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Tom (Posted 2006) [#1]

Hi all, I was asked to make some space nebula skyboxes (yes I've still to get my ass in gear and do them :) While doing some I got sidetracked, I was wondering if they could be made within Blitz3D, then I found a kick ass library called 'libNoise' http://libnoise.sourceforge.net/ (site seems to be down for me at the moment). I've wrapped libNoise for use in Blitz3D (more on that in another thread tomorrow). I made this prog to test how to apply the 3d noise to a cubemap. libNoise isn't meant to be used for realtime use, though the demo is and it's a little slow. Anyways, have a mess with this (try low z values): www.tomspeed.com/nebthing2.zip It's simply 1 ridged multi fractal procedural texture :) w,s,a,d moves cam, and hold SPACE to bypass updating the cubemap every frame (you can tweak some values quicker while holding space!)

Baystep Productions (Posted 2006) [#2]

I think this belongs in Showcase or just Blitz Programming

Tom (Posted 2006) [#3]

You got 2 wishes left now :P

Boiled Sweets (Posted 2006) [#4]

Interesting. Are the other maps coming too :-)

Ricky Smith (Posted 2006) [#5]

It is very slow but some very nice effects !

Tom (Posted 2006) [#6]

Yeh it will be slow, it's not strictly for realtime use :) In that demo there's 98304 GetValue() calls, TFormVector calls, and a bunch of other calls 'per frame'!

Chroma (Posted 2006) [#7]

Really bizarre effect Tom. :) BTW, can you take a look at this post please. I'm trying to use your EMBM snippet and I just need a little guidance. http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=62128

Defoc8 (Posted 2006) [#8]

shutit tom - stop showing off + get coding ;)