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Splatting & Library Linking in 2.5

April 26th, 2011 | Comments (26)

Splatting & Library Linking in Blender 2.5 from CG Masters on Vimeo.

Download optional start files here: cgmasters.net/resources/splatting.zip

Work with Blender 2.5 and learn how to build a terrain using basic sculpting and proportional vertex editing and then apply dirt and grass textures using a technique called splatting. Also learn realtime lighting, how to use material color ramps, and how to link in groups from external blend files to build a library of environment assets in your scene file to work with. The props and textures are assets I created for the game Yo Frankie!

26 Responses to “Splatting & Library Linking in 2.5”

  1. Pa-Modu Jacvk May 19, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    Thanks for the tutorial. Perhaps a special tutorial on how you made the water simulation would be fine.
    How can I get the watermap.png?

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    • Chris Plush May 22, 2011 at 9:55 pm

      Hey, you can find the watermap image in the splatting.zip resources file, just unpack it from the liquid.blend file. Also, I made a tutorial for the Yo Frankie project on creating on the animation map, you can find it at http://vimeo.com/5176805 … It’s an old tutorial but still relevant, but one thing to note is to turn on grid options when places the tiles.

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  2. David Dunlow June 24, 2011 at 2:52 am

    Hey, I was watching this video n following along with it but ran into a problem.. when i get to the grass texture part and hit Alt-Z the texture doesn’t show on the terrain.. just remains the same unless i render it… Any idea where I’m going wrong?

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  3. Jan June 27, 2011 at 10:47 am

    Hallo,

    You’ll need to go to te blender game modus . Switch then under the render tab the shading to GLSL.

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  4. David Shumard July 11, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    Hi I’m a newbie I had a question. I’ve gotten to where I draw the dirt texture on the terrain but when I go back to object mode the terrain mesh turns grey (material color) what have I done wrong ? Pease help if you have time. Thank You

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    • Chris Plush March 24, 2012 at 9:08 pm

      Two things are necessary in order to view your textured model in 3D view. You need to have glsl enabled(from the game menu in older blender versions, or from the view properties toolbar in the 3d view in newer blender versions), and you need to switch to textured display (alt+z)

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  5. Tikomik July 20, 2011 at 11:27 am

    Hello, the zip file for the splatting tutorial gives a 404 error, file not found. Would love to download it and give it a try . Saving my pennies to buy the Rigging DVD!

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  6. Tikomik July 20, 2011 at 11:28 am

    Sorry, my mistake! I tried again and the link was working this time. Sorry, my bad!

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  7. Mike August 13, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    Thanks.. Chis.. Hope u got another tutorials like this..

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  8. Tihr August 28, 2011 at 2:12 am

    Hi,

    Great tutorial :)
    But I got some kind of a problem here…
    When I try to texture paint it doesnt show the dirt, I can see the white spots on the stencil but not in 3D view or when I render it. I did exaclty as you did so I assume I have a diffirent settings or something, please help me out :|

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    • Chris Plush March 24, 2012 at 9:11 pm

      Hi, it could just be that you don’t have glsl enabled, or possibly that you don’t have a glsl compatible graphics card. To enable glsl go to the game menu at the top(in older blender versions), or in the 3d view properties toolbar(new blender versions).. let me know if that solves it

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  9. Shauna B November 11, 2011 at 3:22 am

    THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LEARNT SO MUCH!! I can’t believe making terrain that looks so good is so easy! THANK YOU!!

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  10. Adri K January 3, 2012 at 12:51 am

    Hi, when I try to paint directly on my 3D model, it ends up painting on my dirt texture. I can only paint on the UV Editor window. Please help.

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    • Chris Plush March 24, 2012 at 9:17 pm

      If your paint is being applied to the dirt texture, you might not have created a new blank image to paint the stencil map on. You should create a new image to be your stencil map and make sure it’s applied to your UVs so that it’s the image that will be painted on.

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  12. Jonatas March 10, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    Muito boa vídeo aula aprendi muito , espero que continue a postar novos tutoriais !

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  13. Tareq March 31, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    THIS IS SO AMAZING!
    I KNEW ‘SOME’ BUT NOW, I JUST DK!
    IM ONLY 11 AND IM MAKING A GAME LD!!

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  14. MJM April 4, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    Really Good , but when I go in texture mode the grass texture doesn’t appear until I go into Game mode, please Help!

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