POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : smooth height_fields : Re: smooth height_fields Server Time
16 Aug 2024 14:17:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: smooth height_fields  
From: Zeger Knaepen
Date: 5 Mar 2002 06:41:17
Message: <3c84aedd@news.povray.org>
> BTW, i wonder how much slower it would be not to store the normals and
> calculate them from the vertices during trace.  This could save a lot of
> space when dealing with large heightfields.
Actually, after a quick look at the code, I had the idea that that's how it's
done now...
But it was a *very* quick look! :)

cu!
--
camera{location-z*3}#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*(C/50)#end#macro L(b,e,k,l)#local C=0
;#while(C<50)sphere{G(b,e),.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1
;#end#end L(y-x,y,x,x+y)L(y,-x-y,x+y,y)L(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)L(-y,y,y+z,x+y)L(0,x+y,
<.5,1,.5>,x)L(0,x-y,<.5,1,.5>,x)               // ZK http://www.povplace.be.tf


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