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2 Aug 2024 00:12:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Forest macro 2  
From: Ger
Date: 9 Feb 2008 00:23:54
Message: <47ad38ea@news.povray.org>
William Tracy wrote:

> ... I don't care whether there's enough trees to call it a forest, I'm
> still calling it a forest macro ...
> 
> I think the macro is almost finished--I'll post the source sometime next
> week.
> 
> Actually, I now have an include file with two macros: One that plants a
> single clump of trees centered at a specified location, and one that
> populates an entire landscape by planting many clumps at random
> locations. I can mix and match the two depending on how much control I
> need over the scene.
> 
> Also, the landscape planting macro takes two shape arrays now: An array
> of tree shapes, and an array of bush shapes. The bush clumps are
> centered around the tree clumps, but spread out more.
> 
> While I'm posting, is anyone besides Sven interested in my landscape
> mesh generator program? I didn't originally intend to distribute the
> program, since Terragen and Geomorph are both already free and much more
> full-featured. However, if people are interested (one person does not
> count as "people") I'll try to clean up the program and put it online.
> 
Count me in.
-- 
Ger


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