I have implemented a random terrain generator, and after some tweaking it, it produces pretty good results.
Randomly generated terrain
I can seed the generator as I wish, and get the same result every time, or use some other value like the system time to get a new terrain every time.
Another view
Another view of the terrain
Also, the artifacts from the previous post have been eliminated.:) The light is working as I want it now.
Light model working
The lighting is nice, but it doesn’t do shadows. At least not yet. That will be the next focus for me.
-Knut
Tags: c++, graphics, OpenGL, programming, Terrain
