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The number of times that the initial noise pattern should be repeated. With each repetition (octave) the noise will be half the size of the previous octave. The effect will look similar to having an initially smaller Detail, but the difference is that the larger initial Detail will still be visible, and the Octave parameter will add smaller noise to the initial larger noise pattern.
Octaves from left to right: 1,2,3. Detail level was kept at 3 and Persistance was kept at
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To better visualize how the Octave parameter affects the noise pattern, lets look at it through a 2D cross section:
5 octaves of noise shown individually, and then added together to form the final noise. Notice how the final noise retains some of its original shape from the first octave (in this case a medium Persistance was used, see below)
PersistanceThis parameter controls how "persistant" the noise is through each octave. With a high setting, the initial noise pattern quickly disappears, while the frequency of the noise increases:
Example of using 5 octaves, and a high Persistance such as 0.9 -notice in the result how the initial noise pattern is not really present anymore because of the high frequency/small wavelength noise
On the other hand, if the Persistance is very low, the noise pattern will dissipate very quickly with each octave:
Still using 5 octaves, but a small Persistance such as 0.1 - notice how the initial noise pattern is largely unaffected, no matter how many octaves you specify.
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