Re: [glob2-devel] To Erik: My Profiling Information

[Erik Søe Sørensen]

Leo Wandersleb skrev:

> > > Those are the new results. Much different. Perlin and clouds seem to 
> > > dominate?
> > >      
>
> doh! that's me.
> the perlin class is copied as is. i should have noted the origin as legal stuff 
> should not be taken that easily as i might have taken it back then.
> yes i checked the license but maybe should do so again as i derived my "we can use it" from some 
> facts that were not "you may use it for any purpose free of charge " etc. but rather some "why 
> don't you do it that way: myPerlin.cpp"
>
> Principally I am able to make up my own Perlin class from what i remember from 
> my math-studies and yes it would be possible to do in in integer. Maybe time 
> allows.
>  

Here's to hoping :-)
But, what we need now, then, is any cloud-generator whatever (free to 
use, preferably fast)?

I must admit that I was a bit disappointed when I saw the clouds turned 
on... especially given how much they cost :-)  They seem to be just 
blur, like turning the fertility map on.
I think this is because only one color tone is used, with varying alpha 
(is this right?).
Some light-and-shadowing might help - using greyscale tones to give the 
impression of a nice, fluffy sun-lit cloud.

The following images illustrate what I mean; this is a processed plasma 
map, and the process should be usable within the game.

http://www.daimi.au.dk/~eriksoe/misc/cloud1.png
http://www.daimi.au.dk/~eriksoe/misc/cloud2-glob2.png

/Erik