I need to understand how to draw largepiles of boulders. This pic: http://trilogy-gw.aleph1.co.uk/~wookey/files/1.png shows a chamber which has a 20m-high pile of boulders in it, highest in the middle. I saw in one of Martin Sluka's pics that therion can draw rocks which will obscure rocks lying below - ie they arefilled objects, not just lines. This is good - and more realistic, but it means that the order things are drawn matters. However in the example shown above, the overlying,overlapping rock,does not obscure the one below. So - how do I get the effect Martin S had - what are the rules? * Which order do rocks need to be drawn in? hiest first,or lowest first? * How do I make them obscure lower rocks - just make a rock-bordre that is a closed loop? or something cleverer? thanx Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/
At 23:50 +0000 7.1.2005, Wookey wrote: *******************************************
However in the example shown above, the overlying,overlapping rock,does not obscure the one below. So - how do I get the effect Martin S had - what are the rules?
There is no rule for it - I just drew blocks and checked if the small yellow tick is outside of block. This tick indicates allways the "free space" - inside the passage, inside of chimney or pit, higher part of overhang or ceiling step, lower part of floor step or conture, outside of block.
* Which order do rocks need to be drawn in? hiest first,or lowest first?
Normal, from bottom to top. Martin --
Martin Sluka wrote:
At 23:50 +0000 7.1.2005, Wookey wrote: *******************************************
However in the example shown above, the overlying,overlapping rock,does not obscure the one below. So - how do I get the effect Martin S had - what are the rules?
There is no rule for it - I just drew blocks and checked if the small yellow tick is outside of block. This tick indicates allways the "free space" - inside the passage, inside of chimney or pit, higher part of overhang or ceiling step, lower part of floor step or conture, outside of block.
In this case line orientation doesn't matter -- iff the line is closed, the rock is filled and hides everything below. Martin
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