Request thread: game modelling trees

mmcleo11 · 02-05-2008, 01:19 PM

Does anyone have any tutorials relating to creating low poly trees. Oh maybe anything on how to create branch textures. Im useless with organic stuff!!

Im trying to create specially fir trees that would have pines instead of leaves. So any ideas? Please?

Thewiruz · 02-07-2008, 02:39 PM

yeah im seaching for this kind of tutorials also

mmcleo11 · 02-07-2008, 03:26 PM

Well I've searched quite abit now
Found this, its pretty useful. Its just the texturing of foliage on the tree now thats the prob

Jeramy Cooke - Realtime Trees (2003)

Hope it helps

mmcleo11 · 02-07-2008, 03:27 PM

Well I've searched quite abit now
Found this, its pretty useful. Its just the texturing of foliage on the tree now thats the prob

Jeramy Cooke - Realtime Trees (2003)

Hope it helps

Allhailexecution · 02-07-2008, 04:22 PM

These might help also,

3DTotal Tutorials

3d Tutorial

3DTotal Tutorials

Only the first one is really a low poly tutorial, but with the palm tree it would be easy to make a low poly model as well and then bake the normal, shadow and alpha maps from the high poly. Not sure how well that method would work with a fir tree or a similar tree though.

crazer · 02-08-2008, 03:36 AM

greenworks/products

XFrog is pretty good.

Jryzac · 07-04-2008, 05:01 PM

Well, if you want super low poly trees (200-300 tris) then look here:

Andy Zibits - Low Poly Tree Tutorial

I have sucessfully used this method in a team Unreal2004 complete convertion mod. Only thing that I discovered that wasn't mentioned is that the tree's "canopy" cannot be seen from below. Solution: Copy the canopy (this does increase the tri count), lower it just a hair under the original and flip the normals.

Here is a link to the trailer for the team mod: Escape from Ithuria

We used a lot of the trees in the level and they turned out well.

Hope it helps.

rmac · 07-04-2008, 08:44 PM

Make sure the shader is two sided to get the canopy to show up from below.

Zanrok · 07-06-2008, 03:26 PM

When i get some free time today i might try and make a video tutorial for you guys, been quite busy lately. =/

Baida · 07-06-2008, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zanrok

When i get some free time today i might try and make a video tutorial for you guys, been quite busy lately. =/

Could be cool, even great, always cool to see the workflow of someone's else and learn in same time

02-05-2008, 01:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
mmcleo11 Artist 62 - 5	Request thread: game modelling trees Does anyone have any tutorials relating to creating low poly trees. Oh maybe anything on how to create branch textures. Im useless with organic stuff!! Im trying to create specially fir trees that would have pines instead of leaves. So any ideas? Please?

02-08-2008, 03:36 AM	#6 (permalink)
crazer Industry Artist 88 - 17	greenworks/products XFrog is pretty good. __________________ - F*ck the polycount.

07-04-2008, 05:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jryzac Game Art Student 3 - 0	Well, if you want super low poly trees (200-300 tris) then look here: Andy Zibits - Low Poly Tree Tutorial I have sucessfully used this method in a team Unreal2004 complete convertion mod. Only thing that I discovered that wasn't mentioned is that the tree's "canopy" cannot be seen from below. Solution: Copy the canopy (this does increase the tri count), lower it just a hair under the original and flip the normals. Here is a link to the trailer for the team mod: Escape from Ithuria We used a lot of the trees in the level and they turned out well. Hope it helps. __________________ Firm Supporter of Constructive Criticism

07-04-2008, 08:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
rmac New Artist 4 - 1	Make sure the shader is two sided to get the canopy to show up from below. __________________ Slacker and Know it all. Best of both worlds

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02-07-2008, 02:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Thewiruz Artist 55 - 0	yeah im seaching for this kind of tutorials also

02-07-2008, 03:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
mmcleo11 Artist 62 - 5	Well I've searched quite abit now Found this, its pretty useful. Its just the texturing of foliage on the tree now thats the prob Jeramy Cooke - Realtime Trees (2003) Hope it helps

02-07-2008, 03:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
mmcleo11 Artist 62 - 5	Well I've searched quite abit now Found this, its pretty useful. Its just the texturing of foliage on the tree now thats the prob Jeramy Cooke - Realtime Trees (2003) Hope it helps

02-07-2008, 04:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Allhailexecution University Student 12 - 3	These might help also, 3DTotal Tutorials 3d Tutorial 3DTotal Tutorials Only the first one is really a low poly tutorial, but with the palm tree it would be easy to make a low poly model as well and then bake the normal, shadow and alpha maps from the high poly. Not sure how well that method would work with a fir tree or a similar tree though.

07-06-2008, 03:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zanrok New Artist 12 - 4	When i get some free time today i might try and make a video tutorial for you guys, been quite busy lately. =/

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