"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> Better?  There are still artifacts due to the discrete nature of the df3
> file, but I'm working on it.
>
> Generating a df3 file from code outside of POV is not very hard.  And I just
> copied the formulas to generate the fractal from the websites referenced.

I modified the (illegal, but still renders) recursive function formulation
posted by Warp and managed to get a straight SDL isosurface.  This is the result
of six iterations.  The render time isn't too terribly bad if you can find a
good combination of accuracy and max_gradient.  Due to the object's fractal
nature, the reported maximum gradient doesn't help, though.

Shutdown Warning: The maximum gradient found was 1019075328.000, but
 max_gradient of the isosurface was set to 2048.000. The isosurface may contain
 holes! Adjust max_gradient to get a proper rendering of the isosurface.

-David

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