Forum: Bryce

Subject: Fun With the Terrain Editor - Alien Shoreline

tjohn opened this issue on Dec 03, 2003 · 12 posts

tjohn posted Wed, 03 December 2003 at 11:57 PM

I couldn't think of a scene to create, so I've been playing with the Terrain Editor to see how much detail I can fake on one terrain by adding noise to the terrain, along with smoothing, etc., then finding a texture for the whole thing that will enhance the terrain. There are 4 terrains in this pic, one for the shore, three for the water. This isn't really a wip, just a demo for the shore terrain. John

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Ang25 posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 12:05 AM

I love that water!!!

Ardiva posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 12:08 AM

Me too, Ang!! :-)

BOOMER posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 12:37 AM

Nice tjohn. What did you use to make the water? That would really nice under my oil rig. You know, if you drop the shoreline a little bit, and have the water coming up through the stones/vegetation, you could have the edge of a swamp or a lake.

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tjohn posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 1:16 AM

Just a quick creation and low res render. Create a terrain Go into the terrain editor. Increase terrain res to 512 or more. Apply a fractal named Slick Rock. Apply until you get the wave look you want. Lower the terrain until the waves look natural. Make the terrain solid. Exit the terrain editor. Apply the "water" material in the "Glasses" folder. Render.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

danamo posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 1:50 AM

Fantastic looking waves and atmosphere tjohn! I like your terrain experiment too. Looks like an alien rookery!

drawbridgep posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 2:54 AM

Looks great. Thanks for the mini tut too, I'm off to try that.

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BOOMER posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 3:11 AM

Nice. Smooth seas or wild waves...we'll have to wait and sea. Get it sea..see? Ahhh..forget it.

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drawbridgep posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 3:13 AM

Very good Boomer, I so nearly laughed.

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derjimi posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 5:14 AM

Great water and shore. Thanks for the inspiration! J.

Ardiva posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 6:52 AM

Ahhh..another tut to add to my list. Welldone!

tjohn posted Thu, 04 December 2003 at 11:20 AM

Thanks to all, hope you find it useful. John

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy