TERRA FORMATION CONTROL (O R HOW TO MOVE MOUNTAINS )

Abstract

The new Uplift Model of terrain generation is generalized here and provides new possibilities for terra formation control unlike previous fractal terrain generation methods. With the Uplift Model fine-grained editing is possible allowing the designer to move mountains and small hills to more suitable locations creating gaps or valleys or deep bays rather than only being able to accept the positions dictated by the algorithm itself. Coupled with this is a compressed file storage format considerably smaller in size that the traditional height field or height map storage requirements.