Hi Stuart, Stuart Buchanan schrieb am 22.01.2008 23:04: > Hi All, > > I've been working on a shader-based approach to creating random trees with > help > from Tim Moore. > > Here's a screenshot of what I've managed to achieve so far: > > http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/forest.jpg > > A patch which includes both the shader trees and improvements to the random > object placement is available from > > http://www.nanjika.co.uk/flightgear/trees.tar.gz > > very nice. Low-level-flying is much more interesting now. > This isn't yet ready for inclusion in CVS, but worth having a play about with. > > Why not? cvs is the place for developing. > Notes: > - Currently all the trees of a given type on a tile will be the same size, > shape > and texture. > - It's highly likely that this code leaks memory like a sieve. > - The shader currently doesn't perform any diffuse lighting calculations. For > some reason including the diffuse lighting causes a "flickering" effect, > possibly > due to the light source being so far away. > > Comments are of course welcome. > What comes next? Shader driven swarms of birds, flocks, clouds? ;-) > -Stuart > > > Thank you! Maik
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