Clouds from Space.

Started by samsamysam, January 18, 2007, 11:59:21 AM

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dhavalmistry

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Oshyan

Durandir, it looks like you've got very high density settings, or are possibly using 2D clouds. I would create a new default low-level 3D cloud layer and copy the Main settings from it to your current cloud layer, then remove the new one. The default settings are actually fairly good for clouds from orbit, it's just that the scale needs adjusting, which you seem to have already taken care of.

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Durandir

Thanks guys! It seems that my problem was the density. I had really high density, since the clouds I have made before and looked on from ground level turned out better then. Now I know that the density should be really low from space.

Seems that my sphere vanished though... it was still there, with the same settings and all, but nowhere to be seen. I haven't worked with objects before, so not sure if this is a known bug...

Anyway, the clouds are better now, as you can see! Could be a lot better, but it's a vast improvement, and all I really did was to give it a bit more depth (I plussed on 500 or so) and I increased the altitude. But the most important thing was changing the density. 'cause it was about 0.05 or so...

Oh, and yeah. The bright white on the planet is the snow created with the Planet Shader. I didn't do anything with the planet really, just added a Fractal terrain with a Planet shader... As I said, I am still a newbie :p

And great renders guys! I especially love yours Bluefinger!

MeltingIce

Heres a render I finished yesterday that has some decent clouds, but you may want to increase the feature size in the density fractal: http://www.meltingice.net/usergallery/generators/original.php?imageid=122

You can download the .tgd here: http://www.meltingice.net/userdownload/download.php?file=9

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king_tiger_666

looks pretty cool.. also if you decreased the density of what ever is making the little dots.. they would look more like lights from cities:D.... just a thought!...

also what option changes the size of the blue halo?  its one thing i want to change on my planet render:D

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oggyb

Quote from: MeltingIce on January 29, 2007, 05:02:59 PM
Heres a render I finished yesterday that has some decent clouds, but you may want to increase the feature size in the density fractal: http://www.meltingice.net/usergallery/generators/original.php?imageid=122

You can download the .tgd here: http://www.meltingice.net/userdownload/download.php?file=9

That's just awesome.