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handless · DeleD PRO user Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 274

My first attempt at trees!

Jeroen · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:42 am Post subject:

Good stuff! I think it's a good base to start with. Make more branches and slightly larger leaves and you're done. But then again, i'm not a modeller... Wink

I once saw an entire branche+leaves being simulated by one large polygon. The entire tree was made out of only a few dozen polygons. Maybe that's a good way to go here too?

handless · DeleD PRO user Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 274

Hmm, I wonder how you would go about doing that with DeleD..

Jobyman · Member Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 42

thats one scary tree Smile

I like the model but it shouldn't be so...bent

Jeroen, do you mean that they used a texture rather than a model? it's the way trees used to be done to save polys, nowadays its not an issue but back in the day the trees would have like 2 intersecting plains with textures of leaves

Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject:

Well, modern games still use alpha-textures for the shape of the leaves.

handless · DeleD PRO user Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 274

Brian · DeleD PRO user Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 98

I think the tree looks great, however, I think that it was created using single poligons. If I am right, to generate enough branches and leaves to create a complete tree would make the model to big to use on the internet.

Most tree generating programs use an alpha image to lessen the overheads for internet downloads.

Unfortunately, I hav not yet been able to successfully create an alpha in Deled. Mainly because Delet does not support 32 bit images such as TGA or PNG. Please correct me if I am wrong, but all I can get into the meterial editor are JPG images.

I have been creating my models in Deled and exporting them in a .x format and importing them into gile[s]. There I can use any texture format I want and create transpancy on any object I choose.

I hope that Deled will soon be able to do the same, because to move from one program to another is not convenient.

Kind regards Brian. Laughing

Daaark · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

handless · DeleD PRO user Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 274

Brian · DeleD PRO user Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 98

Hey Handless. Just a sugestion, after you create your world in deled, export it as a Direct x file and import it into Gile[s]. Then you can create your own trees using alpha images. I would suggest that you use Gile[s] to lightmap if you intend using the Ogre Exporter at this point in time.

Kind regards Brian.

Paul-Jan · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject:

I don't second that last suggestion. If you don't generate giant lightmaps like Brian did you should be fine Very Happy

About alpha-texturing support, it's on the DeleD 1.3 todo-list (which isn't that far away, as 1.2 is about to get shipped). Until that time, you might indeed be best of doing your alpha-texturing in a different program, like Gile[s], Milkshape, UVUnwrap etc.

handless · DeleD PRO user Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 274

Brian · DeleD PRO user Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 98

OK.After getting my act together, which is Australian for having worked through some issues, here is my latest scene.

This was totally created in Deled.

This is how it looks in Blink3D after rewriting the material script to create transparancy and reflection.

Kind regards. Brian.

Laughing

granada · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

Nice look to this Brian,could do with some larger pics Very Happy

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Brian · DeleD PRO user Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 98

Hi Dave. If you have the latest version of Blink3D from Pelican Crossing, you may want to look at it in immersive 3D. Try the following link.

http://www.freewebs.com/int3dworlds/DeledCave.html

Let me know if you get it. It is much better viewing it here than just pics.

Kind regards Brian Laughing