Tek wrote:
> [...]
> 
> But I'm sure you folks can think of other things to improve!

Note these are aspects to improve realism - you might not intend to make 
this most realistic of course.

The Lava: it should always flow downhill - in your case it goes uphill 
in some places.  Also it is somewhat too dark for smoothly flowing lava 
(the dark red one at the water edge would hardly flow any more).  It is 
reasonable to make the lava as bright as the flying one at the top of 
the mountain.

The mountains: Like in terragen images you have a fine structured 
visible surface contrasting with smooth edges.  This probably is a 
result of using bump mapping on a relatively low detail terrain.  This 
makes it look a bit like a theatre mountain made of painted styrofoam.

The 'pyrotechnical effects' are great but does the dust cast shadows on 
itself and the mountains?

Christoph

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