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9 Aug 2024 17:22:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Terrain for Myst-Like Game III ~200 Kb  
From: Aaron Gillies
Date: 30 Dec 2004 08:56:33
Message: <41d40911@news.povray.org>
Now this is a real problem.  The texture of the rock is created using a 
normal_map of granite textures scaled in different ways to give it that 
"stretched lava" look.  If the texture were smaller, you would be able 
to see that the rock is a fairly low-res height field.

Aaron

Mike Thorn wrote:

> Ross wrote:
> 
>> Something about the island or rock's scale looks wrong. the building
>> structure looks really good though.
> 
> 
> I think it's that the rock is too smooth - not enough detail. There's 
> lots of great detail in the domes, so the scale looks appropriate for 
> them. But the rock has a much differense sense of scale (to me) because 
> the detail level isn't the same.
> 
> ~Mike


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