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General => Terragen Discussion => Topic started by: Pectabyte on November 01, 2010, 06:38:54 PM

Title: Desert Terrain Planetary Map Tutorial
Post by: Pectabyte on November 01, 2010, 06:38:54 PM
Hi all,

I'm a seasoned 3D and Game Environment Artist who has recently been introduced too Terragen 2. I was looking over the NWDA site and came across this link:
http://www.nwdanet.com/terragen-tutorials/45-terragen2-casestudy.html (http://www.nwdanet.com/terragen-tutorials/45-terragen2-casestudy.html)

Does anyone have a tutorial or a break down of how to create a planetary landscape like this? The "case study" mentions posting the actual file soon but no go. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Title: Re: Desert Terrain Planetary Map Tutorial
Post by: Henry Blewer on November 01, 2010, 08:01:00 PM
That would be the owner of the NWDA site. He made that landscape and the case study. He often drops by the forum.
Title: Re: Desert Terrain Planetary Map Tutorial
Post by: DVA99 on November 02, 2010, 10:22:34 AM
Hi,

I may be wrong but as I read the "case study" it will be available for purchase at the NWDA site.

Title: Re: Desert Terrain Planetary Map Tutorial
Post by: domdib on November 02, 2010, 10:28:50 AM
Frank Basinski, or FrankB as he's known here, did intend this rock shader to be available for purchase, but for reasons which he may explain himself if he notices this thread, he's decided not to issue it at present.
Title: Re: Desert Terrain Planetary Map Tutorial
Post by: FrankB on November 02, 2010, 12:58:37 PM
thanks for stepping in everyone!

Quote from: Pectabyte on November 01, 2010, 06:38:54 PM
Hi all,

I'm a seasoned 3D and Game Environment Artist who has recently been introduced too Terragen 2. I was looking over the NWDA site and came across this link:
http://www.nwdanet.com/terragen-tutorials/45-terragen2-casestudy.html (http://www.nwdanet.com/terragen-tutorials/45-terragen2-casestudy.html)

Does anyone have a tutorial or a break down of how to create a planetary landscape like this? The "case study" mentions posting the actual file soon but no go. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Hello Pectabyte,

I have developed the rock surface used in the case study. As a product, it does what's shown in the study, however some early user testing showed that it requires some more tuning, especially with regards to simplification to make this useful for even intermediate users. It's still in my backlog of products to be released, and even went through a couple of improvements since then. But it is definitely functional.

If you are interested in discussing your speciic use case and needs, feel free to send me a personal message either at this forum or through nwdanet.com.

Best regards,
Frank