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The bit underwater is just a placeholder! if you compare it to the first WIP
you'll see it hasn't changed, honestly it's just a bunch of spheres I threw
down there to remind me to come back later and put something in. I should
probably have mentioned that!
The other suggestions are good though, I'm going to try to do all of them.
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Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com
"Ger" <No.### [at] Thank You> wrote in message news:43dbfbb9@news.povray.org...
> Tek wrote:
>
>> Well I've been putting a lot of work into the volcano, though I've hardly
>> touched anything else in the scene. As you can see I've incorporated a
>> lot
>> of the great suggestions from folks round here, thanks everyone! The only
>> problems I have with the volcano now are: it's still too dark - I didn't
>> realise until after this lengthy render, and there's lava touching snow
>> in
>> the foreground which is obviously complete nonsense! Next I'm going to
>> work on the smoke and under-sea area.
>>
>> My favourite bit in this is the lava rivers, which work using a really
>> simplistic particle system that basically rolls a particle down the
>> volcano leaving a trail of blobs behind it. Slight adjustments to the
>> start position and random seed make it take radically different paths,
>> which actually looks pretty realistic.
>>
>> Anyway I thought I'd post this for further comments, and so you can see
>> how much better it's got!
>>
>
> Coming along neatly, but ( sorry, there's always one of those ) :)
>
> 4 things above the water that caught my eye
> No distinct column of smoke/dust/ash over the vent
> The boulders/rocks that come flying out of the volcano all are(look like)
> the same size.
> No smoke/dust plumes where they hit the ground
> No steam where the lava touches the water
>
> under water
>
> The bulging lava doesn't seem connected to the volcano
>
> --
> Ger
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