having real hard time trying to make sand in 3ds max

[Motto_photo]

I followed this tutorial for 3ds max for making sand.
http://www.maxarea.com/modules.php?n...ticle&sid=2058
I dont speak the languae that was used in that tut, but I just followed the image.
this is the final outcome from the tutorial

and this is how mine looks.


mines way too bumpy and it dosetn have that nice soft grainy sand texture like the outcome from the tutorial. What am I doing wroung? Please help me out here.

[Killoskate13]

First of all it is OVER exposed in lighting....... the bump or displace u used for the ground.... tile it bigger.... for bigger dunes.... add noise for the soft grain....you could mix or mask or just add it...


okay i look over tut... i dont read that language also... but what i can see where u missed out was on the noise... check ur noise... also use google or bable fish to translate the site... you might of missed a step... also check your smoke... ur variables ARE WRONG... dont know for shure...

[Dyablo213619]

if anyone figured out how to solve this problem please post how you did it please.

[meet_24]

U just need to decrease the displacement value from 40 to 10 and set proper lighting with mental ray.......
have a look at mine

[Novak]

Damn, Just looking for a tutorial like this... But the page don't exist anymore... Anyone can
help me further with this, on how to make a realistic looking sand??

thanks in advanced..

Greetz and Regards,
Novak

[Mooseman]

Sand Material | MAXAREA V3

There ya go Novak

[Bam]

Nice tutorial

[Wallfish]

Hi moto_photo
But i just could not find this tutorial.....
It says"404 Stránka nenalezena | Page not found" an error.... ahhherrrrrr...
please can u redirect the link??

[shredhead]

I've managed to get the sand texture looking like it is in the image, but how do I create the sand around the sphere (the ground sand)? Displacement map or something?

And what language is the tutorial in? Polish??

Thanks!

[shashanks18]

yep use displacement map, fr which the segments on the ground should be really much....bump map may nt give ye the exact amount ov depth dat ye want in the ditch thats creatd below the sphere

[erwin.zeez]

interesting and catchy post there………………….. interesting read should be a sticky lol

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[Mr. Arsenic]

I love this tutorial! After transcribing it to English I was pleased to learn a lot about making a realistic sand material. I have one problem though... I can't figure out how to make the terrain shape like it is in the picture up top. I want to make a realistic looking sand terrain and I can't seem to get the displacement on the plane right to make the terrain look good. I can make the sand sphere okay but i need to know how to make the plane that it sits on look realistic. Can someone guide me on the right path? I understand it has a lot to do with lighting but i need the initial shape of the plane. Some kind of mix between a bigger noise map and a small vein type noise map on top of it? PLEASE HELP!!!

[loyal_royal]

Originally Posted by Mr. Arsenic

... I want to make a realistic looking sand terrain and I can't seem to get the displacement on the plane right to make the terrain look good....

Maybe this help. You can create just a PLANE with NOISE modificator. I created PLANE 150cmx150cm Length i Width Segsment 40. Parameters to Noise like on screen.
rafe74.neostrada.pl/terrain.jpg

[CGTrader]

You looks more like icecream than sand :) but still it's nice.