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14 Aug 2024 07:09:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: turbulence - Bug ?  
From: Ken
Date: 11 Dec 1999 00:32:51
Message: <3851E1D7.6F444A14@pacbell.net>
Nathan Kopp wrote:
> 
> I consider this a bug.  An unintended limitation, technically.  It's easy
> enough (by adding 6 lines of code) to allow all warps (including turbulence
> warps) to be applied to textures using texture{texturename modfiers}.
> Currently, only transformations can be applied.  We probably never want to
> allow just plain 'turbulence', but putting turbulence in a warp is easy to
> do and should be allowed.
> 
> -Nathan

What problems would be caused if a plain 'turbulence' where allowed ?

It worked nicely in v2.2 and in fact it is still allowed if you use
the #version directive. It seems it is more of an ommision rather
than an intended limitation.

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