Terragen 1 or 2

Terragen 1 or 2

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bobthedinosaur
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Terragen 1 or 2

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http://www.planetside.co.uk/

I used to use terragen for a lot of 3d rendering, and I remember it was used for making TA maps for awhile. I just ran into the site again and notice the new Terragen 2 engine is out and I was wondering if any ones has given it a try?
It looks pretty powerful.
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Beherith
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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Tried it, but didnt like the interface as much as world machines, so i went back to that. And also, no layout mode.
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hunterw
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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terragen 1 sucks and there is no reason to use it imo

terragen 2 looks awesome but never used it

im talking strictly textures though, no idea about its heightfield editor. i think behe agrees - the ultimate luxury combo is worldmachine for heightmaps, then world in conflict editor for texturing using lightbake and normal maps.
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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hunterw wrote:terragen 1 sucks and there is no reason to use it imo
It might be a bit limited compared to other programs but saying it sucks is a bit of a stretch.

I wouldn't say that supreme battlefield's texture sucks and it is completely done in terragen.
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Gota
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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Terragen for life.
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hunterw
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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hrmph wrote: I wouldn't say that supreme battlefield's texture sucks and it is completely done in terragen.
tabula has a terragen texture, so does tumult iirc

sucky textures. use wiced.
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Gota
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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Some wiced textures are really messy and make seeing units on them annoying.
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Beherith
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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hrmph wrote:I wouldn't say that supreme battlefield's texture sucks and it is completely done in terragen.
I would. Its extremely minimalistic.
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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Beherith wrote:
hrmph wrote:I wouldn't say that supreme battlefield's texture sucks and it is completely done in terragen.
I would. Its extremely minimalistic.
Minimalism is not necessarily a bad thing, but I will say it doesn't add anything to play, and the rocky elements are not as detailed as I would desire.
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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I made all my maps with terragen, I think they are pretty good but of course I am biased =)

don't recall what version i used, and i don't have it installed anymore.
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Gota
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Re: Terragen 1 or 2

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You used Terragen 1 since 2 is a recent development.
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