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Dynamic Terrain Texture
I've been looking at a 2D physics game called 'Hill Climb Racing' (Android and iOS) and was wondering how they went about texturing the terrain?
I've had a think about it and I've come up with ...
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GPU based procedual terrain borders?
I'm working on a game that preferably should feature a combination of designed and procedurally generated terrain where the designer specifies in somewhat detailed terms what type of terrain a given ...
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How is the terrain generated in Commandos and Commandos game clones/look-alikes?
The Commandos series of games and its similar western counterpart, Desperados, use a mix of 2D and 3D elements to achieve a very pleasing and immersive atmosphere. Apart from the concept that alone ...
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Any ideas on reducing lag in terrain generation?
Ok so here's the deal. I've written an isometric engine that generates terrain based on camera values using 2D perlin noise. I planned on doing 3D but first I need to work out the lag issues I'm ...
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Where to start when building a 3D terrain editor?
I'm looking to build (for start) a simple tool, that could raise, lower, smooth and texture the terrain.
So, what are the things I have to go through in order to make such terrain editor?
And maybe ...
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What are some current techniques for rendering deformable landscapes?
What are the current techniques than can be used for efficiently rendering 3D heightmap-based deformable landscapes?
For example, in the non-deformable landscape problem, ROAM used to be the way to ...
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How did they do it: Trine 2.5d terrain?
How did they make the terrain in trine? I think they took a polygon approach. It doesn't seem that they used a heightmap because it is in all three vectors, or a voxel method because it doesn't have ...
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Quadtree terrain splitting - I don't get it
Most of the papers i've read base their terrain in some form or another on a quadtree. See this at page 38:
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How can I generate a terrain heightmap from the perlin algorithm?
How can I generate a terrain heightmap from the perlin algorithm? I am trying to make a terrain generator (like World Machine). This is the source code I have for the perlin. The only thing that I ...
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How can I make huge terrains in Unity?
How can I make extremely huge terrains in Unity? It seems like I can set width and length to large values. But the Heightmap resolution only goes up to 4097 and the Detail resolution only goes up to ...
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Optimizing perlin noise generation
I have a perlin noise generator as shown below.
public class ImprovedNoise
{
private const int GradientSizeTable = 256;
private readonly Random _random;
private readonly double[] ...
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Heightmap, Voxel, Polygon (geometry) terrains
In relation to Heightmap, Voxel and Polygon (geometry) terrains:
What are the main differences between all these three?
Can you form a "smooth" terrain with Voxels, I mean, can you for example get a ...
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How do I create a big multiplayer world in UDK?
I want to create a big multiplayer world in UDK and I'm having a few difficulties.
I created the biggest terrain possible but then any terrain related action I do takes forever. However, I've seen ...
