Forest

Dune · October 17, 2015, 09:30:25 AM

The area altitudes are based on a greyscale image map, derived from GIS data, simply fed into a displacement shader. The lake altitude can be adjusted of course and leaves dry and wet areas, trees are also distributed on the base of heights plus a fractal variation.

bobbystahr · October 17, 2015, 07:59:17 PM

Quote from: Dune on October 17, 2015, 07:32:39 AM
Same series, but earlier times. Most veggies Speedtree, except for the internal grass. With some stuff to prohibit illegal use

I'd like to spend my summers at this lake Ulco...

mhaze · October 18, 2015, 05:23:10 AM

Love those long shadows on the water!

TheBadger · October 18, 2015, 05:35:33 PM

I like the areas where there are no trees, a lot. I mean the bog-ish/ marsh like areas. Those parts are my favorite.

Dune · October 20, 2015, 03:36:05 AM

Next will be a more recent period, same area. First iterations, still issues to solve.

archonforest · October 20, 2015, 04:38:38 AM

Great details here!

masonspappy · October 20, 2015, 07:03:57 AM

Thing I really like about Dune's images is that there is so much to look at and explore.

DocCharly65 · October 23, 2015, 03:20:37 AM

As so often: I don't know what to say when I see this perfection...

Clay · October 24, 2015, 10:21:39 PM

That turned out pretty nice!

Dune · October 25, 2015, 03:00:03 AM

But not what I intended yet. I first had this purple bands, but got rid of them ( turned out to be the terrain colors masked by height, which touched the very tips of grass using the same colors, logical of course) Now there's too bright color specks, and the whole thing seems too 'grainy', so there's work to do.

DocCharly65 · October 25, 2015, 08:29:47 AM

I don't really feel disturbed by the bright area (You mean the last of thhe 3 pics?). Looks a bit like sandy area with deforestation. What if you put sume tree stumps there?

Dune · October 25, 2015, 09:01:08 AM

No, that is indeed a sandy area (so I got that right

), but in the second image there's a lot of hard colored grain on the left side.

Dune · October 30, 2015, 03:43:55 AM

Lowres update with a different pattern of agricultural use, but needs work (like on the paths).

And a crop of the forest render. All ST trees.

DocCharly65 · October 30, 2015, 03:50:20 AM

Great again Ulco

The path on the right side seems ok for me. With the path on the left side you are right. Something is strange but I am not exactly sure what disturbs me. Perhaps too roughly displacement?
I love the water trickle next to the path! I wan't to get a dog and walk there.

The second image is just beautiful in my eyes.

Dune · October 30, 2015, 04:00:40 AM

I changed the paths mask by color adjust to harden the edges, but that doesn't work out very well. And indeed it's too rough, also in color maybe.
Venturing near the water will get you wet socks; it's boggy there