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From: Joe Angell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Waving grass effect, refinements
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> I want the grass to be "over" rolling hills, but I'm assuming that since the
> displacement map is falling off over a set distance from a set position, that
> this would not be possible, i.e. the grass will start at different heights.
>
> Could some combination of morphing be used to give the rolling hills effect,
> combined with the usual displacement mapping?
>
> More generally, what is the ORDER in which LW performs deformations, since we
> know that target displacement will not be reflected in its morpher.

Yes, you can use a morph to accomplish this effect.  My friend, Jason
Booth, is doing a LightSpeed article on getting grass to wrap around a
hill and roll as it should.  I'll Email your message to him (he's on the
newsgroup, not the mailing list) and ask him to reply to you.  Good luck!

-- Joe

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