Terrain Texturing - Need some help

AshleyTayles

Hello,

I'm creating a small level (instead of just creating the assets) and I need some help with the terrain. The level is a middle east urban map so the ground is mostly flat. The entire level is made entirely in 3DS Max and Photoshop.

What I need help with is what's the best way for creating "landmarks" on the texture, things like blastmarks and dirt tracks? I have a dirt track road going through the map and it has a T-junction in it. My first thought was to give the texture a big res texture. But that's probably completely wrong.

Thanks in advance to anyone who answers.

renderhjs

planes with opaque textures ? that way you can brush multiple instances on your terrain - I believe that most engines handle it that way with decals and alike.

here is a nice page showing how its done using parrallax mapping
Parallax Mapped Bullet Holes
http://cowboyprogramming.com/2007/01/05/parallax-mapped-bullet-holes/

AshleyTayles

Thanks for that tutorial, that will help for the blast decals and stuff. How do I do the track, do I just tile it across a large plane?

renderhjs

this might be of help:
http://apid.us/yvrc/tut/3dstut.html

AshleyTayles

Yes it is! Helps a lot. Thanks.

Mark Dygert

Also check out the Terrain Compound Object in 3dsmax.
http://www.kxcad.net/autodesk/3ds_max/Autodesk_3ds_Max_9_Reference/terrain_compound_object.html