POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : TerraBrush : Re: TerraBrush Server Time
3 Aug 2024 04:18:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: TerraBrush  
From: Slime
Date: 20 May 2004 03:29:50
Message: <40ac5e6e@news.povray.org>
> The export generates a mesh. If you realy want to use a mesh, have a
> look at the mesh2 object. The resulting files will be smaller.
>
> Another option would be to export the terrain as a 16-bit gayscale
> image. POV-Ray can use these for building heigh quality heightfields.


I haven't looked at the tool, but I can say that if it generates terrain,
then the 16-bit greyscale image for height_field usage is very important, if
you want POV-Ray users to use it. For large areas of terrain, the speed
difference is significant.

 - Slime
 [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]


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