How Do I get high quality WATER / GRASS?

How Do I get high quality WATER / GRASS?#321346

By nappy - Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:01 pm

- Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:01 pm #321346

Hello,

Been struggling with this for a long time. How do i get high quality water and grass without instancing many many meshes etc?

Can i just get it from 1 plane? I tried using most of the mxm files located on maxwell website and nothing is turning out too well.

Any recommendations would be great!

In general, water/grass looks FLAT and fake without much depth.

thx

Re: How Do I get high quality WATER / GRASS?#321350

By JTB - Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:14 pm

- Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:14 pm #321350

There are many nice examples for water...
For grass, I can't say I've found a nice solution with displacement.... I use MAX and forestpack and clipmaps so not too many polys.

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Re: How Do I get high quality WATER / GRASS?#321352

By nappy - Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:31 pm

- Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:31 pm #321352

Hey JTB which water is goood? BAsically i need it for a lake/ocean.

Also, is displacement necessary for good water?

Re: How Do I get high quality WATER / GRASS?#321396

By JTB - Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:28 am

- Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:28 am #321396

Search for pool water topics... Tom has 1-2 nice mats...
I guess displacement would be very time consuming for a lake. Work with noise modifiers or similar... I don't have any experience with water, other than small pools...

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