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pureprplaya
05-03-2004, 07:18 PM
Hey everyone... So i'm making this animation right...

The beginning has thunderous skies, lightning then the cluods begin to seperate the camera pans down to a sign that is pointing in one direction saying "This way to the castle"... The sign is in a field of Grass... now I tried doing a tutorial I found on the web but when I create the grass the finished product doesnt look like what I see in the tutorial there are way too many bald spots on the field...
Can anyone help me?

Thanks in Advance

Here's the catch... no plug ins... i am broke... most of my $$ has gone to 3ds max software and my apartment... poor guy cant even eat:cry:
hamu73
05-03-2004, 07:35 PM
you can try it with pflow....very powerful
pureprplaya
05-03-2004, 07:40 PM
sorry no plug ins
hamu73
05-03-2004, 07:45 PM
what version of max do you have????
Pflow is no plugin in max 6 and if you are a subscriber you get it with max 5!!!
pureprplaya
05-03-2004, 07:50 PM
holy crap... Pflow = Particle Flow lol, wtf...
yea, for some reason I was thinking some thing else... I forgot what its called that was new in max 6 but plugged into 5...

Anyway, so how would I go about making grass with Pflow? I'm at work, did a brief search on google but did not find anything
I have Max5
markdc
05-03-2004, 08:05 PM
Originally posted by pureprplaya
holy crap... Pflow = Particle Flow lol, wtf...
yea, for some reason I was thinking some thing else... I forgot what its called that was new in max 6 but plugged into 5...

Anyway, so how would I go about making grass with Pflow? I'm at work, did a brief search on google but did not find anything
I have Max5

There is a particle flow hair tutorial thread in this forum (just scroll down). It can be used for grass as well.
pureprplaya
05-03-2004, 08:11 PM
Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
your help is appreciated... anymore help would again... be appreciated
Snoelk
05-03-2004, 10:26 PM
or you can mix different methods to get a nice look. first scatter some grass over the landscape mesh. in phase two you "paint" 3d objects over the surface to give it a better look (pathways have some other plants on side, around trees are bushes etc)

the script for this you can find down at www.scriptspot.com
its called Max Freehand Tools (http://www.scriptspot.com/download.asp?ID=896&inf=1)
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