Houdini Crowds at MPC | Mikael Pettersén | Houdini HIVE Paris

MPC’s Mikael Pettersén talks about how and why the crowd department at MPC switched from their proprietary crowds system to Houdini. [Timecode Index Provided Below] INDEX 0:00 Introduction 4:17 Houdini Crowds at MPC 6:44 ALICE: MPC’s Previous Crowds System 7:00 Why MPC Moved Away From ALICE 8:15 Why Houdini For Crowds 8:20 (1) Excellent Crowds System Out of the Box 10:25 (2) SideFX Listens to Its Users 10:38 (3) Strong Agent Definition 13:30 (4) The Crowd is Always Live 14:42 (5) Excellent for Simulations