's Golf lists it using AI "for trees and leaf textures" and people speculated they're just talking about SpeedTree
September 11, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Yeah I think Everybody's Golf lists it using AI "for trees and leaf textures" and people speculated they're just talking about SpeedTree
I think it was when a game had a Gen-AI disclosure for generating trees & grass, yet in reality, the game used SpeedTree to generate the trees & grass instead.
SpeedTree itself being tree-rendering software that has been used in video games for years, long before Gen-AI existed.
SpeedTree itself being tree-rendering software that has been used in video games for years, long before Gen-AI existed.
September 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I think it was when a game had a Gen-AI disclosure for generating trees & grass, yet in reality, the game used SpeedTree to generate the trees & grass instead.
SpeedTree itself being tree-rendering software that has been used in video games for years, long before Gen-AI existed.
SpeedTree itself being tree-rendering software that has been used in video games for years, long before Gen-AI existed.
I remember seeing a YouTube reviewer knock a game a year or so ago for “using AI to generate assets” and it turned out he was talking about Speedtree.
September 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I remember seeing a YouTube reviewer knock a game a year or so ago for “using AI to generate assets” and it turned out he was talking about Speedtree.
I sometimes catch myself saying SpeedTree instead of SpeedTest
September 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I sometimes catch myself saying SpeedTree instead of SpeedTest
i add half a point to every game i review that uses SpeedTree
September 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM
i add half a point to every game i review that uses SpeedTree
Think it has to do with Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots. That game got a Gen-AI disclosure for generating trees & grass. Yet the only thing found in the game's credits is that they used Speedtree for that task, software that's been used in games long before Gen-AI was a thing.
September 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Think it has to do with Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots. That game got a Gen-AI disclosure for generating trees & grass. Yet the only thing found in the game's credits is that they used Speedtree for that task, software that's been used in games long before Gen-AI was a thing.
What the SpeedTree incident?
September 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
What the SpeedTree incident?
Are we taking serious GenAI use here, or is this another SpeedTree incident?
GOD
DAMMIT
DAMMIT
September 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Are we taking serious GenAI use here, or is this another SpeedTree incident?