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Title: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: yossam on July 01, 2016, 08:23:24 PM
Had a hell of a time getting it to run after installation. For some reason Avast didn't like the exe.............it put it in the chest every time I tried to run it. Reported as a false positive. Avast version 12.1.2272.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: bobbystahr on July 01, 2016, 08:44:13 PM
Quote from: yossam on July 01, 2016, 08:23:24 PM
Had a hell of a time getting it to run after installation. For some reason Avast didn't like the exe.............it put it in the chest every time I tried to run it. Reported as a false positive. Avast version 12.1.2272.

I'd file a bug report with Avast. Mid render so I haven't installed it yet...3 hours in so I don't wanna crash the render.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: yossam on July 01, 2016, 08:48:50 PM
Already filed a false positive report with Avast................needin' glasses Bobby? Reread the OP............. :P
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: bobbystahr on July 01, 2016, 08:58:23 PM
Quote from: yossam on July 01, 2016, 08:48:50 PM
Already filed a false positive report with Avast................needin' glasses Bobby? Reread the OP............. :P

Just not readin well it seems...sorry man...plus I likely do need an update on my eye wear....been a while.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: yossam on July 01, 2016, 09:08:14 PM
Sorry if I sounded snarky..........not in a very good mood right now.  :-\
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: bobbystahr on July 01, 2016, 09:33:02 PM
Quote from: yossam on July 01, 2016, 09:08:14 PM
Sorry if I sounded snarky..........not in a very good mood right now.  :-\

N P; a bit non plussed with life now as well cuz I may be able to install the BETA but I doubt I have the horsepower to run it the way I'm already choking my box with 3.4....sigh....i'll give it the 'old college try' though...
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: AP on July 01, 2016, 11:18:29 PM
So far, so good. I see some other new features not mentioned as of yet. I have an inquiry about the Scale filter for the Fractal warp shader, it's purpose?
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: mhaze on July 02, 2016, 05:43:22 AM
I like the Smooth voronoi noise but is there any chance of adding an input for a constant scalar to vary the amount of smoothness?

The preview: One, I seem to have to render the view first up to whatever res I want say 80 the turn rtp on! If i turn rtp on at say 10 it does not render to a higher res! Two, When I move the veiw with rtp on the image disappears as I rotate the first image out of sight.  Hope that makes sense! Is this the correct behaviour?
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Kevin F on July 02, 2016, 06:08:25 AM
Yeah, the RTP only seems to work once you have previewed at HD (160). And what do the iteration figures mean? e.g. 7-9 \20  etc.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: yossam on July 02, 2016, 09:53:05 AM
Got a reply from Avast................tgd.exe has been cleared and added to database so it shouldn't be a problem any more.  :)
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Mr_Lamppost on July 02, 2016, 08:29:05 PM
Quote from: yossam on July 02, 2016, 09:53:05 AM
Got a reply from Avast................tgd.exe has been cleared and added to database so it shouldn't be a problem any more.  :)

I've installed on two machines and in both cases vast has spent a few seconds "Analysing .exe file", then cleared the beta.  :)
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: bobbystahr on July 02, 2016, 11:41:50 PM
Quote from: yossam on July 02, 2016, 09:53:05 AM
Got a reply from Avast................tgd.exe has been cleared and added to database so it shouldn't be a problem any more.  :)

Way t go...squeaky wheel and all that...
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: bobbystahr on July 02, 2016, 11:42:50 PM
Quote from: Mr_Lamppost on July 02, 2016, 08:29:05 PM
Quote from: yossam on July 02, 2016, 09:53:05 AM
Got a reply from Avast................tgd.exe has been cleared and added to database so it shouldn't be a problem any more.  :)

I've installed on two machines and in both cases vast has spent a few seconds "Analysing .exe file", then cleared the beta.  :)

I have Avira and it passed it right off.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Oshyan on July 03, 2016, 03:44:14 AM
Thanks for reporting the false positive to Avast!

Here's more info on the RTP (yes, what you are seeing is intended behavior/limitation at the moment):
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,21730.0.html

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: AP on August 22, 2016, 03:52:06 AM
What exactly is the purpose of the Scale filter for the Fractal warp shader?
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Dune on August 22, 2016, 10:09:21 AM
Perhaps, if fed by PF, it will decrease scale where fractal is black? Never used/tested it actually, so good question.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Matt on August 22, 2016, 10:16:06 AM
Fractal Warp Shader's new "scale filter" logarithmically scales the maximum feature scale of the fractal. A value of 1 allows warping at all scales. A value of 0.5 filters out scales greater than 1 thousandth of the main scale parameter. A value of 0 filters out scales greater than 1 millionth of the main scale parameter.

Basically, it's a great way to vary the scale of the patterns using other shaders. Because it "filters" the patterns, rather than scaling the texture space, it doesn't have any of the distortion problems that you might see if you try to vary the scale of the noise function nodes such as Perlin, Voronoi etc. I also decided to make it a logarithmic scale because I think that makes it easier to use this capability to affect the appearance of a surface.

Ulco, you should try it.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Dune on August 22, 2016, 10:46:27 AM
Yeah, I will, as it's hard to visualize the words (I knew them, but didn't quite grasp them). Thanks for posting, Matt.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: bobbystahr on August 22, 2016, 05:16:24 PM
Well although I likely did things counter intuitatively I got some fun results.

have fun if you want... ;D
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: AP on August 22, 2016, 09:35:07 PM
Fractal warp shader Scale filter using a very low octave Power fractal shader with value inputs of 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Dune on August 23, 2016, 01:47:46 AM
What's this with clicking your tumbnail? An error occurs  :o
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: AP on August 23, 2016, 02:37:11 AM
Mine?
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Dune on August 23, 2016, 05:45:50 AM
It's normal again (yes yours), must have been some glitch.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta runtime error
Post by: bobbystahr on August 29, 2016, 11:28:29 PM
I got this setting up a population. Hadn't yet hit the Populate button though...curious.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Oshyan on August 30, 2016, 01:11:18 AM
Strange Bobby. Can you reproduce it?

-  Oshyan
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: Dune on August 30, 2016, 02:35:16 AM
Aj, that's one I haven't had ever.
Title: Re: Terragen 4 beta
Post by: bobbystahr on August 30, 2016, 09:44:09 AM
Quote from: Oshyan on August 30, 2016, 01:11:18 AM
Strange Bobby. Can you reproduce it?

-  Oshyan

I tried but with no luck...I think it's this old computer actually...