Comments on: It makes you think… http://error-success.piku.org.uk/2009/09/18/it-makes-you-think/ My BLT drive just went AWOL Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arron http://error-success.piku.org.uk/2009/09/18/it-makes-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-25 arron Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:09:17 +0000 http://error_success.piku.org.uk/?p=123#comment-25 This is one of the reasons why there ought to be completely free libraries of implementation of common tasks that all programmers need - like maths libraries, stuff to do collision detection and perhaps even generic 3D source libraries and tools so you can stuff data into it and get stuff working with a minimum of effort. The issue with cities (and most physical construction) is that no one person is in control. And you can't build them all in one go. So unless you have a grid system with zones, it's very difficult to get a coherent city that is built all in one style. And even then it will vary as bits are replaced and rebuilt. This is one of the reasons why there ought to be completely free libraries of implementation of common tasks that all programmers need – like maths libraries, stuff to do collision detection and perhaps even generic 3D source libraries and tools so you can stuff data into it and get stuff working with a minimum of effort.

The issue with cities (and most physical construction) is that no one person is in control. And you can’t build them all in one go. So unless you have a grid system with zones, it’s very difficult to get a coherent city that is built all in one style. And even then it will vary as bits are replaced and rebuilt.

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