Comments on: Terragen 2 Preview

By: john caldwell

john caldwell — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:24:03 +0000

It would be nice to have a Vue, or Terragen like plug for Blender. Blender has two tree generators, an ivy generator, a cloud generator, so why doesnt someone do a collaborative effort and create a true landscape-environment plug for Blender? Hellooooo….

By: popkl

popkl — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:06:23 +0000

http://google.com

By: lodine

lodine — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:39:31 +0000

lodine

news

By: roofoo

roofoo — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:29:38 +0000

seems that their server couldn't handle the load, it's completely down….

By: Rhysy

Rhysy — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:41:03 +0000

Well, 'tis the much-vaunted 15th December, does anyone know where to download it ?

By: shaddam

shaddam — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:01:13 +0000

yes we wait and wait for Terragen 2, so many years now we wait but still nothing, i mean its good that its still being devloped slowly, but by one person!…insain, i just guess that he does not want to sell him self ot some large company, but IMO he would make more money at the end of the day.
the one thing im waiting for is the end of this month and into 2007, to at least see if the website gets updated for the release date of T2. untill then i shall stick with my Cinema 4d 9.5 ( excellent 3d software, try the demo!)
any ways we need an update i grow weary of Terragen 0.9 although it is still a good software but sofware like VUE is just soo much more better, this is maybe why TG2 is not being devloped slowly, due to the size and scale of the other large softwares.
so overall BRING OUT T2 AND WHIPE THE COMPETITION!.

By: S-T-S

S-T-S — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:15:47 +0000

Heh.. All I see here is whine whine whine.. New technologies take time to develop and even more so if done by a small company.. And the talk about vaporware is just plain silly. as the TG site says it. it has already been used in movies and such. I'm willing to buy this wonderful looking application once it is released as I don't expect to get everything for FREE..

By: Phil Stafford

Phil Stafford — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:33:39 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with the frustration apparent on this page. I was a terragen user for a long time, and sadly had to give it up when i migrated from windows. Since then, I've attempted to get it working with WINE (partial functionality just doesnt cut it), and attempted to ask the terragen forums if there would be any linux port. I've seen the rumor go from a full-fledged linux port to DEFINITELY a cli interface to MAYBE a cli renderer only to ….. well…. you see the pattern. They can't even give us anything except promises and promises. I would LOVE to find an FLOSS program like this to contribute to. I understand that the programmers need money, but with over two years and nothing but promises, I don't plan on paying for the next version, even IF I could run it on my system. They don't want my dollar, and I'm not planning on giving it to them. But if there are any similar FLOSS projects….somebody let me know!

PS: The beta version of TG2 is supposedly coming out Dec 15th. Windows AND OSX. So they can port cross-platform…..but just not for linux. So much for my support.

By: Eric K. Holbrook

Eric K. Holbrook — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:26:49 +0000

Well, whatever the reasons, freeware or open source or 1 guy working on it (terragen), the point is, if what people say is true, he's boxed himself into a corner.

There is the product potential of this piece of software, based on the images I've seen, to make tons of cash. I've seen lots of images, most are crap including 90% of the ones created by users of Vue, World Builder, Mojo and dozens of others. Some are good.

These images created with the Alpha product blow the doors off most everything I've seen (or tried to create myself) from other software.

He could license the technology of what he's currenty created to someone like e-on or others and let them deal with the front end or whatever the problem is, finish it, etc..

He could drop his day job or classes and finish it and make himself rich

Or, as what appears to be happening… he can keep his day job to pay the rent and never finish the program to realize it's full potential.

It's a shame. It looks killer, but in 2 years, if it never sees the light of day, all his work will probably be wasted as others catch up to him. And THEN he will have to keep his day job.

By: Daerd

Daerd — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:54:25 +0000

Read some literature dude! Open source = free software != Freeware! Jeez…