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[Da_elf]

should i attach all the objects in the houses into one object then proxie the buildings?

[jow]

the main thing the waterfall needs is light reflection,the rest looking nice.
not saying anything about rocks!!

[Da_elf]

new rocks are already in development so you can all rest easy on that

[DaForce]

If you attach everything on the houses, make sure that all the materials are within one subobject material. Otherwise you wont get things textures properly.

[natty]

But if you attach the meshes then a sub object mat will be auto made for you ... all you got to do is select that material.

[DaForce]

yeah...kinda what i meant... just make sure its all good.

[Da_elf]

actually the entire house was setup that way to begin with. even though they are seperate models in a group they all ran on one multi-subobject material. this was because if they needed to change the green trimming to be different for seperate houses i didnt want to have to go into each copy of the building to change the material for just those items. basically i could copy the buildings and to make a color change i would just make a material copy. then change the green sub-object material and apply to an entire group and only the green parts would update. so thats already setup

here is some extra work i did on those eggs, i mean boulders hehehe


now here is the lighter side of things

[DaForce]

Well they look alot better now

[archcanvas]

I think you could try Darktree for those rocks, lowres mesh is enough and no displacement needed.

[priad]

lol

[Da_elf]

here is the final
thanks to georgeP for the help on the waterfall.



http://www.elfpro3d.com/Terra/final2.jpg
for the full res

[TRGraphics]

Looks good Da_Elf! The waterfall is really nice! Care to share your process.

Also, which trees did you use?

Tony

[Da_elf]

sigh. clients still dont like it. needs more plants and people and furniture and walkway lights
trees are the one percy posted and the palm is a modified coconut tree from x-frog the waterfall was done by georgep as him his technique

[GeorgeP]

Elf: I thought you were tempting fate! Never ever say "here is the final" he he. Don't be too disheartened, fella. I'm sure they do like it, they're just being clients - give 'em an inch and they want a mile.

I've got a pile of plants - flowers, bushes and stuff. I'll post 'em tomorrow when I'm back in the office, might speed things up for ya.

Can't really help on the people and furniture tho

[TRGraphics]

George, I would love to see how you did that waterfall.

Tony