Can someone help with a forest
- Thread starter youifhonk
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BLACKWATCH
Mechanical Engineer
Just fill 1 square, then use copy & paste.
Skrogsgorks
New member
use forest splines if possible
Not to take away from the realism you want in your route but, if at all possible I suggest using tree/forest splines due to the amount of polygons that accumulate using the copy/paste technique. A spline used at several different angles crisscrossing each other covers just as much area with a minimal amount of polygons and still looks great. Just a thought.
Not to take away from the realism you want in your route but, if at all possible I suggest using tree/forest splines due to the amount of polygons that accumulate using the copy/paste technique. A spline used at several different angles crisscrossing each other covers just as much area with a minimal amount of polygons and still looks great. Just a thought.
mezzoprezzo
Content appreciator
Hi youifhonk,
Another idea is to use textures. If the forested hills are in the middle to far distance then individual trees or splines aren't always needed.
It will also improve your frame rate.
In this shot, the middle distance hills are just two textures, rotated, variously scaled and radiused. No trees at all.
Cheers
Casper
Another idea is to use textures. If the forested hills are in the middle to far distance then individual trees or splines aren't always needed.
It will also improve your frame rate.
In this shot, the middle distance hills are just two textures, rotated, variously scaled and radiused. No trees at all.
Cheers
Casper
Gandalf0444
FVRR member
Splines tend to eat up more processing power then individual objects(well for those of us with older computers anyways) I can have as much detail as I want with individual objects. But if I want the same amount of detail with splines...My computer would crash and burn before I even came close to the same.
Approach_Medium
Trainz Addict
Nice work! Did you use splines for the weeds?Hi youifhonk,
Another idea is to use textures. If the forested hills are in the middle to far distance then individual trees or splines aren't always needed.
It will also improve your frame rate.
In this shot, the middle distance hills are just two textures, rotated, variously scaled and radiused. No trees at all.
Cheers
Casper
mezzoprezzo
Content appreciator
Thanks for the compliment fwassner.
The splines are both FMA Instant Grass.
The one under the near fence is Kuid2:149987:37043:1
The one under the back fence is Kuid2:149987:37045:1
I'm pretty sure they're both on the DLS, but I can't get in to check - it's not loading for me at the moment.
Hope this is helpful.
Cheers
Casper
cascaderailroad
New member
Only use @ 6 different types of trees on a high poly baseboard, or large route. Grass is a framerate killer too. Some tracks slay framerates also. And put a high poly loco on it and your PC will lock up its video card, requireing ctrl+alt+del to escape Trainz.
honeymonster1971
UKBL Team member
If you are using 09 or upwards yes I do, Mine
Just do a DLS search for my username
HTH
Andi
PS. cool my 100th post hehe
Just do a DLS search for my username
HTH
Andi
PS. cool my 100th post hehe
For forests, I use the following trees almost exclusively on my routes:
Linden 2 10m Low-res
Linden 2 15m Low-res
Linden 2 20m Low-res
Javor2
Murchison7
and occasionally for places where the trees will be very close to the track:
Oak20
Oak25
For smaller trees I use the Auran built-in Gum trees.
For grass, I usually use the Ciuffi Erba 1 & Ciuffi erba secca and also the Grasbueschel (gruen and Braun) .
Very helpful for the copy-and-paste-technique I found http://www.ttbwrr.com/TTBWRR-Texture-Tutorial.htm