Please Help Me!!!I'm new at terraining

[Deathcom3s]

I'm new to terraining and would like any tips or help you can offer. these are some of my screenshots. Please give any feedback on them

 

[~Void~]

You can start by saving them as JPGs.

 

[Deathcom3s]

oh, didn't notice that they werne't jpg...sorry

 

[Nudl9]

Introduce yourself and read the rules please!
(btw you just double posted your thread and double posted now!)

 

[Deathcom3s]

the double post was an accident sorry

 

[Nudl9]

it happens sometimes when you doubleclick the submit button, next time just click it once and wait

edit: btw you might wanna save them as JPG next time, cus people usually dont download just to view the screenshots.

 

[frostwhisper]

But the double thread wasn't.
I advise you to remove it.

Anywho, let's see...
Blizzard trees = no, use custom tree models;
Blizzard cliffs = no, shape the ground manually;
Theme? I don't see any;

Now when you start a terrain you need to strive for three main things:
- Originality
- Theme
- Doodad placement

Your terrain is generic, mediocre. For a terrain to be recognized and referred to as a piece of art, it has to be outstanding, out of the ordinary.
Remember this.

 

[DungeonM]

Most people will tell you not to use Blizzard's cliffs and I agree they do not always look best. For someone new I suggest not using them and instead using height variation using raise/lower and smoothing it out to get a nice effect. Try getting some shrubs/bush doodads in there to help add some more detail.

He has a theme going (Camp in The Forest/Waterfall) its just got to be expanded on and taken a step further.

 

[Deathcom3s]

K I'll use custom tree models and stop using blizzard cliffs thnx for the feedback.

 

[~Void~]

But the double thread wasn't.
I advise you to remove it.

You can't remove threads I don't think.

 

[Nudl9]

I'd suggest using THW's Ultimate Terraining Map

 

[Gilles]

Maybe upload these as jpeg or something vissable.

 

[darkangel737]

forum spammer BAN HIM ... haha jk

 

[seruk]

That looks terrible.
The ground fog, the doodads, the water, the background fog... everything is just wrong.

You should change the pathing of your doodads so that you can cram em together more (give them the barrel pathing if you want them to have any at all) and work on everything. Check out other people's terrain etc.

 

[Deathcom3s]

how do i change the pathing?

 

[Nudl9]

You can switch pathing in object editor on doodads and destructables.
To see the pathing press "P", blue means its unbuildable, purple means you cant walk there...

 

[Deathcom3s]

k thnx for the help