Well, I'll just wait on the plugin.  I'd love to help you with your work,
just let me know.  Just a few thoughts on a myst like game.  Looking back at
the software used to make the original Myst (not the 30 differnt
incarnations since), it seemed like it would be a cinch to raise a grayscale
and model some neat building and use animation for some puzzles... or if one
could not get the animation to work, then just update the screen
constantly... but was I ever wrong.  First I need the tools.  I could wander
all over the net looking for a copy of "ahem" 3dmax... but I just don't want
to start down that road.  Oh well.
Anoop Kumar <ano### [at] flashmailcom> wrote in message
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> Hi Angbandit,
>
> While I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as you seem to think but I'll try
> my level best to answer . I'm not sure it will work as I've just started
> 'lookintg' into the landscape programs to try to use it in my work. But
> here goes:
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> >to do is make decent landforms... not heightfields but more like...
> >something you would get if you exported out of Leveller.  Lately,
whatever
> I
> >get out of Leveller and put into Moray doesn't seem to want to render in
> >POVray.  I use 3dWin to transfer from a dxf to a Povray/Moray format.
>
> Actually this *should* work, unless you're trying to use it in CSG.
> But you could alternatively try something like this:
> 1. Export to RAW & then create it as a RAW object in Moray. Maybe could be
> even used in CSG, if you're lucky.
> 2.Create your landscape in Terragenand open it in Forester - there's
> freeware versions of both too if you want. Export your Moray to pov format
> and composite both in Forester (there's a tutorial on the site for
> converting & using other objects in forester) Then fine-tune in PovRay.
> 3. Export from whatever program as a heightfield map (bmp?tga? - is this
> the correct terminology?) then create a plane (or whatever) and apply the
> map to it.
> 4. Use the 'mesh importer' plugin from Alexander Enzmann - imports 3ds and
> Wavefront (?) works quite well, far as I remember
> 5. Try either/all of this or wait for somebody *really* knowledgeable like
> Baier, Lutz himself, Warp (a POV TAG member) etc to reply :-)
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> >trying to make a myst-like game).
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> Good Luck: I really enjoyed Myst,  almost fully for it's graphics only -
> when I had it a few years back.But, I wonder, would any of these
> alternatives be low-polygon enough for games modelling?
>
> Any advice or am I better of waiting for >the Moray export/import plugin?
>
> Well, of course, a lot many options will be available after this comes
out.
> And, from what I've seen of 3dWin (unregistered) well worth the wait.
>
> Hope this helps. If you can wait 15 days or so - I'll probably  be needing
> some landscape work in what I'm doing now (architectural) - should be able
> to come up with something better (If this doesn't work).
>
> Regards,
>
> --Anoop
>
> PS: How do you export dxf from Leveller? - didn't know it had that option.
> Also - I'm not sure - I remember seeing a tutorial on creating
heightfields
> with Leveller and Forester: in which case you could use this, along with
> exporting from Moray and 'compositing'
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