POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : File formats for height_fields : Re: File formats for height_fields Server Time
11 Aug 2024 03:31:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: File formats for height_fields  
From: Buckaroo Bill
Date: 5 Oct 1999 11:29:16
Message: <37fa194c@news.povray.org>
Scott Stewart <sst### [at] houstonquikcom> wrote :
>
> height_field {
> sys  "reef.bmp"
>    pigment {White}
>    smooth
>    translate <-.5, -1, 0>
>    water_level .5
> }
>

    I haven't tested it or looked at the docs, but I would have wrote...

 height_field {
 bmp  "reef.bmp"
^^^^^
 pigment {White}
 smooth
 translate <-.5, -1, 0>
 water_level .5
 }

    AFAIK, unless you are using an unusual bmp (compressed or something) it
should work.


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