Terragen

# 1 03-03-2004 , 02:58 PM

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I've been using Terragen for years and recently decided to try and import a terragen terrain into Maya. There is a plugin for Terragen that allows you to export (Wavefront) .OBJ files but I have had no success getting Maya 5 to load 'em up.

Has anyone had any joy with this?

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# 2 03-03-2004 , 04:05 PM

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if maya cant load the obj the plug must be disconnected...
it must be called objimport or something like that, just turn it to autostart

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# 3 03-03-2004 , 04:17 PM

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I switched it to "loaded" but still no joy.

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# 4 03-03-2004 , 04:19 PM

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This doesn't solve your problem but if you're just using Terragen for a background matte, why not just composite it later? Just output it as an image file and map to a plane or something for a background while you're modeling. Then you can build forefront geometry in Maya and match the lighting of the Terragen render.

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# 5 03-03-2004 , 04:43 PM

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I somtimes have had the same problem with Bryce imports, sometimes the scene does not render/recognized the object

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# 6 03-03-2004 , 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by NitroLiq
This doesn't solve your problem but if you're just using Terragen for a background matte, why not just composite it later? Just output it as an image file and map to a plane or something for a background while you're modeling. Then you can build forefront geometry in Maya and match the lighting of the Terragen render.

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I thought about that. Also, I could import a greyscale hightfield from Terragen (as a TGA or something) and apply it as a displacement map to a flat surface. It's just frustrating that what should be the simple solution doesn't work.

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# 7 03-03-2004 , 06:43 PM

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where exactly is the error ?

because sometimes they just scale differently and your (imported) model is just veeery small ...

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# 8 03-03-2004 , 06:51 PM

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I get the following error on import:

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// Error: line 1: OBJ file line 29: index out of range. //
// Error: Error reading file. //

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# 9 04-03-2004 , 04:18 PM

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could you please post the obj file ?

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