How do you make realistic sand? I want to do some nice dunes, but plain yellow/beige hills are boring. I would like to know how to do it exclusively in TG2 and not with any external programs. ???
search the forum....I remember having a topic on that...I'll post if I find it...
Here is a sample of a quick test I did, though it doesn't completely match the .tgd file any longer (I had the total reflection too high, and the specularity too low, but it still came out great). I lowered the total reflectivity, upped the specularity, but it took almost the entire night to render so I quit.
I know the 'hills' don't match dunes the best, but it was more of a test to see if I could get a true sand look. I'm still working on it.
is that a texture? You could try a fake stone shader with a very hgih desnisty (like 10) and a veryvery small stone.
Regards,
Will
It looks pretty snazzy, though. 8)
Quote from: moodflow on February 17, 2007, 01:08:43 AM
Here is a sample of a quick test I did, though it doesn't completely match the .tgd file any longer (I had the total reflection too high, and the specularity too low, but it still came out great). I lowered the total reflectivity, upped the specularity, but it took almost the entire night to render so I quit.
I know the 'hills' don't match dunes the best, but it was more of a test to see if I could get a true sand look. I'm still working on it.
Sand looks much better in T2TP than any attempts at a sandy texture in TG 0.9 did...
Those are actually tiny stones (which is simply what sand is). I agree on the TG2 vs 0.9 look.