Amber waves of Grain

sjefen · November 02, 2007, 02:55:46 PM

Looks like some very nice models and thank you very much for sharing

reck · November 04, 2007, 05:14:16 PM

Just been playing around with your wheat object sonshine. This is a very nice object, what software did you create it in?

reck · November 04, 2007, 06:25:55 PM

Actually i'm having problems with this object. If I load the Wheat object into TG2 and then try and save the project it crashes the software. If I then try and open the project I get an error message. This happens if i'm using it in a population or just on it's own. I even loaded TG2 from scratch, loaded the object and then tried to save the project without doing anything else and it crashed, so it can't be anything else in the scene. Anyone got this problem? i'm using the PC version.

I've attached an example project that crashes when you try and load it up.

Oshyan · November 04, 2007, 07:20:32 PM

The attached .tgd does not include the object. What is the path to the object on your computer? Does it include any non-English characters or special accents?

- Oshyan

Dark Fire · November 04, 2007, 07:32:25 PM

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know what Microsoft does with information like that sent off in error reports? Is it archived in some way? If it is, I'd love to be able to look for error reports I've generated when testing my own software...

Mr_Lamppost · November 04, 2007, 08:00:32 PM

Staying off topic

I don't trust Microsoft I never send off those reports

dhavalmistry · November 04, 2007, 09:10:48 PM

Quote from: Mr_Lamppost on November 04, 2007, 08:00:32 PM
Staying off topic

I don't trust Microsoft I never send off those reports

me neither

sonshine777 · November 05, 2007, 12:05:42 AM

Quote from: reck on November 04, 2007, 05:14:16 PM
Just been playing around with your wheat object sonshine. This is a very nice object, what software did you create it in?

The model was originally created in X-Frog 3.5 demo. But I was never really happy with it. I imported it into Cinema 4D and fixed the things I didn't like, exported it to a .3ds file and ran it through PoseRay to get an .obj file that TG2 liked (it doesn't seem to like the C4d export to .obj)

I know it is a round about way to get there but it worked.

reck · November 05, 2007, 07:50:35 AM

Quote from: Oshyan on November 04, 2007, 07:20:32 PM
The attached .tgd does not include the object. What is the path to the object on your computer? Does it include any non-English characters or special accents?

- Oshyan

Hi Oshyan,

I'm not at my home computer at the momnet but I have a folder structure like this.

<User folder>\documents\Terragen files\

So the project will be saved in

<User folder>\documents\Terragen files\projects\field\proj1.tdg

and the object will be saved in

<User folder>\documents\Terragen files\objects\grass\wheat03.tgo

The object is called wheat03 so does not contain any non english characters and neither does the path to the object\project file as you can see above. I've tried to load the object into TG2 and resave it but it made no difference. All my other objects are saved in the same subfolder and i've had no problems with these objects in the past.

I've just downloaded the free preview version here at work and installed it on an xp machine. The file saves ok on this machine so it's something on my home vista computer. When I get home tonight i'll have a play around and make sure my other plants still load in ok.

reck · November 11, 2007, 07:33:25 AM

Just wanted to add what was causing this problem in case anyone else comes across this.

When Oshyan asked if the path contained any non-English or special accents I checked the folder path. The wheat was stored in a folder called "grass & wheat". Renaming the folder to "grass and wheat" has stopped the software from crashing. So the simple rule is don't use the & sign in folders if you want to access them in Terragen.

xNickx · November 18, 2007, 12:31:17 PM

My photo is very similar

Nice models!

reck · November 20, 2007, 02:48:43 AM

Thanks for this great object sonshine777. Here's mine

dhavalmistry · November 20, 2007, 09:03:53 AM

it looks great reck!

sonshine777 · November 20, 2007, 12:54:32 PM

Looks great! Thanks for sharing one of its many uses, and your welcome.

mogn · November 21, 2007, 01:47:46 AM

Quote from: reck on November 11, 2007, 07:33:25 AM
Just wanted to add what was causing this problem in case anyone else comes across this.

When Oshyan asked if the path contained any non-English or special accents I checked the folder path. The wheat was stored in a folder called "grass & wheat". Renaming the folder to "grass and wheat" has stopped the software from crashing. So the simple rule is don't use the & sign in folders if you want to access them in Terragen.

And dont use & in name of nodes either!