Thomas de Groot wrote:

> 
> I like this!

Dank je :)

> 
> I learned (from Clipka) to put some 'glass' beads (properly scaled) in
> the forefront. It enhances the sand feel. 

I'll have to look into that. It's gonna be a bit tricky since this is part of an
animation so the camera moves around.

> Otherwise, a granite
> micronormal normal, also only for the front half will give the right
> sandy effect.
> 
I've never had much luck with normals. That's why the columns in the back have an
actual rough surface instead of a "normal" based surface.
-- 

Ger

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On 21/02/14 09:30, Ger wrote:
> Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 
>>
>> At this moment, I know of two rock makers: Bob Roseman (PRThull Rock
>> Tool, a standalone app for Win95) and John VanSickle (Makerock.inc).
>> There was a third one, which I lost over the years. I guess that is the
>> one you used, deduced from the shape of your rocks. However, there may
>> have been more rock makers abroad ;-)
>>
> Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure it was John VanSickle's makerock.inc.
> I have never used a W95 program for it.
> 

If it started:
#macro ScalarRange(Seed)
  (rand(Seed)-rand(Seed))
#end

#macro VectorRange(Seed)
  (<rand(Seed),rand(Seed),rand(Seed)>-<rand(Seed),rand(Seed),rand(Seed)>)
#end

then it was John's makerock.inc. It's still up on the net at
http://evilsnack.byethost22.com/inc.htm

John
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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On 21-2-2014 12:18, Doctor John wrote:
> If it started:
> #macro ScalarRange(Seed)
>    (rand(Seed)-rand(Seed))
> #end
>
> #macro VectorRange(Seed)
>    (<rand(Seed),rand(Seed),rand(Seed)>-<rand(Seed),rand(Seed),rand(Seed)>)
> #end
>
> then it was John's makerock.inc. It's still up on the net at
> http://evilsnack.byethost22.com/inc.htm

Funny!

/That/ is the rock.inc version.
// Date        : received from Ken Tyler (February 2004)
// Author      : John Van Sickle

Makerock.inc does not have macros (at least in my version).
// Date        : received from Bob Hughes (February 2004)
// Author      : John van Sickle (modified by Bob Hughes)

Thomas

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Hi(gh)!

On 20.02.2014 20:13, Ger wrote:

> Who says it's a "here and now" Earth sky? It could be from the times when wizards
and magicians ruled the Earth.

Or a world which lost most of its atmosphere down to almost Mars-like 
pressure levels, now too thin to maintain higher animal life forms and 
thus leading to the demise of its civilization (the ruins in the 
background), but still facilitating the growth of some hardy 
vegetation... a planet like Bitan in my projected Shams system!

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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