Autumn...

[FrankB]

haven't seen anything, Rob. Forgot to hit "submit", maybe?
Sometimes I write a reply and then accidently my thumb hits the back button on my mouse, before I can submit.. aarggh.

Cheers,
Frank

[rcallicotte]

I know I thought it - Great work, Frank!  I love it.  It looks very real.

Am I losing my mind?      Hope not.

[FrankB]

the render is ready.
I'm disappointed of the quality of that xfrog tree. Probably this one is more suitable for mid distances.
Other than that ... well, you tell me

Cheers;
Frank

[Walli]

probably you could add one or two populations with objects slightly rotated, so that not all of them lie so flat. Nice colors!

[FrankB]

thanks

'course they lie flat. They've been stomped upon

no seriously, good suggestion. I shall remember that next time.

Cheers,
Frank

PS: Walli, I need a hero tree. Definitely. Please. Soon.

[cyphyr]

Lovely, and I agree about the tree, set Walli on to that

probably you could add one or two populations with objects slightly rotated, so that not all of them lie so flat. Nice colors!

I really wish we could do this, for now we can only rotate objects in the ZX plane, it would be oh so cool to be able to rotate in the ZY and XY plane too. It would also help in placing populations away from the planets "north pole"
Richard

[FrankB]

Richard, the way I would do this is add another population or three, where the object reader inside the populator already has rotation applied. Once populated, it will look like a random 3D roation.

Regards
Frank

[cyphyr]

Yes I know it can be done that way, its just that then you'd have to load the object three times. Probably not an issue with smaller objects like these but imagine trying to create an extensive overgrown forest with trees tipping this way and that. With five or six different trees each being loaded several times to give the offset rotation one could easily run out of memory fast. "All" (because I know nothing is easy) Planetside has to do is allow random rotation in other planes for the populator and the problem goes away.

Richard

[FrankB]

I didn't mean to load each population thrice. Just one, two or three pops loaded a second time. Also, these tilted (trees for example) can be restricted to near to mid distances, so that they don't eat into memory that much.
But I agree, it's a hack, and allowing rotation around the other planes would be the correct solution.

Cheers,
Frank

[Walli]

yes, some additional options for the populator would be nice. For examle also the possibility to use one populator for several objects. I am sure Planetside has this on its list ;-)

[goldfarb]

FrankB
great render...one of the hardest things to do in CG is 'crap'...
nature is mostly dead and broken things but we never build this stuff..

great job!

[Henry Blewer]

That would make a very useful object pack, natural debris. Dead trees, logs, leaves, needles, and various seeds.
The latest render is good. I like the color variation of the trees leaves. The tree would benefit from a more detailed image mapping of it's leaves.

[FrankB]

The tree would benefit from a more detailed image mapping of it's leaves.

Let's face it: it would benefit more from being a better model overall. Those 2D xfrog broad leaves are certainly not the way to go.

[choronr]

Organic debris is common and normal in almost all landscape images. This is a timely offering as what I am working on needs something like this to fill in the voids between rocks and plants ...great one Frank!

[FrankB]

Thanks guys. Don't forget the credits for the plants / debris go to Walli, not me.

cheers,
Frank