OK, after adding RAM, I applied some ivy to an old scene (from the V3 days,
the fountain was generated by Enhancer!)
Here's a WIP, the whole scene needs lots of work:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ath8n0r/div/ivylablandscape24a01.jpg
In fact, the ivy looks better than the outdated walls it's growing on.
A few tips:
- I noticed (a few hours too late) that the Ivy .obj file I imported into RS
was mirrored! Still not sure if the IvyGenerator or RS is to blame, but
watch out.
- when importing the ivy object, select 'UV coords to per face materials' to
apply the old and young leaf and the bark materials to individual faces.
- Make the three materials, using clip or fade mapping for the leaves. If
anyone wants them, I'll upload the materials I used here. (room for
improvement)
- save the import action for the last minute before rendering: it's big and
makes editing slow. Watch out with low-memory render slaves, they will choke
in the ivy ;) But the volumetric water took most of the render time in the
picture above.
Thanks again for the link Matthias, great freeware!
-Mark H
WOW! It works! Try to model that by hand ;)
Great stuff.
More RAM needed here...
thanks,
Mark H
Question of RAM ;-)
But working very fine :-)
http://www.the-final.com/ivy.jpg
(1.4 Gig Ram usage)
Matthias
