Rune's World Update, Nov 5 2001

Rune's World is updated again!

http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk

It's been a little while since the last newsletter, and it's
not even like I have made a whole lot of updates in that
time...

But anyway, there's one update on the Animation Experiments
page. I'm currently working on a new project: An animation
walking system! When fed with the right data, it can
automatically make something walk along a specified path
with no foot slippage at all, and the feet will also adapt
to the terrain. My first real test was making a crawling
spider. Have a look at the animation at:
http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/3d/anims/anims.html

There have been one other update since the last newsletter:
On September 26 I made a new include file for POV-Ray. The
Fast Grass Include File lets you create textures that look
like grass. Using some special tricks the grass appears to
have depth even though the textures are flat. The advantages
are that it's really fast compared to creating grass using
actual objects, and that it looks really nice at a distance.
The disadvantages are that it doesn't look right in a
close-up view and that it doesn't work for animations where
the camera is moving. The Fast Grass Include File is
available from here:
http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/3d/include/include.html

As always, I appreciate feedback from you, so please drop me
an e-mail and tell me what you think! :)

Regards,

Rune

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