Just an idea I've been playing with for years, only got it right one time with my Evil Empire pic. This right here is a fractal-driven terrain, of course... But when I rendered it with a new city-like texture, it actually turned out pretty cool! 1024x1024, the original render was 2000x1333, but I chopped it in half and EQ'd it in Photoshop. I'm curious if anyone else is doing terrain-based cities these days, and would like to see anyone else's progress? (note, this isn't a finished pic, just a test really!)

I tried it a couple times but I decided if I were to do that again I would rather just model the buildings. Yours looks cool though. I haven't done anything in about a year but I'll find time sooner or later!

wow!! that looks amazing.

Great idea...I really like how it came out. Such a sense of vastness and distance. Nice work! -Peter C.

I keep making stabs at it, but haven't actually managed it yet..the pic you have has great possibilities, even beyond what you've done with it..this is up there with K Cappis, and other such luminaries. Don't push it, just render as it comes..look forward to more.

I'm going to morph the mesh into two half-spheres, with Rhinoceros. Back when it's done rendering.... (grins)

Nice City, although i wouldn't want to live there.

Two hemispheres eh? Looking to build a "Deathstar" type structure then shadowdragonlord?

In my galery I have a terrain based city. Look for the image urban mist.

That's really cool!

Wow!

Very well done - great job the atmospherics.Reminds me of Blade Runner .

Actually I have been using terrain based cityscapes for a looong time. The following are a sampling of some: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=418689 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=416181 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=262753 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=143500 I am looking forward to your half sphere's! Cool image BTW!

I just realized i have a newer verion of the Cityscape image (the final ref above) Will have to up it later today!

i can see my house...., very nice feel to the image.

:| wow, when it's done you need to make a tutorial about that mate!

Last one I did was my New Brighton picture, ages ago (it's still in my gallery though). I like this one :-) Josselin

No tutorial necessary, Kstar, this is the image I used to drive the terrains. There are two, with different materials, the second is slightly offset vertically and has a "Blend Transparency" type transparency... These meshes are only set to 1024, since I only have Bryce 4 at work! (grins) (actually, that's the only program LEFT on my work computer that works, Photoshop just broke down, and SuperJPG, and Office, and blah and blah...) It's now, officially, an Interweb Bryce Player. An IBP. No longer a PC, by my standards. Screw the makers of my OS. I'm switching to Macs.