Small indigoworld update

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:29 am

Whats the point with indigo when there are many other renderers?

Good questions demands good answers

Seriously. The reasons are just as boring as typing them to you Tom.

StompinTom · Post by **StompinTom** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:09 am

ok princess.

Good questions demands good answers

Seriously. The reasons are just as boring as typing them to you Tom.

so i guess this means there are no good reasons for it?
see the lack of any reasons or information leads me to believe there are none.

Whats the point with indigo when there are many other renderers?

what a stupid comparison. i wont waste my time except to say that, as of yet, i dont see how Indigoworld excels/is something completely extraordinary which was my point in the first place, which you clearly missed.
i was hoping that, heaven forbid, youd be humble enough to tell us why and how Indigoworld would/will be a cut above other similar terrain generators. but i guess were just lowly mortals, eh Deus?

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:47 am

hehe ok I give you a pile of reasons

1) Its fun - same reason which made Ono make indigo in the first place
2) Its cool with tools dedicated for indigo
3) I dont want to do anything general purpose because that involves testing and compatibility which = alot of boring work
4) In order to make the most kickass images i need to be very close to the renderer in terms of materials, scene descriptions and features (like instancing) and there is no "generic" world gen that can compete with that.
5) It kills time for me (especially to justify something irrelevant like this to people like you)
6) Nice community which encourages me to actually developing for Indigo. Its "community leech" if you may but its a healthy symbiosis

Its all pretty quick and dirty I want to have fun and make cool stuff without spending too much time. I got a job you see.

Does that satisfy your thirst for understanding Tom?

/ The Princess

DaveC · Post by **DaveC** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:00 am

So, the main reason, and the best reason is..,

it's FUN

StompinTom · Post by **StompinTom** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:10 am

yes, thank you. a little clarification goes a long way.
i also have a job but that doesnt make me a bitter know-it-all. awesome that youre contributing to the community (no sarcasm, in case you were wondering), each to their own ability and skill.
is it planned as a standalone generator or a plugin/script that could be controlled with object parameters in whatever modelling app people use?

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:52 am

I intend to give away executables and source under free license (not gpl. gpl sucks

). I am just gonna take it to a level where its useful first.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:56 am

what don't you like about gpl?

DaveC · Post by **DaveC** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:37 am

It sounds like gippel. :S

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:03 am

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:35 am

Nah GPL is fine just tried to make you open source freaks angry

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:00 am

Here is another update. I scaled up everything a factor 10. FIxed some artifacts. I will go for real scale next (factor 100 more)

http://www2.indigorenderer.com/joomla/i ... emId=16609

Some info about the scene

+ 30k objects roughly 50k polys each ( 1.5 billion polys )
+ Ground texture is 64 million texels
+ Ground fog in three layers (not working properly.. too low scattering coeffficient)

/ D

Behrendt · Post by **Behrendt** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:04 am

Simply amazing

eman7613 · Post by **eman7613** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:11 am

Damn, good shit. now make it all reflective and see if it dies

I think you got some underwater plants on the left side there. Very nice stuff

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:17 am

actually they are not underwater plants.. Its a piece of land that sticks out and is covered with fog

I intend to add fish and birds and much more different types of vegetation

manitwo · Post by **manitwo** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:20 am

looking great!

Small indigoworld update

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