Front Warrior's Instanced Grass 100k-384k polygons per frame

ent1ty · Post by **ent1ty** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:04 pm

Sure, that would be great!

ACE247 · Post by **ACE247** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:42 pm

Ok here's some more. I have no use for them because they were for the incorret game location.

I think Korea.
But I think they're fine. FREE of course!
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?or2zflmyymh

ent1ty · Post by **ent1ty** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:24 pm

great, thanks

loki1985 · Post by **loki1985** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:39 pm

devsh wrote:this would not work
I'd have to get out in a field, get a picture looking from above of 20cm tall grass, use that as ground

maybe your idea is the better solution, but "this would not work" is not correct:

just a short proof of concept, using one of the textures from ACE247 (thanks btw

). there is still room for optimization.
also please ignore the lines floating above the grass in screenshot 1, there seem to be problems with the texture transparency....

ACE247 · Post by **ACE247** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:20 am

Neat work!

Just a question what grass node did you use?

loki1985 · Post by **loki1985** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:07 am

ACE247 wrote:Neat work!
Just a question what grass node did you use?

none, this is just a quick hack using plane meshes (from geometry creator).

devsh · Post by **devsh** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:44 pm

show us the ground texture instead.. I place $10 that it doesnt look as good as my made by hand..

ACE247 · Post by **ACE247** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 1:18 pm

@devsh Thats some neat handiwork

but i think its a little too big maybe. Could you post a screen of how that looks like when combined with grass. Also you could add some inconsistencies to that texture(like blend it with a noise texture), to add variations or blend in some sand. Like these I made

They fit perfectly without tiling issues.
(NOT FREE! these are just as examples and you may use them in a private build, but not in a public one.)

Virion · Post by **Virion** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 1:34 pm

@ACE247: maybe you should put some watermark on it if its not free. some people might find it on Google search and not seeing the text you wrote.

Eigen · Post by **Eigen** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 1:52 pm

Great textures and suggestions, guys. I fiddeled with it myself a little and here's the grass at it's current state:

It doesn't blend well with the terrain in the shadows but that will be fixed soon.

ACE247 · Post by **ACE247** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:04 pm

@Eigen you should maybe update your dev blog and Front Warrior Website a little. That'll be

@devsh I would be very happy if you could share some Code or a method on how you achieved your grass.
I'll maybe post some Scenes of my own soon too.

devsh · Post by **devsh** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:26 pm

My Branch of FW

ACE247 · Post by **ACE247** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:34 pm

Ouch!! Look like you just hit Eigen's Screenshot's right in the Face!

devsh · Post by **devsh** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:47 pm

I will get round to it, few more days cause i need to make waving grass

loki1985 · Post by **loki1985** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:51 pm

devsh wrote:show us the ground texture instead.. I place $10 that it doesnt look as good as my made by hand..

that is not the point. the point is you being wrong about "this would not work"

Irrlicht Engine

Front Warrior's Instanced Grass 100k-384k polygons per frame

Would you like me to write a tutorial about this