Making straw looking roofs?

crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Was just wondering if anyone has a link to a tut that shows how to do this
I'm using 3dsMax 2010. thanks

I looked but could not find Confused

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

download a straw texture

assign it to the material as diffuse map
assign it to the same material as bump map (change the color output to blue to get a better bump effect or use a bump map creating tool)
play with the settings

render and look if it's ok.

google for pictures of real straw roofs taken from a far distance to see how it should look like. compare your result and adjust the texture settings to come closer to the real picture.

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crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

I forgot to say thanks LKO.

Since I'm here how do I do this? (pic)

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

Copy the cylinder.
delete one half of the one mesh and delete the other half on the other mesh (the copy).

Or select all polygons from one half and use the "detach" button in the polygon editing rollout sidemenu in 3dsmax.

In both cases you don't get the plane along the centre of the cylinder. For this select the border mode (somewhere next to the polygonediting mode and line editing mode)
Then select the border along the mesh (the lines around the border appear red)
The press the button "cap" to add a polygon over the border.
Then add some lines to give the top and bottom an edge along the diameter line.

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crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Hey thanks for the info LKO, I did however find a simpler way to do this and in case you didnt already know, here's how.

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crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

should I use Hair/Fur mode to get the real straw effect? Like in pic? or is there another way?

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crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

Never mind I think I got it figured out. I think! Very Happy

right now it looks like a roof with a bad hairdoo, but with some modifications to the hair/fur settings should take care of it.

Nikademis Von Hisson · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:58 am Post subject:

wow, i like the looks

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crevio · Commander **Joined**: 19 Apr 2009

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Vefbl4 · General **Joined**: 07 Feb 2007

Thats better.
Still I recommend to use one texture for the whole building. It will look better as a shp.

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0warfighter0 · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject:

Wow, you suprised me! That is a very good looking screenshot you got there. Smile

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

crevio wrote:

@0warfighter0, yea that pic looks awsome, but it's not my doings. That's a pic from SuddenStrike I believe.

fixed.

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Nikademis Von Hisson · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: straw roof

i found these pics of straw roof, some looked like you might be able to use photoshop (or what ever photo program you use) and cut and paste

http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/thatched-roof.html

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0warfighter0 · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject:

crevio wrote:

@0warfighter0, yea that pic looks awsome, but it's not my doings. That's a pic from SuddenStrike I believe.

Oh.

Then good luck at getting better with 3dsmax so you can acomplish that!
Because something like that is your goal, right? Wink

AltomareXD · General **Joined**: 22 May 2008

Very nice

Nikademis Von Hisson · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:21 pm Post subject: nice?? wtf

Ok, the use of quote and saying this and respond and saying that or something to the effect is getting over played here. If you are not helping someone, dont post.....if you are not giving a comment on the person work, dont post

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