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Title: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: zionner on February 03, 2008, 08:54:47 AM
Hey all,

This is my first terrain render in a while (Most of my ones have been from space)

and I've been playing about with some surfacing and populations, I'm still not happy with the middle of the render, but I want to know what everyone here thinks

Render Details: 1 Quality
                     9 AA
                     800x600
                     14 hours 34 Minutes and 29 seconds Render time

Enjoy!

(http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6627/surfacing14hes34mins29szy0.png)
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: Will on February 03, 2008, 08:56:33 AM
Not bad but I think the trees all look too uniform, just a technicality though.
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: rcallicotte on February 03, 2008, 08:56:51 AM
This is difficult to do.  So putting a population across a rough terrain like this is something.  The trees should be alternating heights and the green is too green.  
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: dhavalmistry on February 03, 2008, 09:29:01 AM
yes need more height variation and also they look flat and like billboards....did you disable the GI??...

although the population in the background is looking good!
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: zionner on February 03, 2008, 01:13:36 PM
thanks for the comments everyone,

One quick question about the render that i'd like to know what is: What dose everyone think about the terrain colour? Cause I was'nt sure if it was good/bad/ok

Thanks
Zionner
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: rcallicotte on February 03, 2008, 02:57:54 PM
Terrain color is okay, but it's covered so I can't see if there's much variety.  The more terrain you show, you should think about using some variety to it.
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: bigben on February 03, 2008, 03:10:33 PM
Terrain colour is OK, but it looks like almost smooth rock, so you wouldn't expect to see such a dense and even distribution of any plants. 
I'd expect to see only sparsely distributed trees following depressions/cracks where they might find some soil and water.

Shape variation is always difficult with just a single model, even with height variation.  The tree colour looks spot on  ;)  it may just appear accentuated because of the contrasting terrain surface.
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: zionner on February 03, 2008, 03:14:23 PM
Thanks guys,

The model was just one of the free Xfrog trees, I aint soo big on really realistic models and where to get them..so it was the best I could do right now,

In terms of the terrain, I may change some of it to look more like grass or mud/soil, I'll look at it tomorrow, its a bit late now:P
Title: Re: Surfacing and Population Test
Post by: dhavalmistry on February 03, 2008, 03:58:43 PM
Quote from: zionner on February 03, 2008, 01:13:36 PM
thanks for the comments everyone,

One quick question about the render that i'd like to know what is: What dose everyone think about the terrain colour? Cause I was'nt sure if it was good/bad/ok

Thanks
Zionner

I think you should switch your darks and brights....
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