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1 May 2024 18:33:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Journey to an Unknown Region - revisited  
From: Mike Miller
Date: 19 Feb 2023 12:05:00
Message: <web.63f255d31f12570da30d213d185116d7@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> Hi,
> Last December, looking for something else, I cam across my scene from 2009:
>
>
https://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C4b1bcc05%40news.povray.org%3E/?ttop=439213&toff=2250
>
> At the time, Christian Froeshlin suggested towards the end of that
> thread, to use a sub-heightfield to account for better details on the
> foreground. He kindly provided code to achieve this. For some reason, I
> never got around to get acquainted with the code and the project was put
> on hold.
>
> So, I started experimenting and I finally came up with two macros, one
> for "pure" functions, and one for height_field map-based functions
> (which need to be slightly cropped around the edges).
>
> I applied this last macro to my scene, excluded the scattering of rocks
> (I was not happy with those anyway), and took the opportunity to improve
> several awkward coding aspects of the scene, in particular the textures.
> The final result is this.
>
> If somebody is interested, I can provide the macros of course.
> --
> Thomas

Hi Thomas,
I would love to see the macros used for the scene you posted. I've picking up
POV after a long break and have started coding some auto-generated landscapes.
I'm using the normal/slope for planting loops but not for the texturing. Thanks
for sharing.

Mike Miller
mil### [at] gmailcom

Link to some current POV images
https://639cef3628e1f.site123.me/


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