31-07-2002 16:16									#31
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Rahlcatraz it is?
Did he send someone t Rahlcatraz so far?

	31-07-2002 16:18									#32
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I don't know what it is... It's just a twist of my imagination...

	01-08-2002 05:28									#33
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Well I suppose I'll call this my final version of this scene. I could do lots more but I feel I need to move on.

modifications...

• Bump mapped wall, floor and iron.
  
• Added 13cm layered fog around floor
  
• Animated the terrorist a little better
  
• Added a chain to add a little bit of atmosphere
  
• Created a picture outside of cell window
  
• Resized various textures
  

	01-08-2002 05:38									#34
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That is amazing.

	01-08-2002 06:21									#35
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Your 3DS link doesn't work.

	01-08-2002 06:51									#36
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D'oh I thought you would have downloaded the scene by now. I'll put it back up.

	01-08-2002 06:52									#37
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You posted it while I was sleeping last night, when I got up and tried it it didn't work.

	01-08-2002 06:54									#38
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Done.

	01-08-2002 06:55									#39
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I still get a 404
http://www.uncade.netfirms.com/jail_cell.3ds

	01-08-2002 07:04									#40
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http://www.uncade.netfirms.com/jail_cell.max

	01-08-2002 07:05									#41
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That's not what you link before

And it tells me the file exceeds 256KB, as an image.

	01-08-2002 07:10									#42
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Hmm, that will be the web host trying to stop people hosting large files. I'll get a new host as I'm in the middle of building a website now anyway.

	01-08-2002 08:38									#43
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There's a picture outside the cell window? Can't see it.

	05-08-2002 13:01									#44
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I fooled around with it again tonight and made a couple simplish scenes.

The first scene is a ball in a padded room. Don't ask me why. Just playing around.

I was just getting used to using volumetric fog and raytracing (both the walls and the ball are raytraced). Kinda hard to tell.

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	05-08-2002 13:02									#45
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Same scene, lighter fog and spotlight. Nothing special...

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	05-08-2002 13:04									#46
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This scene is a mountain.
It's done with 3 actual layers, one with each texture.
All 3 layers are displacement mapped using fractals, so they have the same mountaneous form. I've randomize the transparancy with a gradient ramp for each layer so random parts are transparent, so it's possible to see parts of the layers below which results in the mixed-ground look (since all 3 textures are static materials). All three layers are bump-mapped with noise.

The clouds and sky are simply a texture with a box drawn on it.

I put in an omni light right behind the mountains to fake the real sun.

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	05-08-2002 13:07									#47
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And finally this one. It's a modification of the last picture, I replaced the brown texture with an ice one and made it reflective (raytraced).

I also chose a new sky background and moved the omni light to the side and made it brighter.

Gives the illusion of snow-capped peaks...

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	05-08-2002 14:56									#48
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Nice work. Are those tutorials?

	05-08-2002 20:53									#49
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Interesting...

	05-08-2002 23:55									#50
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quote: Originally posted by MattHiggs Nice work. Are those tutorials?

Yes and no.
The first one was just goofing off, the second one I had a read a tutorial about how to get "realistic" looking terrain, and it said to use 3 texture layers with a texture on each of them with random opacity maps to mix the textures.

From there I just played with it myself. That's how I learn things, but experimenting...I was never one for learning anything from following tutorials point by point.

	06-08-2002 02:23									#51
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My first attempts with POV-ray.

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	06-08-2002 03:17									#52
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I'm currently working on my second piece. It'll soon be ready

	06-08-2002 04:16									#53
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Well I love creating 3d GFX. IMO, one of the best 3d software packages is Maxon Cinema 4D, however, it is very expensive.

The best for me is the object editor, it is quite easy to use. Also the raytracer is very fast, you can also render quick previews directly in the editor (or even just parts of the currently displayed scene). There are several versions available, from a quite cheap, but less powerful version for beginners to the real render monsters that also allow complex animations.

	06-08-2002 09:40									#54
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Le Cave

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	06-08-2002 09:50									#55
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro Well I love creating 3d GFX. IMO, one of the best 3d software packages is Maxon Cinema 4D, however, it is very expensive. The best for me is the object editor, it is quite easy to use. Also the raytracer is very fast, you can also render quick previews directly in the editor (or even just parts of the currently displayed scene). There are several versions available, from a quite cheap, but less powerful version for beginners to the real render monsters that also allow complex animations.

I used Truespace. It's editor is also easy to use, and the rendering is pretty quick. It's also cheap. Comparatively, of course

	06-08-2002 10:42									#56
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My last - but not least - attempt with pov-ray.

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	06-08-2002 18:36									#57
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UR: yes, I heard of it, but never worked with Truespace

aaglo: they look really professional - just for fun, or for use in a game or so?

And a litte thing from me, rendered with Cinema 4d...

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Last edited by BeBro on 06-08-2002 at 18:53

	06-08-2002 18:40									#58
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That looks good, except for the sea.

Did you , eh, "acquire" your copy of the program, eh?

	06-08-2002 18:52									#59
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Well, I had luck, I bought the first version of C4D for the good old Amiga computer years ago, it was veeery cheap (ca. 190 DM, I guess that are 90 - 100 US Dollars). Later, Maxon made the more powerful PC and Mac versions, and offered cross updates for registered users relatively cheap, so I could spend some hundred DM for an update to the XL version (instead of several thousand, so much cost a complete new version)

	06-08-2002 19:07									#60
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Did you model them ships yourself? If so what technique did you use: Spline, Box or Patch modelling?