New user with some questions

[Slowriot]

Hi guys, I don't have a ton (or much of any) working with 3D but I learn quick. We've been working on a comic book for some time now and I'm trying to create a physical representation of the starting area. It's mostly barren with a small crator and some large hills in the distance.

My question is whether anyone can point me in the direction of home helpful tutorials for terrain generation.

I learn quick, any help is welcomed!

Cheers,

Kade

[Henry Blewer]

This is a very good pdf. http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=7733.0

[Dune]

Here's a 3 minute setup to start with....

[Slowriot]

Hi guys, thanks for the tips. I've been using the Ben McDuff for a bit, I also stumbled across some other tutorials. My only question now is whether there is some sort of comprehensive glossary of terms or something of the like.


thanks for the help!

[Tangled-Universe]

Here you can find the node-reference:
http://www.planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Terragen_2_Node_Reference
For some nodes you can find pretty detailed information, some are just similar to the node name.

This is a must read:
http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?board=12.0;sort=subject --> then sections 4, 5 and 11.

On render settings/optimalizations which is missed out a lot:
http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=6442.0
http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=8300.0

This should keep you going
It also works good to show your work and ask specific questions on what you'd like to know and how to do that.

Cheers,
Martin

[Slowriot]

You guys are a huge help! I'm trying to create a 3D model to use as reference for a graphic novel project. It is a very overwhelming project and I appreciate all the help I can get. In the future when the studio opens I intend on using TG2 as daily software for the realistic approach to our projects.


Thanks so much for the advice. Any help is welcome. A further note, if there is any tutorial on how to create a cave within a mountain, or something of the like, it would be very appreciated.


Cheers,

Kade