Sand?

[Mammoth]

How do you make realistic sand? I want to do some nice dunes, but plain yellow/beige hills are boring. I would like to know how to do it exclusively in TG2 and not with any external programs. 

[dhavalmistry]

search the forum....I remember having a topic on that...I'll post if I find it...

[moodflow]

Here is a sample of a quick test I did, though it doesn't completely match the .tgd file any longer (I had the total reflection too high, and the specularity too low, but it still came out great).  I lowered the total reflectivity, upped the specularity, but it took almost the entire night to render so I quit.

I know the 'hills' don't match dunes the best, but it was more of a test to see if I could get a true sand look.  I'm still working on it.

[Will]

is that a texture? You could try a fake stone shader with a very hgih desnisty (like 10) and a veryvery small stone.

Regards,

Will

[rcallicotte]

It looks pretty snazzy, though.   

Here is a sample of a quick test I did, though it doesn't completely match the .tgd file any longer (I had the total reflection too high, and the specularity too low, but it still came out great).  I lowered the total reflectivity, upped the specularity, but it took almost the entire night to render so I quit.

I know the 'hills' don't match dunes the best, but it was more of a test to see if I could get a true sand look.  I'm still working on it.

[Dark Fire]

Sand looks much better in T2TP than any attempts at a sandy texture in TG 0.9 did...

[moodflow]

Those are actually tiny stones (which is simply what sand is).  I agree on the TG2 vs 0.9 look.