Need help making "LOST"

dhavalmistry · January 30, 2007, 06:56:31 PM

I've been trying to make mountains like they show in the series called "Lost". I am not sure what kinda mountains they called but I think I've to use Alpine Fractal

I've uploaded some screenshots from the show and other pictures as reference photos. I am not sure where the series is being shot but I think its somewhere in Hawaii (Based on the photos in the rar file). The photos in the rar file are from webshots and are taken in Hawaii. Considering that, I tried looking for DEM's of Hawaii but so far havent found anything yet.

I would appreciate if I can get help from you guys in any way

http://rapidshare.com/files/14171132/Lost.rar

Will · January 30, 2007, 07:47:18 PM

hmm well Im more a of Orbital man my self but for DEMs you could try: http://seamless.usgs.gov/Website/Seamless/viewer.php?startbottom=-85.0&starttop=85.0&startleft=-179.5&startright=179.5&limitbottom=-85.0&limittop=85.0&limitleft=-179.5&limitright=179.5

dhavalmistry · January 30, 2007, 08:05:02 PM

ya...I already tried it before...but couldnt find anything before...

Will · January 30, 2007, 08:09:13 PM

hmm well I'm not sure how to make it in TGTP but I could try my hand and make a image map you could use for displacment in VUE6

old_blaggard · January 30, 2007, 08:22:14 PM

Try exploring the various heightfield functions. You can add a whole bunch of stuff, such as erosion, in the heightfields that you can't add with fractals. That might help you, but I'm not sure....

hehe · January 30, 2007, 09:34:27 PM

Lost is being made in Hawaii mainly on Oahu on the "windward" side of the Island you can get DEMS of the Hawaiin Islands from a varitey of places a simple google search will take you there - or try this from the man himself at timster.net via ftp

check out this link!

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/terragen/message/20455

dhavalmistry · January 30, 2007, 09:52:14 PM

Quote from: hehe on January 30, 2007, 09:34:27 PM
Lost is being made in Hawaii mainly on Oahu on the "windward" side of the Island you can get DEMS of the Hawaiin Islands from a varitey of places a simple google search will take you there - or try this from the man himself at timster.net via ftp

check out this link!

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/terragen/message/20455

can you give me ftp link to paste into my browser...the link on the groups is probably for ftp program and also the login info please

Volker Harun · January 31, 2007, 04:08:29 AM

Well, I'd rather want the gal not the terrain

For the first two views I would use erosion on a heightfield, too. Then a 'beach'-displacement. After that I would save the effort in a new .ter-file as the erosion takes too long to calculate.

ProjectX · January 31, 2007, 05:24:34 AM

give world machine a try, it can make mountains that look a bit like that, and it outputs to .ter so you can import it as a heightfield.

http://www.world-machine.com/

buchvecny · January 31, 2007, 06:02:28 PM

i had hawai dem files few months ago..

king_tiger_666 · February 01, 2007, 08:20:48 AM

or here try here
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/data/hawaii/dem.html

though there seems to be many dems of all the hawaiian islands so you shouldn't have a problem getting one you like... though some are quite chunky in size 150mb dems etc

dhavalmistry · February 01, 2007, 11:58:00 AM

thanx guys....I'll try out DEM's...I tried world machine but its pretty complicated and I can only make 512x512 terrain in free version.....and I am saving for something else so....DEM is the way for me.....

David Burnett · February 01, 2007, 01:16:03 PM

You could try planetGenesis, it's simpler to use and cost free and also does ter files.

Tim O'Donoghue · February 01, 2007, 09:46:27 PM

Did you try the link?

That FTP site was taken down years ago.

Quote from: hehe on January 30, 2007, 09:34:27 PM
Lost is being made in Hawaii mainly on Oahu on the "windward" side of the Island you can get DEMS of the Hawaiin Islands from a varitey of places a simple google search will take you there - or try this from the man himself at timster.net via ftp

check out this link!

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/terragen/message/20455

dhavalmistry · February 02, 2007, 12:36:13 AM

Quote from: Tim O'Donoghue on February 01, 2007, 09:46:27 PM
Did you try the link?

That FTP site was taken down years ago.

Quote from: hehe on January 30, 2007, 09:34:27 PM
Lost is being made in Hawaii mainly on Oahu on the "windward" side of the Island you can get DEMS of the Hawaiin Islands from a varitey of places a simple google search will take you there - or try this from the man himself at timster.net via ftp

check out this link!

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/terragen/message/20455

sorry man...it doesnt work....