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XNA seams between 3d primitives in tiled terrain

Every time I draw two primitives side by side, in this case two quads, I always get this seam-like tearing effect right along the sides of them. I'd like to think there is just an easy fix, but the ...
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Smooth Voxel Terrain

As a personal project, I'm trying to make a terrain generator that will create terrain looking something like the Castle Story smooth terrain. If you haven't seen it before, here: So as you can ...
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2D Tile Game - Smooth Biome Terrain Transitions

While working on my 2D tile based game, I encountered a problem. I use Perlin Noise to generate the terrain. Some biomes (Desert, Forest, etc) have different flatness values depending on terrain, ...
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3D terrain map with Hexagon Grids

I'm working on a hobby project (I'm a web/backend developer by day) and I want to create a 3D Tile (terrain) engine. I'm using XNA, but I can use MonoGame, OpenGL, or straight DirectX, so the answer ...
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Infinite 2D Terrain

I was wondering how to create infinite 2D platform terrain. I've read about perlin noise and I have an idea I'd like to illustrate below. However, I have no idea how to achieve this. Are there any ...
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Creating a vertexbuffer to define vertices arranged in a grid with the view for easy editing later

I'm using the marching square algorithm (2D version of marching cubes) to generate vertices. I end up with vertices arranged in a grid. I want to enable destructible terrain, and the way i was ...
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Non-GPU Noise for 2D side-view terrain generation?

I really couldn't find a correct answer while scowering all the forums for Noise Generation. My goal is simple, I really want to have two distinct layers for my terrain, a white layer representing ...
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Terrain Generation for Tile-Based 2D Platformer

I'm currently working on a tile-based 2D platformer similar to Terraria in some ways, although I'm having difficulty with the terrain generation. I have some basics done, although they do not come out ...
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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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Alternatives to distance fog

I'm looking for some ideas/algorithm name for alternative to distance fog. I'm playing around an "infinite" terrain engine. I can't draw the whole map because there are no borders and I don't like ...
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Generating island terrains with Simplex Noise (C#/XNA)

I've got one little question: Is there any code or sample which shows how the simplex noise works? I cannot find anything about it... How should I implement it, without the knowledge how the algorithm ...
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Rendering multiple textures on a terrain in XNA / C#

I am working on a terrain in XNA/C#. My intention is to be able to render multiple textures on the ground across the terrain. However, all tutorials like this are only capable of doing it with about ...
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Engine with Terrain and Indoor Areas (BSP-like)

I'm not really a graphics programmer, but I used to toy around with Truevision3D 6.5 a few years ago. It wasn't too bad, but TV3D was just going nowhere so my foray into 3d game dev ended there. I ...