RE: Tool request: object scatter
2021-05-21, 3:56 (This post was last modified: 2021-05-21, 4:11 by Michael Horvath.)
2021-05-21, 3:56 (This post was last modified: 2021-05-21, 4:11 by Michael Horvath.)
I started a thread on the POVray newsgroup:
http://news.povray.org/povray.advanced-u...ay.org%3E/
The "clutter.mcr" script mentioned down-thread works extremely well, but does NOT play nice with `mesh` or `mesh2` objects. (Some kind of bug in the script.) Your best bet is to generate a 2D grayscale image representation of your terrain, i.e., a "heightmap" or "heightfield", then feed that into the script.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heightmap
Tools such as World Machine (the one I use) can generate such images. Other programs include Wilbur and Terragen. If your image is 1 pixel = 1 stud resolution, it should work well in most cases.
I will write a tutorial when I get all the issues ironed out. (I have to convert my terrain back into the 2D grayscale image format first, since I deleted the original one by accident.) There are some examples in the discussion thread I linked to for you to look at, in the meantime.
If you are interested in the bug I mentioned, see this thread:
http://news.povray.org/povray.advanced-u...ay.org%3E/
http://news.povray.org/povray.advanced-u...ay.org%3E/
The "clutter.mcr" script mentioned down-thread works extremely well, but does NOT play nice with `mesh` or `mesh2` objects. (Some kind of bug in the script.) Your best bet is to generate a 2D grayscale image representation of your terrain, i.e., a "heightmap" or "heightfield", then feed that into the script.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heightmap
Tools such as World Machine (the one I use) can generate such images. Other programs include Wilbur and Terragen. If your image is 1 pixel = 1 stud resolution, it should work well in most cases.
I will write a tutorial when I get all the issues ironed out. (I have to convert my terrain back into the 2D grayscale image format first, since I deleted the original one by accident.) There are some examples in the discussion thread I linked to for you to look at, in the meantime.
If you are interested in the bug I mentioned, see this thread:
http://news.povray.org/povray.advanced-u...ay.org%3E/