POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Bryce-->POV-Ray : Re: Bryce-->POV-Ray Server Time
4 Oct 2024 09:15:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Bryce-->POV-Ray  
From: Nathan Kopp
Date: 26 Apr 1999 01:36:48
Message: <3723ED7B.43806CA2@Kopp.com>
TonyB wrote:
> 
> I got 3.1e as soon as I could. I take pride in having all the latest versions
> of the programs I use.
> 
> Here's the code for the water:
> (yes, the scale is huge)
> 
> plane
> {
>  y,0 hollow pigment {Clear}
>  finish {reflection .5} interior {ior 4/3}
>  normal {ripples scale 100 frequency 25}
> }
> plane {y,-20 pigment {Black}}
> 
> What size do you recommend?

plane
{
 y,0 hollow pigment {Clear}
 finish {reflection .5} interior {ior 4/3}
 normal {ripples 0.5 scale 100 frequency 25}
//               ^^^
}
plane {y,-20 pigment {Black}}

This change makes the ripples 1/2 as steep (well, kind of).  The smaller the
number after the ripples keyword, the shallower the waves.

-Nathan


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