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It's common because Simplex noise is encumbered by patents. OpenSimplex noise [0] has become somewhat popular in recent years since it gets similar results wit
by dralley 5y ago
It's common because Simplex noise is encumbered by patents.
OpenSimplex noise [0] has become somewhat popular in recent years since it gets similar results without infringing on the patent, but Perlin noise is decades older and have more name recognition, more implementations, etc.
[0] https://github.com/KdotJPG/OpenSimplex2 https://github.com/KdotJPG/OpenSimplex2