higher snow with snowmaker script

maxs · May 12th, 2008

hi, i use the snowmaker script to make a winterscene. works quite fine, but icant`t manage it to get a higher snowaccumulation. all settings of the snowmaker out of bump do not influence anything, the only thing that really affects the snow ist the nr. of subdivisions of the object i make the snow from. but it doesnt affect the height of the snow!
any advices?

Horhe · May 12th, 2008

Well I havent used the script but as its a bump map in there, it is somewhat an illusion and not actual height thus it wont create suc noticable height variations or any height as a matter of fact. Try using displacement instead.

Ps. Looks like a noise map with some speckle in the bump slot.

maxs · May 12th, 2008

thx for the reply horhe, i think i will try it with chamferbox, and then use a bump map on that.

nisus · May 15th, 2008

Hi Maxs,

Can you pls post a link to that snowmakerscript? I'm curious to see that work. Tnx.

rgds,

nisus

maxs · May 15th, 2008

sure, but be warned that you will only manage a snowaccumulation of about 3-4cm with it.
short desription of my experiences:
the activity which has the biggest effect, when you work with this script is to subdivide the object you make the snow on before you operate the script - 20-40 subdiv.are good working values.
for me the values in the script didn`t have any influence on the snow, out of the blurry ones. in the end i left them on default.

http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/snowmaker

Tim_Tam · May 16th, 2008

An alternative to using snowmaker script would be using PFlow with Blobmesh. It doesn't require any subdivisions and adjusting thickness of accumulated snow is simply done by increasing particle size.

If you use falloff map as density by material on your position object operator. You can very easily adjust the placement of your particles to your liking.

Rgds,
Timo

blowback · July 21st, 2008

Hello Tim Tam,

I was wondering if you could explain a little more. I am having trouble setting up the p system 4 a heavy snowfall

daveb867 · July 22nd, 2008

check out evermotion, new tutorial just added, funnily enough its how to create realistic snow with particle system and to be honest, it looks fantastic

blowback · July 22nd, 2008

funny ...... I struggled all last night ..... sorta got it going, as if ....thx man.

the one place I overlooked ..... google search. max help.. the area ...search threads here....

blowback · July 22nd, 2008

did anyone get the evermotion tut going? I'm still strugglin'

May 12th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
maxs Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Vienna Posts: 36 Name: Maximilian Schurz	higher snow with snowmaker script hi, i use the snowmaker script to make a winterscene. works quite fine, but icant`t manage it to get a higher snowaccumulation. all settings of the snowmaker out of bump do not influence anything, the only thing that really affects the snow ist the nr. of subdivisions of the object i make the snow from. but it doesnt affect the height of the snow! any advices? Last edited by maxs; May 19th, 2008 at 01:36 AM.

May 12th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Horhe Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Poland Age: 25 Posts: 917 Name: Jakub Gabriel	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script Well I havent used the script but as its a bump map in there, it is somewhat an illusion and not actual height thus it wont create suc noticable height variations or any height as a matter of fact. Try using displacement instead. Ps. Looks like a noise map with some speckle in the bump slot. __________________ Im starting to suspect that the world is a rendering... Last edited by Horhe; May 12th, 2008 at 04:14 AM.

May 12th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
maxs Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Vienna Posts: 36 Name: Maximilian Schurz	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script thx for the reply horhe, i think i will try it with chamferbox, and then use a bump map on that.

May 15th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 32 Posts: 3,270 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script Hi Maxs, Can you pls post a link to that snowmakerscript? I'm curious to see that work. Tnx. rgds, nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com

May 15th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
maxs Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Vienna Posts: 36 Name: Maximilian Schurz	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script sure, but be warned that you will only manage a snowaccumulation of about 3-4cm with it. short desription of my experiences: the activity which has the biggest effect, when you work with this script is to subdivide the object you make the snow on before you operate the script - 20-40 subdiv.are good working values. for me the values in the script didn`t have any influence on the snow, out of the blurry ones. in the end i left them on default. http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/snowmaker

May 16th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
Tim_Tam Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kokkola Age: 39 Posts: 23 Name: Timo Tammi	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script An alternative to using snowmaker script would be using PFlow with Blobmesh. It doesn't require any subdivisions and adjusting thickness of accumulated snow is simply done by increasing particle size. If you use falloff map as density by material on your position object operator. You can very easily adjust the placement of your particles to your liking. Rgds, Timo

July 21st, 2008	#7 (permalink)
blowback Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Age: 35 Posts: 536 Name: Christopher Kowal	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script Hello Tim Tam, I was wondering if you could explain a little more. I am having trouble setting up the p system 4 a heavy snowfall __________________ When we open the box, there is a 50% chance that the cat is alive and a 50% chance that the cat is dead Last edited by blowback; July 21st, 2008 at 03:39 PM.

July 22nd, 2008	#8 (permalink)
daveb867 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manchester Age: 22 Posts: 523 Name: Dave Buckley	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script check out evermotion, new tutorial just added, funnily enough its how to create realistic snow with particle system and to be honest, it looks fantastic

July 22nd, 2008	#9 (permalink)
blowback Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Age: 35 Posts: 536 Name: Christopher Kowal	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script funny ...... I struggled all last night ..... sorta got it going, as if ....thx man. the one place I overlooked ..... google search. max help.. the area ...search threads here.... __________________ When we open the box, there is a 50% chance that the cat is alive and a 50% chance that the cat is dead

July 22nd, 2008	#10 (permalink)
blowback Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Age: 35 Posts: 536 Name: Christopher Kowal	Re: higher snow with snowmaker script did anyone get the evermotion tut going? I'm still strugglin' __________________ When we open the box, there is a 50% chance that the cat is alive and a 50% chance that the cat is dead

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