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Methods of procedural terrain generation that can work using DirectX 9 (SM2.0)?

I'm working on a simple game / fun project that I want to be largely procedurally generated. At first I started by using boxels (Similar to Minecraft, but not textured) for the terrain and it came out ...
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Map terrain generation to texture instead of color

I have some terrain being generated using the following algorithm double rand1 = rand.NextDouble() + 1; double rand2 = rand.NextDouble() + 2; double rand3 = rand.NextDouble() + 3; float offset = ...
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Voxel terrain rendering with marching cubes

I was working on making procedurally generated terrain using normal cubish voxels (like minecraft) But then I read about marching cubes and decided to convert to using those. I managed to create a ...
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Perlin noise - copying the algorithm on the CPU?

I have successfully made a Perlin noise algorithm on the GPU. It works as expected, and generates great results. Now, as part of the physics calculations in my game, I need to replicate the exact same ...
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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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XNA Quadtree with LOD

I'm looking to create a fairly large environment, and as such would like to implement a quadtree and use LOD on it. I've looked through numerous examples and I get the basic idea of a quadtree. Start ...
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Help with “Cannot find ContentTypeReader BB.HeightMapInfoReader, BB, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral.” needed

I have this irritating problem in XNA that I have spent my Saturday with: Cannot find ContentTypeReader BB.HeightMapInfoReader, BB, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral. It throws me that when I ...
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XNA Seeing through heightmap problem

I've recently started learning how to program in 3D with XNA and I've been trying to implement a Terrain3D class(a very simple height map). I've managed to draw a simple terrain, but I'm getting a ...
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XNA 3d Terrain using rectangular elements [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Creating a 3D map for XNA ? I am developing using XNA, a simple 3d tower defense game. I wanted create a 3d terrain. Here is how I am doing it: fundamental element ...