"Slime" <slm### [at] slimelandcom> wrote in message
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> > smooth [0|1|2]
>
>
> Heh, actually, I've already used this syntax to let the user choose
between
> POV-Ray 3.5's normal calculation (1) and a different type of normal
> calculation that I came up with (2) which tends to look better overall.
> (POV-Ray bases the normal of a vertex on the vertices diagonally across
from
> it; I base it off of the vertices adjacent to it.)
>
> I thought of making this related to the 'smooth' keyword, but it probably
> shouldn't be, IMO, since it's possible to use it without actually
smoothing
> anything.
>
> > Since you are working on heightfields: One thing i wanted to try for
some
> > time (but what could possibly be quite difficult) is changing the
> > heightfield code to calculate the normal vectors on the fly and not
store
> > them.  This would reduce memory use quite a lot and could therefore be
> > useful for very large heightfields.
>
> Hmm... not a bad idea. Syntax suggestions? *This* could be a part of the
> smooth keyword... maybe
>
> smooth [int[, int]]
>
> the first int beging the smoothing type, and the second being the normal
> calculation type.
>

I think an additional keyword would be better.  For some reason, someone may
want your triangulation method *without* having the HF smooth.

-tgq

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