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2 Oct 2024 12:24:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Tileable gear mess  
From: Francois Dispot
Date: 30 May 2000 15:10:55
Message: <3934123E.80513AEE@club-internet.fr>
Mike Weber wrote:
> 
> How did you make the image tile-able? so that part of one gear 'wraps'
> around to the other side?

All the gear generation process is made on a wrapped square (a
topological torus).
After this, the generated pattern is replicated 9 times in a 3x3 square,
resulting in a tileable pattern in the middle. Lights are far enough to
avoid visible differences between each side.

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