Render this: Fountain

EarthMover · 13 Nov 2009, 16:29

Here's something I was playing with yesterday using 3dsMax particle flow. Still needs work, but it's a start. (.gif conversion killed the quality!)

solo · 13 Nov 2009, 16:30

Very cool Adam.

Now if you had Realflow, you could get it to spill over and do some crazy stuff.

EarthMover · 13 Nov 2009, 16:52

Who can afford Realflow?! I contemplated Glu3D a while back for doing waterfalls and flame particles, but couldn't get the hang of it. Seems like a good alternative to Realflow for a lot less money.

Vicspa · 13 Nov 2009, 17:15

Recently returned from a trip to Greece, and this was found among the ruins.

olishea · 13 Nov 2009, 17:20

haha good one

solo · 13 Nov 2009, 17:44

Vue.

I created the splash and spray with SDS, more a bubbling fountain than a spray.

Al Hart · 13 Nov 2009, 20:43

I took your model with water and ran it through Render nXt.

Changes:

turned on the ground plane for shadows (and changed it from green to grey)
used default High Dynamic Studio lighting
Set "rubble" procedural effect on the water. Scale set to 16 for enhanced ripples. (a bird bath usually has smaller waves than an ocean)
Set 50% reflection on the water for enhanced highlighting from the sky.
Added 20% reflection to the concrete so it could have some highlighting from the sky.

I let it "cook" for about 15 minutes while I took a shower.
(The shadows get softer and softer the longer you let it cook)

Here is the result:

boofredlay · 13 Nov 2009, 21:34

Nice one Pete.

toxicvoxel · 13 Nov 2009, 21:37

@al hart said:

I let it "cook" for about 15 minutes while I took a shower.

Am I understanding this right : With nXt you can actually shower in the fountain while it is rendering??
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solo · 13 Nov 2009, 21:39

solo · 13 Nov 2009, 22:07

Another one, calm water (pump bust)

I used some (excuse the shameless promotion) Solopack plants.

jeff hammond · 13 Nov 2009, 22:10

@solo said:

(excuse the shameless promotion)

1, so do you have a sample available for download anywhere and 2, do you have a tree pack available?

Al Hart · 13 Nov 2009, 22:24

@toxicvoxel said:

Am I understanding this right : With nXt you can actually shower in the fountain while it is rendering??
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Yes. But I was careful not to save the image until I was done.

toxicvoxel · 13 Nov 2009, 22:40

@al hart said:

@toxicvoxel said:

Am I understanding this right : With nXt you can actually shower in the fountain while it is rendering??
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Yes. But I was careful not to save the image until I was done.

OH. - and I thought that was what ambient occlusion was meant for...

Ecuadorian · 14 Nov 2009, 03:14

@richcat said:

Here my attempt with IRender.
Water borrowed from 3DWH by Jam

Richard, that's some of the best non post production grass I've seen in this forum.
Is it a component composed of several clipmaps spread around with component spray? Or a full 3D component? Is that ivy from the ivy generator? I know, too many questions... Hey, that grass and ivy would make a nice tutorial.

Chris_at_Twilight · 14 Nov 2009, 03:50

Dragon Fountain. (I know, no spray... it's... off for the season, closed for cleaning)

d12dozr · 14 Nov 2009, 07:02

Nice one, Chris...

boofredlay · 14 Nov 2009, 15:11

The tank is from 3dWH, the ground texture is from GC Textures, the sky is from one of the Twilight skies packages and the plants are from Pete's (solo) collection.
How you like your fountain now!!!

solo · 14 Nov 2009, 15:13

very cool image.

You broke my fountain!!

Would be cool to see a SP explosion, where the fountain busts into hundred of flying bits.

michaliszissiou · 14 Nov 2009, 16:12

@solo said:

very cool image.

You broke my fountain!!

Would be cool to see a SP explosion, where the fountain busts into hundred of flying bits.

Now tell me pete, do I promote another app?

Hey Boofredlay, nice scene. Is this in the alley of the Stoppels?