I'm trying to find a way to blend Grass and Light Concrete... and Failing. I posted the ramps as a pic. I've been using Ground Props to blend textures that end abruptly. The look I'm going for is a concrete pathway that ramps up to a military style grass layout.
Grounds props are a good start. Try and lay out roads with them. Fill those up with concretes, put grass on the sides. Grass in cities must look somewhat unnatural and rigid, since it's usually placed by people. Think of a big city with little perks all around the area - that's what you want.
If you want a well-maintained and/or urban base, I'd say just paint a road out of the base with your concrete texture, without a transition to worry about (Then line it with some sort of sidewalk-esque doodad, as Mozared suggested). It'd be rare to find any sort of installation that doesn't have some sort of road or path leading to it. Alternately, use Decal doodads to put painted lines across the hard edge of the concrete.
If you're after a more remote or less immaculately-cared-for base, I'd just use a soft noise brush to blend the grass into the concrete to make it look a bit overgrown. Or paint a dirt road coming out of it, and run the dirt up onto the concrete a bit with the above-mentioned soft noise brush.
In the end, it's really just about playing with it until you find something you like.
I'm trying to find a way to blend Grass and Light Concrete... and Failing. I posted the ramps as a pic. I've been using Ground Props to blend textures that end abruptly. The look I'm going for is a concrete pathway that ramps up to a military style grass layout.
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Thanks in advance.
Grounds props are a good start. Try and lay out roads with them. Fill those up with concretes, put grass on the sides. Grass in cities must look somewhat unnatural and rigid, since it's usually placed by people. Think of a big city with little perks all around the area - that's what you want.
@Drac86: Go
Just use the blend texture tool.
I was looking more for like... How the Terrain should blend as a whole : )
@Drac86: Go
Oh lol.
It really depends on the feel you're after.
If you want a well-maintained and/or urban base, I'd say just paint a road out of the base with your concrete texture, without a transition to worry about (Then line it with some sort of sidewalk-esque doodad, as Mozared suggested). It'd be rare to find any sort of installation that doesn't have some sort of road or path leading to it. Alternately, use Decal doodads to put painted lines across the hard edge of the concrete.
If you're after a more remote or less immaculately-cared-for base, I'd just use a soft noise brush to blend the grass into the concrete to make it look a bit overgrown. Or paint a dirt road coming out of it, and run the dirt up onto the concrete a bit with the above-mentioned soft noise brush.
In the end, it's really just about playing with it until you find something you like.
@Mozared: Go @Telthalion: Go
Thanks guys, I tried some stuff out with advice from you and the other boards. It looks a lot better with your help!
You're welcome :)
Ground props are magic.