TG2 Alpha

General Discussion
1

It has been awhile sense anyone has seen new TG2 renders. Here is a new one from Luc today.

http://lucbianco.free.fr/3D/TGD417.jpg

The small terrain details are just amazing with the mix of several shaders and the strong shadows make it look like it is a hot day in that image. I still want to see JavaJones TG2 Planet as well. Wonder what happend to that?

2

Actually that Luc image is fairly old. Well, not “old”, but at least a month I’d say.

My planets are “baking”. :wink:

  • Oshyan
3

Ahhh! Still one of the nicest ones showcasing the small detailed shaders.

Just let us know when they are out of the oven, ok. Yum! :lol:

4

Shall do! :slight_smile:

  • Oshyan
5

Look Familiar! :slight_smile:

http://www.planetside.co.uk/gallery/v/tg2gallery/olivier_cousinou_overhangs.jpg.html

http://www.ashundar.com/datas/users/1941-monocline.jpg

6

Woah, the resemblance is striking! Cool. I bet that wasn’t intentional, and most people probably think that image isn’t very realistic, but that’s the thing about nature - ever surprising. :smiley:

  • Oshyan
7

I was surprised to find this land form myself. It was under the Plate Techtonics chapter. I had to show this. I have a tendency to think TG2 is going to be full of many surprises. :smiley:

8

Is that 2nd link a photo? It looks a photo because of the many “rivery” channels in there… But it doesn’t look like a photo because of the very equally spaced features defining the strata on the base of the leaned terrain…
Anyway, it was because of that that a macro called “Custom Terrace” appeared on WM 1.x :wink:

9

I’d like to try to recreate the San Rafael Monocline in World Machine, “try” and minus the overhangs ofcourse. Custom Terrace will come in handy.
:slight_smile:

10

:slight_smile: give it a try then! :slight_smile: My personal oppinion is that the macro doesn’t do it “as wonderfully” as I would like, because it works by moving land up/downwards to simulate the leaned terrain. It tappers things a little instead of preserving vertical angles with a linear gradient… In reality the terrain is “rotated” and not “tappered”… But this may be a perfeccionist’s mumbling… It’s probably nothing important :smiley:

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I see many simularitys here. :smiley:

Badwater Turtleback Fault in Death Valley.

Look at “Photo ID: hf8mz4” 7th photo down from the top.

http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images/search/browseresults.html?begin=170&num=18&numBegin=11&Category=11#null

http://www.planetside.co.uk/gallery/v/tg2gallery/olivier_cousinou_eroded_strata.jpg.html