POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Goban (WIP) : Re: Goban (WIP) Server Time
8 Aug 2024 22:11:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Goban (WIP)  
From: Ross
Date: 29 Apr 2005 00:34:26
Message: <4271b952@news.povray.org>
Zeger Knaepen wrote:

> "Sylvain" <rem### [at] lapostenet> wrote in message
> news:web.4271600f26c0f95d8a8d54ac0@news.povray.org...
>> Here is the Goban to go with the Go stones.
> 
> I love the lighting!
> 
>> Time to learn some new POV
>> features for me (superellipsoid and use of hamapatch at a very low
>> level...). I do not know why I get these strange artifacts at the end of
>> two of the floor planks (near the left foot).
> 
> hmm, they look familiar to me.  My suggestion: use rounded boxes for the
> floor instead of superellipsoids.
> 
> cu!
> --

rounded boxes are faster and mostly similar in looks, at least in this case.
Another suggestions would be to model a few unique floorboards as meshes or
patches, then each time you place one, randomly pick which one to place. it
would give some variation.

nice picture. it's a good improvement. as Zeger said, the lighting is really
nice.

-r


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