Forum: Bryce

Subject: WATER PLAIN VS GROUND PLAIN?

3eighty opened this issue on Feb 16, 2010 · 5 posts

3eighty posted Tue, 16 February 2010 at 12:50 AM

iS THERE A GOOD REASON WHY WE SHOULD USE THE WATER PLAIN INSTEAD OF JUST ADDING A WATER MAT TO THE GROUND PLAIN?

rj001 posted Tue, 16 February 2010 at 1:50 AM

i use water mats on ground terrains for good wave shapes

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RodsArt posted Tue, 16 February 2010 at 5:21 AM

an infinite plain is an infinite plain.....the ground, water, or sky are just preloaded for your convenience.

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Quest posted Tue, 16 February 2010 at 4:06 PM

You can use whichever suits your needs at the time. Here are two examples from my gallery. The top piece “Homeward Bound” uses a hilly terrain mesh with a tweaked water mat as texture giving it that swollen, rough and rolling seas effect. The bottom (“Flooded Terraformer”) uses a water plain with a tweaked Caribbean Resort preset mat to give a more subdued effect. The plains are quick use, quick start presets for the user’s convenience but can be modified as I did for more detail.

goofygrape posted Tue, 16 February 2010 at 8:43 PM

Man I find new info here every day ,WTG.