I don't think a semi will give the same results
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.
Lighthouse init
looks like this to me http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22522265
Quote from: gtiballs61 on 19 September 2011, 13:35looks like this to me http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22522265http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinotorishima