In article <3A5B61B4.70A401B9@gmx.de>, Christoph Hormann 
<chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:

> Sounds interesting, looks a bit like something wrapped with plastic.

Hmm, I guess it does sort of resemble the way Saran wrap wrinkles around 
corners...I had thought it resembled cut glass more.


> That method could look much like heightfields generated with subdivision
> algorithms like Terrain maker. Structures then much depend on how you
> calculate the displacements.

A similar algorithm is sometimes used, I think...I actually did 
something using an algorithm that was almost exactly the same(except 
using squares instead of triangles, and a randomized displacement), but 
the many straight lines resulted in a very ugly landscape.

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