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Has anyone tried pairing this worldbase product up with any of grass sets?
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/pred-pack-grass-one
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/lisas-botanicals-tall-grass
I was wondering how much extra time it would take to render a large scene using these grass sets in this world base model.
I have a great idea for a animation

Pred pack grass one is a grass that works without Transparency maps, like Traveler’s lawn here:
http://www.runtimedna.com/Naturals3-The-Lawn-Vol-1.html
Lisa’s grasses are transparency mapped ...
The render times for transparencies are higher.

Kerya - 13 September 2012 06:49 AM

Pred pack grass one is a grass that works without Transparency maps, like Traveler’s lawn here:
http://www.runtimedna.com/Naturals3-The-Lawn-Vol-1.html
Lisa’s grasses are transparency mapped ...
The render times for transparencies are higher.

thanks for the reply, I properly will us lisa’s grasses only because they are taller. and would make more sense in a field setting.  But you r right about the transparency map taking longer in renders .
I’ll have to see what kind of work around i can come up with

If you don’t mind trans ...
http://www.runtimedna.com/RDNA-Fields-Volumetric-Field-Figure.html

Kerya - 13 September 2012 07:36 AM

If you don’t mind trans ...
http://www.runtimedna.com/RDNA-Fields-Volumetric-Field-Figure.html

wow now that maybe do able thanks for the lead

Hi all!  I am trying to use the WB XT set with Reality/LuxRender.  I loaded the WB XT, then dropped in the Hacienda Hermosa set I bought recently.  Then I removed the two lights the WB came with, and added a Reality mesh light, moved it way up in the sky and cranked up its intensity to simulate the sun.  Finally, I turned the WB XT Skies into a light within Reality and adjusted the intensity so it would render a sky that would suit the scene. 

Here is my current scene.  My question is, what do I need to do to get the ground in WB to render properly?  In this render, it looks like it snowed!  and no, I don’t have the Winter expansion.  (Yet!)

I really want to be able to use this with Reality and LuxRender, so any suggestions would be appreciated.

  ~ Russ (a.k.a. Ansel)

I just installed the 3 parts on my Mac. The Base and Desert are all there but the lights and cameras for SnowLand are missing. I downloaded and installed it twice.

Any Mac users?

edit: I’m using PP 2012

I load this item and adjust the sliders and see little to no change.  I can’t figure it out at all….help please!!!! Maybe someone could post a mini tute of say loading the file then making some adjustments to the camera and light and changing the terrain, I am sure once I see what it does I can figure out from there how to use it, just getting started is a problem.  thanks

I posted this in another thread but maybe more help here. I played around and got this image but when I endered it got these strange colored spots..what may cause them and how could \I remove them? used the WB-Green+Mist2 and 3-lights(smap)

Kharma - 16 December 2012 09:08 PM

I posted this in another thread but maybe more help here. I played around and got this image but when I endered it got these strange colored spots..what may cause them and how could \I remove them? used the WB-Green+Mist2 and 3-lights(smap)

You can sometimes get those artifacts when using Deep Shadow Maps—it’s a 3Delight bug.  Sometimes shifting the camera angle slightly will eliminate them, but the only surefire solution is to use Raytraced shadows.

ok thanks I will try both ideas…maybe I will get the hang of this !!

I just bought the Worldbase XT Lushlands in the Fast Grab today. This thread has helped me eliminate the grid marks by adjusting the UE shadow bias and subdividing the XtrRings. (Shadow bias alone didn’t do it for me, so I added the subD.) Thank you for posting your solutions.

I still have two problems that I haven’t solved. I saw both mentioned in this thread, but I didn’t see a solution. Maybe I overlooked it.

1) The dots over the trees happen even with the default setup, with no lighting mods or other adjustments. Did anyone find a solution?

2) Has anyone found a workaround for the very obvious repetitive pattern tiling in the ground plane?

The lack of documentation on this product is frustrating!!!  What on earth do icon names like “1-Green+LwC-RT(Slow)” mean? I guess RT means ray trace. Slow probably means slow render time. Any clues about 1-Green+LwC ?

I also wondered about that tiled ground in “1-Green+LwC-RT(Slow)”, so I rendered it with only 1 repeat for WorldBase-XtrCntr
Ground-PlaneSHi (default in this scene is -80). It does not look very well, because of the intended use with the tiling.
Rendering Time: 8 minutes 30.10 seconds

In next experiment I have applied the procedural shader to WorldBase-XtrCntr Ground-PlaneSHi.
I have used as an example Age of Armour Metalized Glass shaders preset Carnival Green Gold.
It looks better, so I guess if one will apply the grass procedural shader to the Ground-PlaneSHi the render should be ok.
Rendering Time: 11 minutes 8.4 seconds

Another example with Supersuit Fabric preset “Camo - Jungle Green” applied to WorldBase-XtrCntr Ground-PlaneSHi.