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A comment on The Diamond-Square Algorithm.

Re:The Diamond-Square Algorithm by saagarjha on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:32PM (#23666572)
(If it isn't clear from the demonstration, Diamond-Square is quite good at terrain generation.)
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Re:The Diamond-Square Algorithm by pubby on Sunday June 28, 2020 @08:18AM (#23668247)
It's kinda flawed in that it produces terrain with prominent creases along the x/y axis. Most terrain generators use something with less artifacts, like several passes of perlin noise.
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