Hi all

I'm looking for some utilities that can help me with the
making of high resolution heightfields.

I already got my hands on Leveller and HF-Lab, but Leveller
is not very good at /creating/ nice heightfields (in my
opinion, or am I missing something?) and I'm too lazy to
study all the commands that HF-Lab needs for a
not-too-random heightfield. Now, some people have mentioned
frac... what is it called again? (the fractal program). I
ran the DOS version once, but it was hell. Maybe the windows
version is ok?

I do not object to any suggestions :)

Julius
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Julius Klatte wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm looking for some utilities that can help me with the
> making of high resolution heightfields.
>
> I already got my hands on Leveller and HF-Lab, but Leveller
> is not very good at /creating/ nice heightfields (in my
> opinion, or am I missing something?) and I'm too lazy to
> study all the commands that HF-Lab needs for a
> not-too-random heightfield. Now, some people have mentioned
> frac... what is it called again? (the fractal program). I
> ran the DOS version once, but it was hell. Maybe the windows
> version is ok?
>
> I do not object to any suggestions :)
>
> Julius

Personaly I think you are selling Leveller short. I have found for myself
that it is the premier height field modeler for pov on the market today.

The fractal program's name is fracint ?.

There is a windows version but I don't have the url handy.
If you want it and the url for another I like let me know and
I'll dig them up for you somehow

--
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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I agree -- Leveller lacks adequate algorithms.

Check out Wilbur.  There are links from http://twysted.net/ .

Dan


Ken wrote:
> 
> Julius Klatte wrote:
> 
> > Hi all
> >
> > I'm looking for some utilities that can help me with the
> > making of high resolution heightfields.
> >
> > I already got my hands on Leveller and HF-Lab, but Leveller
> > is not very good at /creating/ nice heightfields (in my
> > opinion, or am I missing something?) and I'm too lazy to
> > study all the commands that HF-Lab needs for a
> > not-too-random heightfield. Now, some people have mentioned
> > frac... what is it called again? (the fractal program). I
> > ran the DOS version once, but it was hell. Maybe the windows
> > version is ok?
> >
> > I do not object to any suggestions :)
> >
> > Julius
> 
> Personaly I think you are selling Leveller short. I have found for myself
> that it is the premier height field modeler for pov on the market today.
> 
> The fractal program's name is fracint ?.
> 
> There is a windows version but I don't have the url handy.
> If you want it and the url for another I like let me know and
> I'll dig them up for you somehow
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> tyl### [at] pacbellnet

-- 
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Wilbur is :

http://www.ridgenet.net/~jslayton/wilbur.html

I should point out that I think Levellers real strength is in its GUI.  It certainly
acts as a nice complement to Wilbur or Beale's HF-Lab, but for the initial terrain
generation I prefer one of the latter tools.

Dan


Dan Connelly wrote:
> Check out Wilbur.


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Julius Klatte wrote in message <36955019.0@news.povray.org>...
>Hi all
>
>I already got my hands on Leveller and HF-Lab, but Leveller
>is not very good at /creating/ nice heightfields (in my
>opinion, or am I missing something?)

You may want to download Alessandro Falappa's latest
version of his plug-in file for Leveller, which
supports fractal noise generation.

Ray
Daylon Graphics Ltd.

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just have to add here, PSP is rather good for the final aditing of heightfields...
As for fractal creation, does anyone know the formula for the old 4*cosine fractal
that
was used in demos ??? 

//Spider

Ray Gardener wrote:
> 
> Julius Klatte wrote in message <36955019.0@news.povray.org>...
> >Hi all
> >
> >I already got my hands on Leveller and HF-Lab, but Leveller
> >is not very good at /creating/ nice heightfields (in my
> >opinion, or am I missing something?)
> 
> You may want to download Alessandro Falappa's latest
> version of his plug-in file for Leveller, which
> supports fractal noise generation.
> 
> Ray
> Daylon Graphics Ltd.

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Spider wrote:

> just have to add here, PSP is rather good for the final aditing of heightfields...
> As for fractal creation, does anyone know the formula for the old 4*cosine fractal
that
> was used in demos ???
>
> //Spider

Try this link for fractal info. You will have to scroll down a ways
before you get to the fractals section.

Raymond

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>I should point out that I think Levellers real strength is
in its GUI.  It certainly
>acts as a nice complement to Wilbur or Beale's HF-Lab, but
for the initial terrain
>generation I prefer one of the latter tools.


I agree it works nice and flying around the heightfield can
be useful now and then, but I guess I'm not really good at
hand-painting my heightfields (do you Ken?).

Julius

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Ehh..
Excuse me..
No link ???

//Spider

Raymond Tracing wrote:
> 
> Spider wrote:
> 
> > just have to add here, PSP is rather good for the final aditing of heightfields...
> > As for fractal creation, does anyone know the formula for the old 4*cosine fractal
that
> > was used in demos ???
> >
> > //Spider
> 
> Try this link for fractal info. You will have to scroll down a ways
> before you get to the fractals section.
> 
> Raymond

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Spider wrote:

> Ehh..
> Excuse me..
> No link ???
>
> //Spider
>

http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~0rfelyus/bookmark.html

Raymond

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