scoleman123 opened this issue on Apr 12, 2005 ยท 14 posts
scoleman123 posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 1:32 PM
Is there anybody who knows how to make real looking grass? post work could be done in photoshop, but is not prefered. the grass will be up close with more in the background. my next project: Ryder's House; By Edward Hopper
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dan whiteside posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 1:38 PM
Might try these free grass generators: Grass3D: http://grass3d.com/ Bantam 3D: http://www.planit3d.com/source/software_files/3dmod.html
Ang25 posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 2:22 PM
Ornlu used to have some beautiful grass both in freebie and for sale here, but I don't know if he still does or not.
bandolin posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 2:35 PM
Despite popular belief, the Canadian parliment has yet to pass a pending law to allow private individuals to grow grass. This, however, has not stopped the proliferation of what is known as 'Grow Ops' from springing up across Canada. Here in Quebec, private Grow Ops produce over 3 million tons of grass per year and has equal Mexico and Jamaica in the illegal grass exportation to the US. Interestingly, possession of small amounts of grass for personal use is no longer a crime in Canada. But if Ornlu has free grass, you should ask him. I don't know how much grass goes for anymore. Not since college anyway.
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madmax_br5 posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 3:36 PM
For the background. Create a terrain (or duplicate an existing terrain). It should be at 2048x2048 size. Create the basic terrain that you want if you dont have one already, and duplicate it (you've already done this if you had one to begin with). At this stage, you should have two terrains that are the same shape and position. Choose one and move it 0.2 bryce units up so that it is slightly above the one below it. Select the lower terrain and enter the terraine editor. Drag the "spikes" button slightly to get some small spikes. Then drag the "basic noise" slider to get quite a bit of noise. Apply a green or grassy material to this terrain, and you should see grass poking out of the top terrain. To vary the density of the grass, move the terrains closer together or futher apart. 
Tada! For the closer grass, use bantam or some other meshes.
lordstormdragon posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 6:05 PM
Attached Link: www.3dplants.com
Aye, another really good link.
bandolin posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 6:14 PM
Man this kid, is just full of techniques. Great solution Madmax. I'd buy you a round if we ever meet.
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<p><em>Caution: just a hobbyist</em></p>lordstormdragon posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 6:25 PM
MoonGoat posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 6:30 PM
Aye, well done grass everyone! In fact, I've got some ideas now! Mucho grassy-ass!
CrazyDawg posted Tue, 12 April 2005 at 9:10 PM
love that terrain LSD, just had for visions of what it could be used in :) I have great visions but for some reason they never work in bryce.
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Analog-X64 posted Wed, 13 April 2005 at 11:34 AM
MadMax is a great resource here. I always save he's tips for later reading. When I grow up I want to be like MadMax ;)
pakled posted Wed, 13 April 2005 at 12:04 PM
there used to be a 'freebie' grass mat in Freebies, from a coupla years ago..the Bantam stuff looks promising..I've got it downloaded...somewhere...somewhere..;)
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artnik posted Wed, 13 April 2005 at 2:22 PM
The Bantam link isn't working at the forum, that is. I get "Page not found" after clicking.
pakled posted Wed, 13 April 2005 at 4:31 PM
oh yeah..that's right..it's been going in and out. You could try using 'the Wayback machine' (why is it I always recommend this site when I don't have access to the URL?..;) website to try to bring up an older version. Do a google, or someone will likely be by and 'clean up' after my posting..;)
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