POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Ruins WIP : Re: Ruins WIP Server Time
1 Aug 2024 06:26:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Ruins WIP  
From: clipka
Date: 25 Feb 2009 06:15:00
Message: <web.49a527c9fa6cf65cbdc576310@news.povray.org>
"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "P Brewer" <pbj### [at] wowwaycom> wrote:
> > Very nice... I can't wait to see the final scene. Are you using straight
> > isosurfaces?
>
> 100% meshes, macro-built in SDL. This rendered in 12 minutes on an ageing
> Mac. It renders in under a minute without the radiosity... no way I could get
> that performance out of isosurfaces!

Hum... sounds like I should definitely give your macros a try for my bricks. I
fancy it would also give me more freedom how to erode them. My own blob-based
approach is rather limited in this respect.

Do I need to start with an isosurface, or will any shape do?


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