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3 Dimensional Chat / Anyone know any good free landscaping programs for beginners???

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Game pro
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Posted: 30th Apr 2005 04:44
I need a free landscape creator that has pretty good graphic landscapes and is simple to use if anyone can get me info i would be more than grateful!!!!


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Posted: 30th Apr 2005 05:07
Come on i know there is one out there!!!! Plz.......

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 30th Apr 2005 05:08
check program announcements/WIP posts, I think Program announcments has one

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Posted: 30th Apr 2005 09:05 Edited at: 30th Apr 2005 09:09
Quote: "I need a free landscape creator that has pretty good graphic landscapes "


Terragen is free but has a license fee if you use it commercially.

I'm a die-hard Bryce fan. The current version is 5.0, and 5.5 is coming out on May 5 (nice numerical pun on their part), but version 4 was being given away for free in computer magazines recently. If you can locate a copy, I think you'll be very happy with it. Bryce supports more 3D formats for terrain export than anything else I've seen so far.

A freebie that is often overlooked is 3DEM. It takes real digital elevation data (freely available online, links provided in the help file) and produces beautiful 3D renderings. The only export format I can find, however, is the Terragen format.

If you've got a powerful computer and graphics card, check out the 30 day free trial of MojoWorld from Pandromeda (http://www.pandromeda.com). It's the ultimate in terrain -- nay, planet! -- creation. They used it in that hokey but nice-to-look at "Day After Tomorrow" movie where we all supposedly freeze to death. Anyway, Mojo isn't free after the trial but it's a blast to play with.
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Posted: 2nd May 2005 04:08 Edited at: 2nd May 2005 04:15
Bryce can also be used for textures, skyspheres, FMVs, billboards, and anything you need pre-rendered. That's why I love Bryce.

*does the Bryce dance*


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Posted: 2nd May 2005 06:17
With apologies to Game Pro if I'm taking his thread too far off topic, but I just bought the new Bryce 5.5 release last night. Very happy with it so far. I posted some initial impressions in the general forum, will have a more full review online as soon as I come up to speed with it. DAZ threw in a 211MB content pack for free. Among other things, it's supposed to contain 30+ preconfigured island terrains (islands are my favorite landscape subject).
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Posted: 3rd May 2005 04:52
thanks thats some helpful info!

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Posted: 3rd May 2005 06:37
Bryce 4 came out with a bunch of magazines, have a look at back issues of big computer magazines and you should get it free (my bro got his free with mac format, but that was the apple mac version, duh lol)

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Posted: 3rd May 2005 10:28
Sweet im gonna go look tommorow at like the local albertsons store

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