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  Re: Erosion test (266k mpg)  
From: ryan constantine
Date: 29 Jul 2000 18:28:52
Message: <39835A64.A7C54391@yahoo.com>
do you deposit material as you erode?  do you do both wind and water
erosion?

Christoph Hormann wrote:
> 
> Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> > Yep, it's viewable.
> > I see squaring off in the lowest point near the camera and on the mountain
> > opposite that.  Maybe that's what you are calling terracing, makes sense if
> > so.  Resolution dependent or do you think it's something about the way
> > height fields are made to begin with?  I know they seem to be built up of
> > pairs of triangles arranged in a squared grid.
> >
> 
> Not sure what you mean with "squaring off" but 3 points:
> 
> - the heightfield is generated with subdivision algorithm, that produces
> rectangular structures
> 
> - ingo's code uses horizontal/vertical movement and no diagonal.
> 
> - HF resolution is only 256x256
> 
> maybe one of these is the reason for your observation.
> 
> Christoph
> 
> --
> Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
> Homepage: http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/


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