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Title: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: Goms on March 12, 2012, 11:57:59 AM

I wanted to share my terrain (and partial surface) I used in this (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=14100.0) image.
It offers a great variation steep and gentle hills/mountains with widespread plains in between.

updated Version below!

Some previews:

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For playing around with it, mind to put the same seed for "huge structures" and "initial noise". Otherwise the plains might get lost.
It may occur that you have very dark areas where the redirection is folding the terrain too much. In that case, lower the displacement amplitude or roughness of the redirection fractals.
For any questions, just ask. I might even add some more features if you are missing something.

If you create some cool stuff with this, i would love to see the results.
Other than that, free for non-commercial use (only!).

Best regards,
Sönke

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: efflux on March 12, 2012, 12:40:29 PM

It's a very cool terrain. It will look good from lots of different POVs. So many TG2 renders have hills that plunge straight down into the water in an unatural way and this spoils them. I make the assumption you blended at altitudes again. No need to look at the file to see that (no TG2 on the computer I'm writing from anyway).

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: Kadri on March 12, 2012, 01:08:25 PM

Thanks Sönke :)

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: elipsis1 on March 12, 2012, 04:16:28 PM

Thanks so much for sharing. It is beautiful. This may help a noob like me learn, if I can pick it apart and see how it works.

Thanks again!

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: Dune on March 13, 2012, 03:40:28 AM

Good of you to share this, Goms. A whole new world to explore and it seems and interesting one.

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: freelancah on March 13, 2012, 06:14:18 AM

Interesting work. Thanks for sharing, will expore this tonight :)

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: Goms on March 13, 2012, 07:11:42 AM

Here's another Version.

- tweaked distribution of the vegetation layers
- changed vegetation colors for more contrast
- added beach displacement. The beach-area should now have a smoother slope then the surrounding
- added an altitude based distribution shader to the smaller redirect-fractal to avoid black folding in the lower plains.
- changed last rock fractal to also apply color for close up detail - should be deactivated if the camera is not near any rock

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Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: DannyG on March 13, 2012, 09:19:23 AM

Impressive, thanks for sharing this :)

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: pclavett on April 06, 2012, 01:21:00 PM

Simply beautiful and thanks so much for sharing !
Paul

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: cadmar on December 05, 2012, 01:37:15 AM

Wow Very nice! Thanks for sharing! :)

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: Bjur on December 05, 2012, 04:37:20 AM

Nice, THX!

Title: Re: Terrain + Surface TGD from "playing with objects"
Post by: inkydigit on December 06, 2012, 04:37:08 PM

thanks Sönke!
not sure how I missed this one...
looks like a great place to explore!
:)
Jason

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