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Well not all my images could fit onto one post. So i did another one. I dont think i double posted ... If i had, soz, wont happn again lol

thanks for the comments. as i said, these are simply tester sets. the real renders will have more detailed models.
that shadow problem is a strange thing. i just add a spotlight above the railings and make the railings cast shadows. then that happened. im not quite sure how to get over it.

what i will work on is ambience and diffuse settings so they react well to light but dont appear too bright as this environment is supposed to be quite dank and wet and dark ...

fog creates a haze, dusty effect i thort

any tips on how to create good cave environment settings in terms of textures, lights, etc??

btw, its not a staircase

added another pic of two trees ive added

Here are some renders ive done of the tester model set for the cave at the beginning of the game. Its just a quick 3d model sketch basically, textured, light-sourced, just to see what looks gd and what doesnt (i did the sasme for Bridge Island). When i get my new pc, ill b able to model with so much more detail, etc, the scene will be to die for

Here are some images

its still a work in progress at the moment

By the way, 'Almost Cool' maybe you can model some rocks, stone tunnels, etc for this cave scene or if you have any suggestions of what you want to model, just ask

Hey guys

Basiucally, to create realistic leaves, design a sphere and cut it in half - or just abive half (semi half:P) then get a good leaf texture.

Now for the trick to work, you must have a special ambience and transparency map.

Heres an example ... Ive attached an ambient and transparency pair of textures to create the leaf shape

Basically, one you have the diffuse set as the main colour leaf texture ( retrieved from cgtextures.com, turbosquid, wherever) and the transparency and ambience maps applied, you should get a result like the one ive attached (FiNalRender)

Ive attached a seperate imnage of the diffuse map i used on a seperate message ... Any probs, just ask.

ill be getting a new pc when i can actually get the money lol ... sumtime during May, june time? not quite sure yet. Hopefully very soon

just work at modelling from photos of trees
beech, willow, birch, oak ... anything

there is a great way to make leaves but i will model them myself as they mustnt cast shadows (or the trick is ruined:P) unfortunately the trivk doesnt work very well in anim8or in terms of shadows!

enginmes ahvent got anythinbg tod o with this game. Its not going to be real time :S

its going to be slideshow point and click Myst style, with an engine already made using Adventure Maker. Its going to consist of prerendered graophics, so all effectsa re going to be okay ...

Panoramas would be great. It would make the game in the style of Myst III: Exile ... Though anim8or doesnt render panoramas ...

Trees, foliage, animals (ducks, horses)

lol ah kl kl man. I was just wondering You hadnt been posting any comments on this topic for ages ahah ... i understand about the coursework, because i dno what you're doinga t the moment, but im doing a levels which r a hella lot harder thn gcses ...

still, i cope ... ish lol

yeah, im glad ure still doing some designs m8

btw, im at the point now where anim8or crashes completely even when rendering an image WITHOUT shadows ahaha coz my pcs so crap probably ... need a gd one sumtime

Anyway, glad to hear from you

I am currently adding the huge mountain terrains to the ocean This will follow byu adding trees, portal posts(unused), crashing waves/depth effects, etc.

Does anyone know where SPICY has gone? He is supposed to be modelling AVENIC but doesnt reply on here anymore :/ ?

Is he active on this forum at all lol?

PEACE