quote:Original post by baskuenen


CobraA1:
Thanks man, I''ve checked out terragen, and I see I still have a lot of work to do to match those kind of programs. Whoaw do they look realistic. Is this just a matter of finding good textures or are the textures themselves also generated...?... I''ve certainly got more idea''s now. Cloud shadows...never thought of that one...

The textures are generated (and also based on height and angle of terrain it''s on), at least in Terragen. Find a good article on Perlin noise, I think that''s how it generates terrain/clouds/grass/etc. If you''re using a ray-tracing engine, I think you''ll be making realistic terrain before you know it.


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