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5 Nov 2024 20:17:56 EST (-0500)
  Re: Heightfield Landscape  
From: Josh English
Date: 1 Mar 2023 02:15:52
Message: <63fefba8$1@news.povray.org>
On 2/28/2023 7:01 AM, Chris R wrote:
> Good to see a flurry of new postings here.  This is something I've been working
> on for a few weeks using some code from Jaime Vives Piqueres to create
> isosurfaces using heightfield bitmaps.  His, of course, look great and render
> quickly.  Mine needs some work and take days to render.
> 
> My real purpose was to find ways to introduce some procedural values for the
> heightfield along with more randomly generated pieces from pigment maps.  The
> pigment that generates the heightfield has a function that makes sure there is a
> valley for the river to flow through with slopes on either side, along with a
> plateau for the road on either side, and then the randomness of a rocky surface.
>   This then lets me place a reasonable looking bridge to connect them.
> 
> 
> 
> -- Chris R.Lovely. It reminds me of the Columbia Gorge.


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