Need Help.

[evil4ever]

Any1 know a good landscape tutorial that includes both texturing and rendering in MR?

like the example in Jeff Paton's blog?

i don't have any idea how to make one like that alltough i read it....

Cheers,
Jack

[Seeda]

hi Jack , sorry this Tut isnot with Mental Ray, but it is written by the best tutor for Max generated natural phenomenons and physical things, Pete Draper. but the most mterial setting can you modify for MR.

http://www.3dworldmag.com/page/3dworld?entry=3d_world_93_s_3ds

[evil4ever]

Thx for the link Seeda, but i am interested more in the shading/ displacement/rendering process with MR.
How to model a landscape i know, but using displacement in MR i don't, i started to use MR like 1 week ago, and by this time i still don't know how to use the displacement module, allthough it's kinda the same like the V-ray one.

And i don't understand the texturing process of that landscape from Jeff Patton's blog.

And another thing, i'm not having a success in finding a good water shader, water like in an ocean or a lake...

[JeffPatton]

i don't understand the texturing process of that landscape from Jeff Patton's blog.Post which step(s) you're having problems with and I'll try to help.

And another thing, i'm not having a success in finding a good water shader, water like in an ocean or a lake...Perhaps Zap's recent water posts will help:
http://mentalraytips.blogspot.com/

[evil4ever]

Well Jeff, i managed to find a shader for the water, but i'm having problems in the displacement process (i've used the program u mentioned in u'r blog to create the displacement blog) and also in the texturing side.

Didn't find a good way to use the mr_sun and mr_sky till now....images get either too bright, either too dark.....

I'm gonna be out of town for a couple of days and i will not be able to access the forums, but when i will get back i will "bump" this topic, until then, all Hints and Tips are more than welcome.

Cheers,
Jack