Forum: Bryce


Subject: Free vegetation

thip opened this issue on Aug 31, 2000 ยท 5 posts


thip posted Thu, 31 August 2000 at 3:50 PM

If you are after trees you might want to try www.marlinstudios.com - they make tex/trans mapped vegetation and offer a free sample tree and branch for d/l. It's somewhat hefty downloads (1+ Mb), but IMO it's worth the toll on your ISP bill. It consists of Targa files complete with transparency info, so they'll open without further ado in Bryce and map right onto 2D pict planes. If you are a rich man (unlike me *sigh*), it seems you can buy an entire CD full of the stuff. The attached pic is a 640x442 Bryce render. Contains three dozen 2D-disperse/rotated copies of the tree, mapped onto 2D flats, plus two terrains and a ground plane. The render took just 10 minutes on my ancient PII/233. And while you're at it, www.gardenhose.com seems to be offering a few free trees as well - a bit less realistic, but IMO also a bit prettier. Your choice - although some of us can't afford to be all that choicy :-) Have fun, thip