POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Slope buggerliness : Re: Slope buggerliness Server Time
4 Aug 2024 20:16:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Slope buggerliness  
From: Hans-Detlev Fink
Date: 14 Feb 2003 08:10:47
Message: <3E4CEABA.6090106@pecos.no.spam.de>
Doesn't change the basic problem, but shouldn't
     0.5+asin(y)/pi
rather be
     0.5*(1+asin(y)/pi) ?

-Hans-

Meow Cat wrote:
> Someone verify this for me?
> 
> Stats:
> WinPOV 3.5
> Win2000 Pro SP3
> Athlon XP 1800+
> 
> Transparent colors of any sort (filter/transmit) seem nonfunctional with the
> slope pattern. Fully opaque objects work fine, though.
> 
> The opaque comparison objects (using textures 9 and 10) seem identical at
> least to me, so I think I got the normal calculation function about right.
> 
> Strictly judging it doesn't make much sense to evaluate transparency by
> surface normal, but it's quite handy for creating a dust layer pigment.
> 'sphere_tex_2' is clearly erroneous in any case.
> 
> This scene code demonstrates the bug in several variants:
> 
> // ----------------------------------------
> 
> #version 3.5;
> 
> global_settings {
>   assumed_gamma 1.0
> }
> 
> // ----------------------------------------
> 
> camera {
>   location  <0.0, 0.0, -10.0
>   direction 1.5*z
>   right     x*image_width/image_height
>   look_at   <0.0, 0.0,  0.0
> }
> 
> sky_sphere {
>   pigment {
>     gradient y
>     color_map {
>       [0.0 rgb <0.6,0.7,1.0]
>       [0.7 rgb <0.0,0.1,0.8]
>     }
>   }
> }
> 
> light_source {
>   <0, 0, 0            // light's position (translated below)
>   color rgb <1, 1, 1  // light's color
>   translate <-30, 30, -30
>   shadowless
> }
> 
> // ----------------------------------------
> 
> plane {
>   -z, -1
>   pigment
> 
>     hexagon
>     color rgb 1.0
>     color rgb 0.5
>     color rgb 0.1
>     scale 1.5
>     rotate 90*x
>   }
> }
> 
> // ----------------------------------------
> 
> #declare F1 = finish { diffuse 0 ambient 1 reflection 0 specular 0 }
> #declare F2 = finish { diffuse 1 ambient 0 reflection 0 specular 0 }
> #declare F3 = finish { phong 0.4 }
> 
> #declare X1F = pigment { color rgbf < 1, 1, 0, 0  }
> #declare X2F = pigment { color rgbf < 0, 0, 1, 1  }
> #declare X1T = pigment { color rgbt < 1, 1, 0, 0  }
> #declare X2T = pigment { color rgbt < 0, 0, 1, 1  }
> #declare X1O = pigment { color rgb  < 1, 1, 0  }
> #declare X2O = pigment { color rgb  < 0, 0, 1  }
> 
> #declare S1 =  pigment { slope y                   pigment_map { [ 0 X1F ] 1
> X2F ] }}
> #declare S2 =  pigment { slope y                   pigment_map { [ 0 X1T ] 1
> X2T ] }}
> #declare S3 =  pigment { slope y                   pigment_map { [ 0 X1O ] 1
> X2O ] }}
> #declare G1 =  pigment { function {0.5+asin(y)/pi} pigment_map { [ 0 X1F ] 1
> X2F ] }}
> #declare G2 =  pigment { function {0.5+asin(y)/pi} pigment_map { [ 0 X1T ] 1
> X2T ] }}
> #declare G3 =  pigment { function {0.5+asin(y)/pi} pigment_map { [ 0 X1O ] 1
> X2O ] }}
> 
> #declare sphere_tex_1 = texture { pigment { S1 } finish { F1 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_2 = texture { pigment { S2 } finish { F1 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_3 = texture { pigment { S1 } finish { F2 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_4 = texture { pigment { S2 } finish { F2 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_9 = texture { pigment { S3 } finish { F3 }}
> 
> #declare sphere_tex_5 = texture { pigment { G1 } finish { F1 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_6 = texture { pigment { G2 } finish { F1 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_7 = texture { pigment { G1 } finish { F2 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_8 = texture { pigment { G2 } finish { F2 }}
> #declare sphere_tex_10 = texture { pigment { G3 } finish { F3 }}
> 
> 
> // Left side group: 'Buggy' slope
> union {
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_1 } translate  x+y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_2 } translate -x+y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_3 } translate  x-y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_4 } translate -x-y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_9 } translate 3*y}
> 
>     translate -2.2*x-y
> }
> 
> // Right side group: 'correct' function
> union {
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_5 } translate  x+y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_6 } translate -x+y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_7 } translate  x-y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_8 } translate -x-y}
>     sphere {0, 1 texture { sphere_tex_10 } translate 3*y}
> 
>     translate 2.2*x-y
> }
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>


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