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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Turbo Silver
Message-ID: <7320@well.UUCP>
Date: 6 Oct 88 23:02:36 GMT
References: <112@tree.UUCP> <7287@well.UUCP> <116@tree.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <116@tree.UUCP> bobm@tree.UUCP (Robert Moskovitz) writes:
>In article <7287@well.UUCP>, ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>> 	A landscape generator.  The program uses a non-fractal technique to
>> generate surfaces and landscapes for use in Silver.  [ ... ]
>
>   According to the newsletter, Terrain does use fractals to create
>mountains, valleys, etc.  [ ... ]

	Clarification:  The landscapes generated by Terrain certainly look
fractally generated, but the manual specifically says that the generation
technique is non-fractal in nature, claiming that a true fractal generator
would have consumed too much memory.

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