POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.animations : Grand Canyon Flythrough : Re: Grand Canyon Flythrough Server Time
20 Jul 2024 15:19:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Grand Canyon Flythrough  
From: Greg M  Johnson
Date: 3 Aug 2000 07:32:17
Message: <39895716.84EB6DDD@my-dejanews.com>
I guess the interesting thing is that sometime it decides to swing left/right,
other times to climb straight up over a hill.  Is the motion mere splines, or
could you tell me about the decision making process of your intelligent
algorithm?

Mark Wagner wrote:

> A test rendering of my flythrough system (details in p.a-u).  I've rendered
> an animation of an airplane flight through the Grand Canyon.  Since this is
> just a test rendering, I used a set of low-resolution heightfields, so there
> are some noticable gaps in the terrain.  The jerkiness in the movement is
> due to the problem I discussed in p.a-u.  And yes, I know that at one point
> the airplane goes through the canyon floor.
>
> Viewing recommendation: If your video player supports it, play the animation
> at 18 frames per second, instead of the default 24 fps.  Also, keep a barf
> bag nearby. :-)
>
> www.geocities.com/rengaw03/download/canyon.mpg
>
> Mark


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