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Title: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: Nacer Eddine on May 17, 2013, 05:37:19 PM
Hi,
How can i make a clouds animation (with camera fixed, but the clouds move) in terragen 2.
Thanks
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: TheBadger on May 17, 2013, 11:54:58 PM
Cypher posted a file this week that demonstrates the process.
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,16065.0.html
2nd to last post. Download the clip file, plug it in, looks good as is but is basic. Easily understandable. Works nice.
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: Nacer Eddine on May 22, 2013, 07:46:21 AM
i have tried to make an animation
but the probleme when i change the value for exemple : centre x=0, y=0, z=0 in the 1st frame
and x=1000 , y=0, z=0 in last frame (100)
when i set the animation key and i active the animation, the frames dosen't look correct at all


(http://im32.gulfup.com/wOcNG.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?rFMbgN)



but when i do it manualy it look like correct
i mean , i change for exemple x=100, i do the rendre for it,  save the frame , and i return back to change the x=200, and so on ,......
its hard steps , but it work

so why i can't do that automaticly ? is some setting missing ?

this is an exemple, i have used the manual methode
and i hop some one tell me who i can do that automaticly

Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: Nacer Eddine on May 22, 2013, 07:52:12 AM


another video, still same problem, only with the manual methode, frame by frame, render after render
if i fond the the best way, i can do the longest video ever seen before.
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: Matt on May 22, 2013, 08:27:58 AM
It works as expected when I set key frames at 1 and 100. Did you check "Localise" and "Move textures with cloud"?

Matt
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: Nacer Eddine on May 22, 2013, 09:44:50 AM
every thing its all right, the value of x change with the frame , but when i check the frames, its look like nothing.
look for this simple exemple

i set the centre x=5000 in frame 1

(http://im35.gulfup.com/TItDz.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?Uio0Wa)



and x=6000 in frame 100
(http://im35.gulfup.com/ys4pX.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?C72o8S)




when i go to rendre all the frames automaticly
(http://im35.gulfup.com/O6kjf.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?1ZgWsP)



look the result in right colomn
(http://im35.gulfup.com/Riuw4.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?o8sv2z)



but i do the same thing but manually
like that for example x=5000 frame 1, 5100 frame 2 , 5200 frame 3 , 5300 frame 4, .....
(http://im35.gulfup.com/KvJ5F.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?jf65yA)


the resut is in left colomn witch is very correct.
so why its dosent work with the animation automaticaly,
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: TheBadger on May 22, 2013, 10:16:06 AM
Post your TGD.
This is the fastest way for you to get help.
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: dandelO on May 22, 2013, 02:59:45 PM
Set the curve type to linear in the animation panel for the X movement.
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: Nacer Eddine on May 22, 2013, 07:07:27 PM
still same problem

i set the mode linear in the animation panel
i fixed the value x = 100 in frame 1
(http://im32.gulfup.com/qMcNb.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?HawKSr)




in frame 2 with x = 105, the picture is completely changed


(http://im32.gulfup.com/zWb7i.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?4Vh1Fb)

so the animation dosnt work , and i cant continu with the other frames. so i stoped it



but, look when i delete the animation, and i do the same thing but frame by frame , it work

look here
for exemple, i set x=100
(http://im32.gulfup.com/hux37.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?XuLq0a)


when i change x= 200, the picture dosnt change brutaly like the animation methode, and its really correct
(http://im32.gulfup.com/qkHLc.jpg) (http://www.gulfup.com/?RFcgIr)

so the second way, is good, but i cant used it to do 1000 frames,
i think and iam sure some thing is wrong, or missed to set some setting before !!!!!!!
Title: Re: Need help to make clouds animation ?
Post by: Matt on May 23, 2013, 06:40:39 AM
Something else is causing your clouds to change on each frame. We will need to see your project file to find out what it is.

Matt