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  Re: a seamless heightfield by GeoControl  
From: SharkD
Date: 12 Dec 2008 19:30:00
Message: <web.494301a7d1256df793fa7c500@news.povray.org>
"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> I thought I would share this info.
>
> Playing around with the GeoControl height_field program, I experimented with
> the "seamless" feature which I had not yet really used. The possibilities
> are interesting. In POV-Ray, I built this test, either by rotating or by
> flipping the base height_field generated by GeoControl. The result is a
> landscape wich shows little repetitions that are too obvious for the eyes.
> They are there of course, but more distributed over the whole surface. The
> seams however, are really invisible, and that is excellent.
>
> Thomas

I tried to accomplish something similar when I created the Hill objects in my
Sprites Collection:

http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index2.php?objectName=GameSprites&version=2.0&contributorTag=SharkD

However, my thinking was not so organized, and my ad-hock attempts were not
successful.

-Mike


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