MB3D_0466_hd

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MB3D_0466_hd



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HeightMap2IFS SphereHeightMap CylinderHeightMap TorusIFS Menger1-IFS

[cKleinhuis]

wohoo, dude, you really seeem to love those 16 bit heightmaps, and the gm rendering, i wonder what really makes the difference, do the 16 bit heightmaps provide such a difference ?for the plates on the floor it does not look like it would have been neccesary, but the round extrusions from the tube are really looking damn smooth, which is really awesome!

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wohoo, dude, you really seeem to love those 16 bit heightmaps, and the gm rendering, i wonder what really makes the difference, do the 16 bit heightmaps provide such a difference ?for the plates on the floor it does not look like it would have been neccesary, but the round extrusions from the tube are really looking damn smooth, which is really awesome!

What is gm rendering?

Half sphere height map is an image of a circuit diagram combined with a mosaic of varying shades of gray squares (255 levels of gray).
Ground plane is mosaic of varying shades of gray squares created in Photoshop. (255 levels)

Vertical cylinder height map is from Bryce Terrain editor using the Deep Texture editor. (Search for Bryce DTE on YouTube)
Exported from Bryce as 16bit grayscale PNG but when I open it in Photoshop it just shows 255 levels.
I am confused by that.

Still trying to figure out how MarkJayBee created such a smooth height map in The Drowned World

[cKleinhuis]

with gm i meat "global illumination" my fault ... using "gm" instead of "gi"  mandelbulb3d calls it "mc" for monte carlo

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with gm i meat "global illumination" my fault ... using "gm" instead of "gi"  mandelbulb3d calls it "mc" for monte carlo

I have just done a few test renders with the MC (Monte Carlo) renderer.
I am waiting until Jesse implements the new random number algorithm which cleans up a lot of the noise.

[tobiles]

Okay, I give up looking, and have to ask ... HOW DO I SET UP AN IMAGE TO USE FOR A HEIGHT MAP??? I have looked everywhere I can think to look and am not finding a clue. It reaches a point of frustration in such searching where I want to scream. Please tell me what obvious thing I am missing. I have so many ideas for height maps and no idea how to start.

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Okay, I give up looking, and have to ask ... HOW DO I SET UP AN IMAGE TO USE FOR A HEIGHT MAP??? I have looked everywhere I can think to look and am not finding a clue. It reaches a point of frustration in such searching where I want to scream. Please tell me what obvious thing I am missing. I have so many ideas for height maps and no idea how to start.

See attachment parameter.
Search Google for seamless texture images and add to the M3Maps folder numbering them sequentially.
Experiment.