Experimental Rock v2

inkydigit · July 21, 2011, 03:02:09 PM

a continuation of my last post (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=12676.msg126156#msg126156)
...some more experimental rock, using voronoi and power fractals in various combinations of scale and displacement....still a work in progress, but I feel I have learned a lot from the build process...
thanks for dropping by and taking time to view/comment etc...
cheers
inky!

Kadri · July 21, 2011, 03:28:07 PM

Interesting formation! Looks like it wants to expand to me

Nice!

Tangled-Universe · July 21, 2011, 05:21:43 PM

A lot better than your previous one IMO...especially like the low frequency-ness of these structure. Nice big smooth rocks!
How many nodes this time

Cheers,
Martin

freelancah · July 21, 2011, 08:47:45 PM

Very cool. Colossal thingy!

Dune · July 22, 2011, 02:58:24 AM

Massively great! Although there's nothing really to eye the size, it looks huge and overpowering. The effect would be terrifying if you put some village or trees under the overhang.

Marcos Silveira · July 24, 2011, 03:14:35 PM

It seems higher than the Everest!! Great formations!!!!

inkydigit · July 24, 2011, 05:14:02 PM

thanks for the input folks!
the next iteration is cooking as we speak....

efflux · July 25, 2011, 07:27:02 AM

The rock shapes you are getting are interesting. I don't know how you are doing them but absolutely ages ago I posted here:

http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=7095.msg75443#msg75443

This is a method to blend the rocks with the ground. It should be a good way to get your giant rocks and no sharp line to ground. That was the point of my experiment in the thread. I'm not going into details about how it works. It is is not perfect and there are some things I wanted to add feature wise. Nobody seems to have picked up on this angle. At present I'm using Linux and no working TG2. This may change because of an app called SAI that I want to run and it fails on Linux wine. I may get Windows 7 and have access to TG2 again. Whether I use TG2 is another matter but why has nobody tried to mess around with the graph I put on that thread?

Themodman101 · July 25, 2011, 08:58:41 AM

Dude thats freaking sweet! Looks like cloud rocks!!

inkydigit · July 26, 2011, 06:14:47 AM

Thanks efflux and Themodman101, @efflux, these are based on a 3d perlin terrain...I will dissect your tgd and see if it can help...looks very promising, thanks for the reminder!

Pentagular Dark · July 28, 2011, 02:31:22 PM

It just looks, awesome. Just one question, Is it in a desert? I like deserts.

inkydigit · July 29, 2011, 06:07:31 AM

Quote from: CatfishEatist on July 28, 2011, 02:31:22 PM
It just looks, awesome. Just one question, Is it in a desert? I like deserts.

yes, it is not of this world though!

aymenk2003 · July 29, 2011, 05:00:09 PM

A falling rock from outer space ...
wonderful... great idea !
N.KAID

Pentagular Dark · July 29, 2011, 05:10:29 PM

From or on an alien planet? You get more options from "On".

aymenk2003 · July 29, 2011, 05:15:38 PM

Quote from: CatfishEatist on July 29, 2011, 05:10:29 PM
From or on an alien planet? You get more options from "On".

Who cares ... may be "From", and who knows ... may it will happen one day... ha ha ha ...