Am Samstag, den 27.05.2006, 16:14 -0400 schrieb Ampere K. Hardraade: > On Friday 26 May 2006 12:03, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > You would almost have to redo the scenery in the areas with ocean > > coverage to include the ocean floor elevation, then draw the ocean as a > > seperate layer that can be moved up and down exposing more or less of > > the terrain. > > > > The trick maybe to find a good sea floor elevation database that is > > reasonably compatible with SRTM, and mesh the two data sets seamlessly. > > > > Curt. > > I like this idea, as it is a more generic approach and could work for steeper > shorelines (like those around KSFO). Smaller layers could then be used to > simulate the effects of waves as well, and based on the camera's distance to > these layers, we could then play the sounds for wave. > > Water surface should be handled differently than land right from the > beginning. Right now, any plane could land on the water as if the water is a > giant runway. By having the water as a separated mesh, we could finally > simulate the plane-water interaction properly. I feel that this method would > move us into the right direction. > > Ampere > that would be a chance for completing my albatros seaplane, imagine flying around those caribbean islands ...
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