Photo Realistic foliage.
by AzraelK · in General Discussion · 02/07/2002 (2:29 pm) · 0 replies
I found this link at flipcode today and I think you will find it very,very, very interesting.
Ecotope rendering
As far as I can understand its a system to check where each kind of planet, foliage, terrain should be placed, acording to the climate, slopes, climate ,kind of terrain, water in the area, etc. The results as you can see are realistic enough to fool the eye! =)
here is the paper describing the algorithm!
it includes a table showing what kind of plants, terrain you should find at each height(very useful for terrain designing!) and if you want to go the whole way. it also contains an algorithm to calculate the slope and the plants, terrains/plants by slope. (by calculating the sun each plant gets you can calculate how many plants you have in an area in a certain time) fascinating!
Ecotope rendering
As far as I can understand its a system to check where each kind of planet, foliage, terrain should be placed, acording to the climate, slopes, climate ,kind of terrain, water in the area, etc. The results as you can see are realistic enough to fool the eye! =)
here is the paper describing the algorithm!
it includes a table showing what kind of plants, terrain you should find at each height(very useful for terrain designing!) and if you want to go the whole way. it also contains an algorithm to calculate the slope and the plants, terrains/plants by slope. (by calculating the sun each plant gets you can calculate how many plants you have in an area in a certain time) fascinating!
