http://www.swiftless.com Game Programming and Computer Graphics Tutorials Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:18:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.swiftless.com/tutorials/terrain/1_class.html http://www.swiftless.com/tutorials/terrain/1_class.html#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:41:13 +0000 Swiftless http://swiftless.com/wordpress/?p=242 Terrain is one of those things that so far, hasn't been perfectly recreated in computer graphics. But it is almost there! Looking over a beautiful landscape can be one of the most amazing feelings in the world. And is probably my inspiration for these tutorials. Related posts:

1. 3. Terrain Rendering
2. 2. Terrain Loading
3. 4. Terrain Triangle Strips

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Related posts:

1. 32. OpenGL Particle Engine
2. 20. OpenGL MipMap Generation
3. 33. OpenGL Animating Textures

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Related posts:

1. 35. OpenGL Tiling Engine
2. 22. OpenGL Camera
3. 23. OpenGL Camera Part 2

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