More testing cloud layers with final density and depth fed by camera projected images.
The storm cloud is a standard cumulus 3d layer at altitude 2087 , depth 1000.
The rainbow is a separate 3d layer at 1850 altitude, depth 100.
The lightning is a separate 3d layer at altitude 1605, depth 10.
So you may be thinking how can the lightning cloud at 1605 altitude appear to have parts striking the ground ?
The lightning bolts only appear to go down because of parallax.
The fine cloud tendrils that make them really just extend back toward the horizon.
To illustrate, I include an
image of the exact same cloud with the render camera moved to a position well above it.
This represents a time before Physics was invented which is why the rainbow can be
in a slightly impossible position for today's world :)
Models by Marc Gebhart, Walli, Xfrog, dino modeler unknown.
Would you mind showing a screen shot of what the plain lightning model looks like. I would like just to see how its built.
Does anyone reading this know. Has anyone made lightning procedurally with-in TG2? Perhaps the way rainbows are being made? If it can be done in tg2, than it can be animated!
Here is a shot of the Atmosphere and Camera nodes and thumbnail of the images used.
The image shaders each get colour adjust shaders for fiddling with the
intensity.
The Render camera for this image is set to a horizontal FOV of 27 degrees.
The Lightning camera is set to a horizontal FOV of 7 degrees.
The Rainbow cameras is set to a horizontal FOV of 16 degrees.
The Sun camera is set to a horizontal FOV of 79 degrees.
All the Sun camera does is project an inverted white circle in the sun's direction at the rainclouds,
removing the thick rain clouds in that direction, so the dinosaur's garden will be sunny and
there will be some reason to maybe see a rainbow :)
I realize now I completely misunderstood you. I thought you made a 3D model for the lightning. But its an image. Thanks for the clarification.