#IPAS disk #5
I have been looking at the silicon garden disk, and have the OK to purchase it,
but I need to know how much control you have over how the trees are grown. I
work for a forestry consulting firm and we do timber inventories and input
those numbers into custom software that can "grow" the trees in a database
based on soil, trerrain, and other factors. What I would like to know is, can
we take those numbers we get and use them to produce a fairly accurate model of
a tree? And how specific of a tree type can we get, or is it just a matter of
texture mapping? We'd like to tell the difference between a Douglas Fir and a
Hemlock, for example.
If it can't do some of the things we would like, is it possible to alter the
PXP with the Developers kit?
Thanks for any info. I have to make a choice between Silicon Garden and
Schrieber's Imagine Nursery within a day or two, so whatever info you can
supply is greatly appreciated.
BTW, I have been playing with Disks #6 and #7 over the weekend and I must say
they are really cool.
Tim