Oh yeah, when I rendered the first scenes I was kind of amazed to recognize everything. I think it was Wiley Ridge first. Thanks for the encouragement!
I'm still having trouble - but maybe that's just me and my computer.
Did you buy the full version of Terragen? Also, in your text above it would be nice if you expounded a little on the "...high resolution region can be manipulated in Terragen to get a look that suits the season, time of day, and local vegetation" section of the of your instruction. Seems like that's the big key ;-)
Also, in playing with it for 10 minutes I was having trouble getting my terrain file from Terragen into Terranim (Terranim didn't seem to recognize any changes I made with Terragen and it wouldn't show me the DEM in the flight path editor) - do you have any hints for this?
Hmm, okay I just installed the new version of Terragen, and was surprised (okay, disappointed) to see that in order to render from a large terrain file, like the stitched together DEM files for a whole mountain range, you need to register Terragen, which costs $99.00.
My experience with the surfaces, to get snow or vegetation was pretty "fumbly" so I did kind of gloss over it. The basic idea is to build a surface map in the Landscape dialog of Terragen. Create a surface named "Snow", and double click on it to open the Surface Layer dialog. Then manipulate the Advanced Distribution tab for altitude constraints and slope constraints. Create another surface map for vegetation, etc.
Probably the best is to consult the users guide (http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/guide/) to make the most realistic scenes.
Finally, I never saw the problem you are experiencing with Terranim. Let's follow up off-line and we can add a tip back to the page with what we learn.
Okay I figured out the Terranim thing. I had forgotten, but Terranim doesn't see the textures you apply to the Terrain file. That is not a problem. When Terragen renders your file, it will duly apply textures.
After reading this article, I downloaded 3DEM and Terragen to create some 3D models of the mountains in my area. Unfortunately, our data seems to lack the (DEM) resolution required to make detailed models. My mountain range ended up resembling the mountains in that old video game Battlezone. Ok... maybe not that bad. :D
Aaron Johnson - Mar 27, 2006 12:43 am - Voted 9/10
VERY COOL!Members-Take time to view s this. It's great and at first it looks very real. Well done and good choice of music! A very unique article for SP!
mvs - Mar 27, 2006 5:56 am - Hasn't voted
heh-hehOh yeah, when I rendered the first scenes I was kind of amazed to recognize everything. I think it was Wiley Ridge first. Thanks for the encouragement!
Andy - Mar 28, 2006 3:42 pm - Voted 10/10
Wow!The first 20 seconds are amazing, but then after that it is a choppy set of still images. Is that what you intended? I'm gonna have to play with this!
mvs - Mar 28, 2006 4:14 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wow!Thanks Andy. No, it should be one smooth nice movie - no still images! I think it is better to download the WMV file to your disk, then play it.
Andy - Mar 28, 2006 5:22 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Wow!I'm still having trouble - but maybe that's just me and my computer.
Did you buy the full version of Terragen? Also, in your text above it would be nice if you expounded a little on the "...high resolution region can be manipulated in Terragen to get a look that suits the season, time of day, and local vegetation" section of the of your instruction. Seems like that's the big key ;-)
Also, in playing with it for 10 minutes I was having trouble getting my terrain file from Terragen into Terranim (Terranim didn't seem to recognize any changes I made with Terragen and it wouldn't show me the DEM in the flight path editor) - do you have any hints for this?
mvs - Mar 28, 2006 11:27 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wow!Hmm, okay I just installed the new version of Terragen, and was surprised (okay, disappointed) to see that in order to render from a large terrain file, like the stitched together DEM files for a whole mountain range, you need to register Terragen, which costs $99.00.
My experience with the surfaces, to get snow or vegetation was pretty "fumbly" so I did kind of gloss over it. The basic idea is to build a surface map in the Landscape dialog of Terragen. Create a surface named "Snow", and double click on it to open the Surface Layer dialog. Then manipulate the Advanced Distribution tab for altitude constraints and slope constraints. Create another surface map for vegetation, etc.
Probably the best is to consult the users guide (http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/guide/) to make the most realistic scenes.
Finally, I never saw the problem you are experiencing with Terranim. Let's follow up off-line and we can add a tip back to the page with what we learn.
mvs - Mar 29, 2006 11:36 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Wow!Okay I figured out the Terranim thing. I had forgotten, but Terranim doesn't see the textures you apply to the Terrain file. That is not a problem. When Terragen renders your file, it will duly apply textures.
spicytuna - May 5, 2006 8:01 pm - Voted 10/10
Amazing !After reading this article, I downloaded 3DEM and Terragen to create some 3D models of the mountains in my area. Unfortunately, our data seems to lack the (DEM) resolution required to make detailed models. My mountain range ended up resembling the mountains in that old video game Battlezone. Ok... maybe not that bad. :D