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  Re: a wet height field  
From: Nick Portelli
Date: 10 Feb 2000 22:10:38
Message: <38A37E66.39C5054E@pilot.msu.edu>
I tried that.  But it does not work very well.  I eroded the one height
field.  The other one is not eroded and not the same, the heights are
different.  So just translating down does not produce very good results.

Simon de Vet wrote:
> 
> Nick Portelli wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to make a height field looks like it
> > has standing water on it?  I took an output from leveller that went
> > throught the erode filter.  I want the ruts to be filled with water.  I
> > can't use a waterline because all of the ruts are at different heights.
> > I tried using two height fields but I am unsure on how exactly to do
> > it.  For example I want water to be on the bottom of a crater and I want
> > water running down the side of the crater.  Has anyone done this?  I
> > have a hard time explaining myself so hopefully someone will understand.
> 
> What about making two heightfields, one with ruts and one without, but
> otherwise identical. By translating the smooth one down a bit, it will only
> be visible in the ruts of the upper field.
> 
> Not an ideal situation, but it may work...


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