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The Day/Night banding is good. Are the mountains not a bit high or is
that a mountainous part of the landscape?
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Stephen
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"Stephen" <mca### [at] aolDOT com> schreef in bericht
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> The Day/Night banding is good. Are the mountains not a bit high or is that
> a mountainous part of the landscape?
Yes, the banding is "better" because no light is leaking around the Shadow
Squares. As soon as some leaking occurs, there is some diffuse lighting of
the night areas, which may lead to interesting effects. Quite inadvertently
I came across that phenomenon.
The "mountains" are fairly high although scale is difficult to judge here. I
shall add simple trees to give an idea.
Thomas
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On 6/18/2010 4:45 AM, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Looks nice! I really need to set aside some time to play with this - another
> ringworld-off, methinks.
>
> Don't forget that the rim wall in the book was described as a continuous,
> impossibly high mountain range, not a literal wall - although I realise this
> will be much harder to model...!
>
> Bill
>
Are you sure? I thought it was just a flat wall.
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"SharkD" <pos### [at] gmailcom> schreef in bericht
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> Are you sure? I thought it was just a flat wall.
>
I should look this up of course, but I seem to remember indeed that the Rim
Wall was carved into mountain shapes. In the later books, spill mountains
were added too for the necessary feeding of rivers.
Thomas
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On 6/20/2010 3:38 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I should look this up of course, but I seem to remember indeed that the Rim
> Wall was carved into mountain shapes. In the later books, spill mountains
> were added too for the necessary feeding of rivers.
>
> Thomas
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Must have missed that bit, thanks!
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From: Christian Froeschlin
Subject: Re: The Ringworld revisited (day and night)
Date: 20 Jun 2010 19:23:08
Message: <4c1ea2dc$1@news.povray.org>
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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> I should look this up of course, but I seem to remember indeed that the Rim
> Wall was carved into mountain shapes. In the later books, spill mountains
> were added too for the necessary feeding of rivers.
I think the rim itself was just a wall, non-withstanding that the
terrain was mostly shaped such that it was blocked of by mountains
(although the rim wall is much higher than the mountains).
Here's a nice viewpoint from the rim:
http://www.dennisantinori.com/RingworldRPG/14109.html
Allegedly 1600 km high? About 5 times the ISS orbital height ;)
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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: The Ringworld revisited (day and night)
Date: 21 Jun 2010 03:56:46
Message: <4c1f1b3e@news.povray.org>
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"Christian Froeschlin" <chr### [at] chrfrde> schreef in bericht
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> I think the rim itself was just a wall, non-withstanding that the
> terrain was mostly shaped such that it was blocked of by mountains
> (although the rim wall is much higher than the mountains).
As I said, I should look this up. I think the inner wall face is
sculpted/hidden behind mountain shapes. The transport system functions
behind that fake landscape.
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> Here's a nice viewpoint from the rim:
>
> http://www.dennisantinori.com/RingworldRPG/14109.html
>
> Allegedly 1600 km high? About 5 times the ISS orbital height ;)
In this image, the width of the wall seems much too narrow! And yes, it is
1600 km high indeed.
Thomas
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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: The Ringworld revisited (day and night)
Date: 21 Jun 2010 04:53:48
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Here is a view that I start to find acceptable. 50000 trees were planted.
Rendered in 14 minutes.
macros and techniques used from: John VanSickle, Zeger Knaepen, Bill
Pragnell, Kirk Andrews. My thanks, gentlemen! And Larry Niven for the
concept of course! :-)
Thomas
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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> Here is a view that I start to find acceptable. 50000 trees were planted.
> Rendered in 14 minutes.
Very nice. I love the way the wall looms over the regular foreground mountains.
Maybe a sheer wall is more dramatic than spill mountains. I anticipate future
iterations!
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On 21/06/2010 10:20 AM, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> "Thomas de Groot"<tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
>> Here is a view that I start to find acceptable. 50000 trees were planted.
>> Rendered in 14 minutes.
>
> Very nice. I love the way the wall looms over the regular foreground mountains.
> Maybe a sheer wall is more dramatic than spill mountains. I anticipate future
> iterations!
>
>
Is that the side wall? It looks a bit strange to me, hidden behind the
mountains. If you could see it continuing just slightly above the
mountain it might be more recognisable.
To which god does one pray to, to move mountains? ;-)
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Stephen
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