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Title: Twister
Post by: Dune on December 27, 2022, 02:54:49 AM
And another experiment, one-cloud twister. Veeeery slow, so not my favorite experiment. A normal scene with some ordinary not too high cloud this size would maybe take 15minutes, this took almost 2 hours. I guess complicated cloud makes it hard to calculate, and it's not even v3. I would have thought once the cloud is shaped, calculation would be sort of the same as a 'standard' cloud of same height/thickness, but I guess it works differently.

It's far from perfect by the way, just a proof of principle. And the twister more looks like a sudden enormous downpour because of the added fractal warp, which works in vertical way only due to its place in the node series. I think there must be another way to get a little XYZ variation in that thing.
Title: Re: Twister
Post by: Hannes on December 27, 2022, 03:27:40 AM
Not bad. I think, it's a start. I like the landscape and the lighting very much.
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Post by: masonspappy on December 27, 2022, 04:12:22 AM
Very nice. You'd also need a debris cloud at the base of the twister for added realism.

And maybe a few flying cows....
 
 
Title: Re: Twister
Post by: zaxxon on December 27, 2022, 10:46:16 AM
Flying cows definitely, and maybe a flying Fuel Truck as well!  Nice experiment and landscape as well. although I don't know if a 'funnel cloud' can form in such a  semi-mountainous terrain.😉  I have stormy gray weather outside my window as I write; hoping the electricity stays on, lot's of computing to do in the last of 2022! 
Title: Re: Twister
Post by: Dune on January 12, 2023, 03:16:22 AM
Okay, so I dumped the landscape and made it a desert, more appropriate for such winds indeed. WIP in B&W, as the sky wasn't very nice (made the blue sky black to be able to leave out another cloud level). Another one is cooking, as this desert sucks.
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Post by: Hannes on January 12, 2023, 03:48:43 AM
Wow, great!!!
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Post by: masonspappy on January 12, 2023, 07:50:50 AM
That is quite an improvement!
Title: Re: Twister
Post by: Dune on January 12, 2023, 10:39:37 AM
Thanks guys. Here's another one. It's basically 2 clouds, one for the dark stuff and one for the lower funnel and the dust whirling around (latter just colored differently thru diirect light input).
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Post by: Hannes on January 12, 2023, 10:51:50 AM
Wow, really cool!!!
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Post by: pclavett on January 12, 2023, 04:12:29 PM
Impressive Ulco !
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Post by: Dune on January 14, 2023, 05:57:19 AM
One more then, just some different seeds and no railway.
Title: Re: Twister
Post by: masonspappy on January 15, 2023, 04:49:59 AM
That is *really* impressive!