It's time to get creative
Fractal Landscape Generator was developed by David Billington who offers us an opportunity to develop mountainous worlds. Now, it's worth stopping to read the disk's doc file before you do anything else - because of an excellent mini-guide. I know, I know, nobody reads the manual... but you should this time!
Making a brand new rugged landscape is extremely easy thanks to the fantastic user interface. Not only that, the results can be produced and viewed quickly, even on an 8MHz computer. Thankfully, the program made great use of my 16MHz Mega STe which is superb. The versatile speeds of Hatari will be a huge bonus!
The 3D part was initially difficult to grasp but don't give up - keep on tinkering and you'll grasp it. Once you're happy, you can then add light-shading, alter various colour parameters, and increase the detail level. Heck, you can even animate a fly-by through your newly created world.
Dabbling in 16-bit creation was fun and it's impressive to see what wonders I could knock out. To think I found it by chance: Floppyshop ART-3647. It's a nice feeling to find something "new" and this is a great program to get started in fractal landscaping. Give it a go and let me know what you think in the comments below!
I hope you enjoy making mountains...
- My Own MEGA STE Creations -
This was on an ST Format coverdisk, (Issue 28) but called Fractals Mountain, along with some interesting source code to play with fractals in GFA Basic.
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DeleteThanks for the intel! Found even more fractal landscape - "Procedural Terrain Builders" in the Floppy shop! https://exxosforum.co.uk/atari/PDL/FLOPPYSHOP/index.htm - An old concept, but still the same today: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.xs4all.pebbe.fracland&hl=en_CA&gl=US
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DeleteMy 8Mhz STe would have had that done within the hour. Easy! :o)
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