Re: [Plib-users] terrain generation...

[Curtis L. O. <cu...@me...>]

Brian,

A good place to start looking at the various approaches is
http://vterrain.org/ 

Curt.

 
ha...@sl... writes:
> 
> Does anyone know of a good place to look for documentation about the
> different methods of doing terrain in a 3D world?
> 
> I'm either looking for resources that talk about terrain generation or
> maybe just some suggestions on the best way to do it with plib in a
> real-time game.
> 
> I know one formula for doing terrains is to use a grey scale bitmap to
> determine the terrain.  Using the lightness or darkness of a pixel to
> determine the height of that part of the terrain.
> 
> Of course, I have no idea how to apply such an algorithm to a real-time
> game.  If I pre-generated the ground as a model based on the texture, it
> would take the poly count for the scene off the scale.
> 
> Any pointers to other resources, or suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> --
> Brian
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