Stupid question on the "compute terrain" node !

Started by pclavett, December 30, 2012, 01:41:47 PM

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pclavett

Hi all !
Trying to understand what the "gradient patch" setting does and have searched the forum and still cannot find a good explanation on this. What happens when we decrease or increase it ? What does it do to the terrain ? Furthermore I guess whatever you do will change the render requirements...so if we do decide to change this...how much does it affect render time and which way ??? Would appreciate direction to appropriate topics on this in the past or new explanations.

BTW...cannot wait to see that upcoming "Webinar" on Terragen.....are these going to be a regular occurence ???...if not, hope some people find the time to make them regular as they would probably of great help to struggling beginners such as I !

Take care !

Paul


pclavett

Thanks Martin for the info and this will greatly help my knowledge of how things work and will permit me to avoid some unusual spikes that I get sometimes.
Appreciate the help !
Paul