how can i make a thick terrain

[13lade619]

umm... i think that's not 3d, it's the black mask from the camera bounds...

'told ya.

 

[Ryuu]

I'm going to sleep. Good night peoples.

 

[Jolly chap*]

Interesting.

What cryheart wants to make is something like a ... have you tried Photoshop? There's a style called Bevel and Emboss ... I think he wants to make something like that. So that the Terrain looks like a block of chocolate in a bar. Am I wrong?

 

[Ryuu]

> Am I wrong?

Totally right.
Oh yes, and about the sleeping part in post #102, in case you were wondering, I woke up again (couldn't sleep).

 

[Jolly chap*]

> Am I wrong?

Totally right.
Oh yes, and about the sleeping part in post #102, in case you were wondering, I woke up again (couldn't sleep).

LOL.

Just lower the terrain using the Terrain Editor ... but you probably knew that already, right cryheart?

Guess I got a free post count then ...

 

[Sirroelivan]

If you look at the screenshot close enough, you see that the terrain irregularities normally shown in flat terrain are shown aswell. So it's just area outside of the camera bounds, but inside the map bounds. He probable created a custom camera and moved it using triggers, that is if the screenshot just hasn't been taken it the world editor...

I'm honestly quite amazed that this problem requires a seven page thread to solve.

 

[Jolly chap*]

The camera was one thing that was bamboozling me too. Oh well, that's a problem for another day and a free post count for me.

 

[PrisonLove]

i have to say that was the most entertaining thread ive read on this site. phenominal performance cryheart, you make the most ignorant of fools seem intelligent.

 

[Sirroelivan]

This thread should be locked, or otherwise it will continue to haunt the forums...

 

[Ryuu]

It's already haunting me in my dreams.
I can't sleep.

 

[Renendaru]

Sorry if this seems obvious or not, but isn't it where they increased the height of ALL terrain, then lowered it in some spots?

 

[Ryuu]

Nah. If you raised all of the terrain, the terrain will still look 'flat'. This is because Warcraft's terrain is never 3D. The only thing that made the map 3D was the units, cliff and height tools and the doodads and the items.

Other than that, it is completely illusional.
But you could fool someone with that.

Yes, you can.
By setting the camera from somewhere out of the camera bounds but still in the map bounds (as stated in some posts before me), you could make that illusionary effect.

It's really scary.

 

[Azlier]

The only RTS I ever saw with this mythical 'thick' terrain was Age of Mythology. How this thread carried on for about 23 pages is just insane. Just let this die in peace...

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