Camera moving over uneven terrain

[David]

Hello,

 

Could anyone tell me how I can animate a camera path over an uneven terrain, so that the camera is always at a fixed height above ground level? (Without actually having to check every frame by eye!)

 

And, on the same subject, I need to distribute several hundred trees over the terrain - they are all in the correct place in plan, is there a simple automated way of dropping them down to 'sit' on ground level?

 

Hope someone can help!

[vizwhiz]

hi There

 

David

 

i Think therefore you are in luck (i think)

 

Itoosoft

 

http://www.itoosoft.com/

 

has a VIZ-ible utility called Glue which can "melt" a polyline onto a warped Terrain surface

 

download area:

 

http://www.itoosoft.com/english/download.html

 

you could make a terrain z-dependent path from a polyline and then use That to assign to your camera for the camera's path

 

and also This should work to "set" your Trees in the z-axis correctly

 

check This out:

 

http://www.itoosoft.com/english/news.html

 

****

 

(i havent actually used This but i have heard Peoples who have used it say That it does work)

 

and i Think that it is Free, to boot

 

Thanks

 

(let me know how This works for you)

 

Randy

www.viz2000.com

[David]

Hey, thanks for pointing out that resource, it looks superb!

I've downloaded it, but haven't had a chance to use it yet (you know how this job works, the entire brief changes overnight and suddenly I have something completely different to deal with!)

 

As soon as I get a chance I'll try this out and let you know what I think

[quizzy]

David,

 

for trees you can also use the RPC_spray script, you'll find it at http://www.archvision.com, Or you can download a modified version from my website.

 

cheers