Terrain Rendering proggies

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 01 Dec 2005, 21:18

Are there any other programs for rendering terrain from a heightmap that have the ease of use that l3dt pro has?

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 01 Dec 2005, 21:30

i like terragen, however it costs money if u want larger images then 1024x1024

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 01 Dec 2005, 22:13

Bryce was also popular for TA maps, and I'm sure it could be used for Spring, but I always thought Bryce maps were rather fake and ugly looking... I don't think it's free either.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 01 Dec 2005, 22:16

Yeha did flooded desert in bryce I think.

And terragen only costs if you don't have an eye patch or wooden leg.

TA 3D · Post by **TA 3D** » 02 Dec 2005, 00:35

Bryce is only $60, if your live near a Fry's(I don't even know if they have more then one store), they carry it. Terragen is $99 upfront, but half as much for each upgrade.

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 02 Dec 2005, 16:46

Bryce is not free, and Terragen maps take extra work to be Spring-friendly (I'm referring to slopes and such) in addition to being not free.
I'm sure that if you asked around, someone could give you a pegleg, but don't ask me

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 02 Dec 2005, 19:23

ehh, no thanks. I have terragen and I find it way to difficult to use.

I will just start making climates for l3dt

when I do I will post them here for everyone :D

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 02 Dec 2005, 22:03

Personly i find terregen a peice of piss to use...

Arrrggg.

Its stiching together several bmps that takes all teh time and effort...

and coming up with teh concept...

and currently geting dam features and learning to UVmap... (if anyone knows how to do simple UV mapping and wants to give me a hand PLEASE DO!! I sux at it at teh mo (admitadly cause i dont have teh right progs i think... all i wanna do is warp a texture round a tree for christ sake...))

aGorm

Decimator · Post by **Decimator** » 02 Dec 2005, 22:56

aGorm, Grout works very well for stitching images together. I can probably set up a tutorial if you want.

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 03 Dec 2005, 00:01

You might want to check out the following:

Vue D' Esprit
World Machine

But I do agree with Bruce

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 03 Dec 2005, 01:30

I own world machine and bryce.

I use them both. I like bryce for it's more complicated texture however, for something that I will be doing more photoshop work in I use world machine.

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 03 Dec 2005, 03:40

Aye matey! give them land lubbers what they deserve! yargh!

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 04 Dec 2005, 03:36

for what ya'll need maybe freeworld would be a good option. I have used it before because a friend has it and it is pretty well suited for those of you who cannot shell out the 199 for a student version of photoshop.

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Terrain Rendering proggies

Terrain Rendering proggies