Making Gas Planets

Started by cbest, August 09, 2010, 12:24:47 AM

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Dune

Found it, thanks. You never know what it's good for...

cbest

 :D Ha ha. Very funny guys...I'll try it out.
Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

cbest

Ahem...I downloaded one of the ships, and the folder didn't have a tgo with it.
Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

Henry Blewer

There may be a Lightwave lwo file or a Wavefront obj file. Both can be loaded using the correct object loading. Blender 3D is free and can change the objects to nearly any format, except tgo...
http://flickr.com/photos/njeneb/
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cbest

Thank you njeneb, but can you tell me how to do that on Blender?
Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

Henry Blewer

In the File menu, there are two items Import and Export. Use the Import to bring in the object. There may be a dialog box with things to use for compatibility. To export the object, Use Export. Here is a tutorial I wrote some time ago.

http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=7567.0
http://flickr.com/photos/njeneb/
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cbest

Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

cbest

Well, I found the 3D things, but it doesn't seem that I can use them. I download them, and they come out as zipped folders. So I try to take the things out, since on Terragen 2 you can't get things out of zipped folders (right?). So then I convert the 3DS on Blender. The problem is, if I try taking the _MACOSX and textures out of the zipped folder; not the folders, the other _MACOSX and textures. My father told me that it seems the models can only be used with an Apple computer. Can you tell me what's wrong?
Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

Henry Blewer

Open the folder the zip files are in using the desktop, ie c://foldername. RIght click on the zip file. There should be a menu option called Extract all. This will expand the compressed files. Most programs can handle MAC files.
http://flickr.com/photos/njeneb/
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cbest

Thank you njeneb, but I still have a problem. I got the Space Shuttle Orbiter and converted it to an obj. Then, I loaded it onto Terragen 2, but when I did, and rendered it, I ended up with a cube instead of a space shuttle.
Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

gregsandor

Open it up again and look at it.  Is there a cube around it?

cbest

Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

cbest

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Anyway, here is another picture I made. Detail 1 and AA 3. 14 million micro-triangles, rounded. It's good, but it can be improved, right?
Terragen: the universe in 56 kilobytes.

gregsandor

I meant open the model itself and look to see that there isn't extraneous geometry; I've seen models packaged with cubes around them before.