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General => Terragen Discussion => Topic started by: Asuyuka on May 27, 2008, 01:33:24 AM

Title: God Light Rays effect?
Post by: Asuyuka on May 27, 2008, 01:33:24 AM
This is driving me up walls =/

If someone could, can I please have an explanation how to get those awesome light rays, you know, like in the pics where you see the sky and those giant beams of light shining through?

I see them a lot in the desert here on sunny days with a lot of overcast, kind of fallen in love with em.  So yeah, it'd be nice to know how to do them, thanks.  :)
Title: Re: God Light Rays effect?
Post by: TidalStorm on May 27, 2008, 07:15:06 AM
Small cloud size is the key, thickness higher than 8, sun strength of 500-800 or something like that, although it depends, increase glow power to whatever looks good.

3d clouds make it easier, but increase render time a lot, and often have bad looking areas unless you play around with them a lot.
Title: Re: God Light Rays effect?
Post by: stuck on May 28, 2008, 10:46:27 AM
Follow the link to the tutorial given under this image
http://www.ashundar.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=465&pos=37 (http://www.ashundar.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=465&pos=37)

That should help.

stuck
::) the link to the tutorial is dead!, try this instead:
http://terragen.deviantart.com/art/Stottys-Terragen-Sunrays-Guide-1266334 (http://terragen.deviantart.com/art/Stottys-Terragen-Sunrays-Guide-1266334)

second edit after a better Google search:
http://www.littlestotty.talktalk.net/sunraystut.htm (http://www.littlestotty.talktalk.net/sunraystut.htm)
Title: Re: God Light Rays effect?
Post by: pauli on July 30, 2008, 11:32:08 AM
The key parameters to get the sunrays visible are Atmosphere Accuracy, Cloud size and Metres point spacing.

See my Sunbeams tutorial at
http://koti.mbnet.fi/pkl/tg/tut/sunbeams1.htm (http://koti.mbnet.fi/pkl/tg/tut/sunbeams1.htm)

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Pauli