i'm not sure, but i don't think type was developed.  i think there are
other ways to make the kinds of clouds you want using megapovplus or
perhaps the latest megapov.  i believe h.e. day made such a planet, but
didn't release the code.  perhaps if you beg he will. :(  he did mention
which pattern he used, but i can't recall it off the top of my head.

Yadgar wrote:
> 
> Hi Tracers!
> 
> Now I experimented a little with warps... soon it became clear, that if
> at all, only the black_hole warp would possibly in the end lead to
> somewhat like cyclone whirls.
> I used a turbulent agate texture as basis, tried the inverse mode,
> different combinations of strength and falloff values, but the outer
> zones of the black_hole appear only to be compressed, but not to be
> rotated anyway - there is no spiralling at all!
> 
> Then I stumbled upon a mysterious parameter which is listed in the
> syntax model, but not at all explained the black_hole sub-section of the
> PoV manual: type.
> Can anyone here tell me what it is about?
> 
> See you in Khyberspace!
> 
> Yadgar

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