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  • You can download the accompanying resource files, including source TGDs, terrain file, and image file, by clicking the link below.
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  • Fractals (in this context) are how Terragen generates terrain that goes to the horizon. Various shaders which modify the underlying terrain.
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  • [[Image:drex_module_176_image_0.png|485pxpx|Compute Terrain]] ...ent, use a Compute Normal. However, beware that Compute Normal and Compute Terrain slow down computation of their inputs, and the<span class="Apple-converted-
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  • [[Image:drex_module_194_1_image_0.png|center|Populator v3 - Terrain Tab]] ...ab has settings which let you choose how the population is effected by the terrain.
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  • ='''Terrain Set'''= [[Image:drex_module_172_image_0.png|485pxpx|Terrain Set]]
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  • The terrain is one of the most fundamental building blocks of any scene. Terragen 2 has ...ed in the detail they can present, but capable of presenting very specific terrain shapes (such as real-world elevation data) and being easily edited and wide
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  • [[Image:drex_module_194_1_image_0.png|center|Populator v4 - Terrain Tab]] ...ab has settings which let you choose how the population is effected by the terrain.
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  • ...he use of two different types of terrain: heightfield and procedural. Both terrain types can be used in the same scene. You can use procedural operators on he ...s the distance between each value (or “point”), or the position of the terrain on the globe can be included (“georeferencing”), but the basic heightfi
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  • Shaders provide color and texture for the terrain in a scene. [[Heightfield and Procedural Terrain]]<br />
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  • You can download the accompanying resource files, including source TGDs, terrain file, and image file, by clicking the link below.
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  • Confused? Never played with a terrain rendering program before? Might want to start here ...on nodes to create masks that "favor depressions" and "favor rises" of the terrain.
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  • ...e.  By default Terragen already has some nodes grouped together, like the Terrain and Atmosphere groups.
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  • ...m/watch?v=GPYyevgdP9M&feature=PlayList&p=FCB689245783556D&index=1 Part 2 - Terrain]=== In this section we will cover some simple terrain generation and finding a nice camera spot to render from.
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  • Fractals (in this context) are how Terragen generates terrain that goes to the horizon. Various shaders which modify the underlying terrain.
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  • When you open Terragen, you will immediately see a terrain with a simple mountain in front of you and a flat area closer to the camera ...on the respective Layout button at the top of the interface, e.g. Objects, Terrain, Shaders, etc. These are customized views that show you nodes and controls
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  • == Terrain == 1. Terrain - To begin with, you'll need some terrain. We'll use Power Fractal here, since it's a good way to get it to go all t
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  • ...anet from which the terrain was displaced, but may be updated by [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Tex Coords From XYZ]] nodes to provide fully 3D texture coordinates. ...irst, in a typical Terragen scene, Position in Texture is set by [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Tex Coords From XYZ]] to provide a consistent value between displace
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  • ...good for creating overhangs or large scale displacements across an entire terrain. ...rhangCliffs.jpg|800 px | Twist and shear shader used to create overhanging terrain at top of mountains.]]
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  • ...tart and stop, effectively overriding the lowest and highest points of the terrain. Glaciation is the erosion of the terrain by ice glaciers and the debris contained within them over a period of time.
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  • ...uloScalar_02_Terrain.jpg|none|800px|Modular scalar node used to displace a terrain along the X axis position, as the value of Input 2 is changed.]]
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  • ...anet from which the terrain was displaced, but may be updated by [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] nodes to provide a more detailed representation of
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  • The Surface Layer is most often used to create surface textures for the terrain. As one of the more complex nodes in Terragen, its parameters have been gr ...our is set to sRGB 0,64,38 and the Colour function is empty, therefore the terrain takes on the Apply colour value.]]
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  • ...of the Simple shape shader before it gets displaced on the surface of the terrain.]]
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  • ...you find angles to use for slope constraints. Imagine you have an area of terrain which is gently rising and then turns into a cliff. You want your surface l ...w context click on the cliff face, near the point where your gently rising terrain turns into the cliff. In the context menu select the '''Copy Slope Angle'''
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  • ...o Input 2 of the Divide Vector node can be used to scale the features of a terrain.]]
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  • <u>Position in terrain/texture</u> <br /n> ...|800px|You can reposition the Painted shader on the surface of the object, terrain or cloud layer by entering a value in the Translate fields.]]
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  • ...xport cameras, lights and markers, including animation. It can also export terrain geometry via the [[Micro Exporter]]. Please see the [[FBX Reference]] for m ...r]] node and it then exports all rendered terrain geometry. You can export terrain geometry to FBX, OBJ, LWO2 and TGO formats.
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  • ...anet from which the terrain is displaced, but may be updated by “Compute Terrain” or “Tex Coords From XYZ” nodes to provide fully 3D texture coordinat ...distorted by the underlying terrain. It also integrates smoothly with the terrain around the edges. </li>
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  • ...the Power fractal shader are unchecked. The result is that colours on the terrain appear unnaturally dark, almost burnt, where the colour values are below ze
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  • ...(metres) value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.
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  • ...tres)''' value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.</li>
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  • ...Using the Dot product node to isolate snow on specific sides of a mountain terrain.]] ...he Dot Product node with the normal vector for a given sample point on the terrain. You specify the direction that you want the snow effect to occur by enter
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  • ...became apparent the Compute Normal node was written. Finally, the Compute Terrain node combines the functionality of the Tex Coords from XYZ node and the Com ...coordinates. The Compute Normal returns surface normals, and the Compute Terrain node does both.]]
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  • ...distorted by the underlying terrain. It also integrates smoothly with the terrain around the edges. ...the difference between the edge of the shader (at 10m) and the underlying terrain, which is lower than along 10m along the two edges we can see.
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  • ...(metres) value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.
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  • ...llowing example, the Base colours node first sets the colour values of the terrain to orange and green. The Clamp colour node then modifies each colour compon
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  • ...are cast by surfaces interacting with this light source. Surfaces include terrain and objects. TBC
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  • ...uent displacement and texturing are accurately placed relative to the true terrain shape. ...ulate the current normals due to displacements occurring after the Compute terrain node.]]
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  • ...ile:Camera_14_Fisheye.jpg|none|800px|Fisheye at ground level and above the terrain]] ...he camera and the zero parallax plane, the point in the scene at which the terrain features or 3D objects have no parallax. In the example images below, the
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  • For scenes that are primarily composed just of terrain and clouds, with few or no objects, you may be able to keep AA relatively l
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  • ...ing bias value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.</li>
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  • ...anet from which the terrain was displaced, but may be updated by [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] nodes to provide a more detailed representation of
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  • ...field Erode simulates the natural effects of weather and water flow on the terrain over a period of time. It enhances the realism of a heightfield by creating <u>Erode Heightfield</u>: This option erodes the terrain based on the various settings below.
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  • ...ower than the surrounding terrain and you want shadows to be cast from the terrain onto the cloud layers, enable the setting by clicking on the checkbox. Not ...d to modify the lighting. Shadow maps can be used to cast shadows onto the terrain, objects and other cloud layers, but not the cloud layer itself. While typi
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  • ...t that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] connected somewhere above the node in the network t
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  • ...it may be necessary to reposition the rock so that it sits properly on the terrain after changing its diameter. ...(metres) value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.
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  • ...imit minimum altitude checkbox enabled, the snow layer will only cover the terrain to the point at which you clicked in the 3D Preview. <u>Position in terrain/texture</u>: When selected the altitudes are based on texture space
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  • ...is the inside of the planet. The image alpha channel has cut a hole in the terrain. The right hand image shows what happens when '''Use alpha/transparency for
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  • ...t from the camera position. If you set this to 1000 then only parts of the terrain 1000m and more from the camera will be exported. ...hest distance from the camera that geometry will be exported. Parts of the terrain beyond this distance are not exported.
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  • ...ume above the terrain and half below. To raise the entire cloud above the terrain we can modify the output from the Get position node by subtracting the valu Now the spherical cloud is above the terrain. We can shape the cloud by once again modifying the output of the Get posi
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  • [[Image:drex_module_176_image_0.png|485pxpx|Compute Terrain]] ...ent, use a Compute Normal. However, beware that Compute Normal and Compute Terrain slow down computation of their inputs, and the<span class="Apple-converted-
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  • ..., the Divide Scalar node is used to manipulate the displacement height the terrain. ...ode network view, using the Divide scalar node to adjust the height of the Terrain.]]
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  • ...(metres) value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.
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  • ...tically, so that the object's y coordinate matches the y coordinate of the terrain. The ability to specify a density shader allows users to mask the placement ...value is used for height. Leave the Y field empty if you want to specify a terrain onto which the objects should be placed.
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  • Heightfield Export LWO allows you to export a heightfield terrain into a Lightwave LWO format 3D geometry file for import into another 3D app
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  • ...of the Simple shape shader before it gets displaced on the surface of the terrain.]]
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  • ...t that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] connected somewhere above the node in the network t ...procedural terrain, the amplitude determines how high and low the maximum terrain features can get.
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  • ...use the Conditional scalar node to create a transition between mountainous terrain and some lower elevation foothills. In the default Terragen project, let’s remove any terrain features that currently exist in order to start with a completely smooth an
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  • ...r /> Examples for "Groups" in the default scene are the green area tagged "Terrain", the blue area tagged "Atmosphere", the red area tagged "Shaders" etc.<br * '''Name [e.g. "Terrain"]: '''Sets the name and tag for the Group.
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  • ...(metres) value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.
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  • ...h lots of craters was assigned to a Shader array and duplicated across the terrain. ...800px|A vector displacement image of lots of craters duplicated across the terrain with a Shader array.]]
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  • [[Image:drex_module_194_1_image_0.png|center|Populator v3 - Terrain Tab]] ...ab has settings which let you choose how the population is effected by the terrain.
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  • ...ather than in surface layers. They should be connected above the [[Compute Terrain]] node. ...t that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] connected somewhere above the node in the network t
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  • ...''drag''' a selection box around the “Simple shape shader”, “Fractal terrain”, and “Fractal warp shader” nodes, then press the “'''delete'''” ...the Displacement shader node to the ”'''Main input'''” of the Compute Terrain node.
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  • .... You can also control how population instances are angled relative to the terrain. ...cording to the slope of the underlying terrain. The slope is take from the terrain normal. If this is unchecked instances are always oriented so their Y axis
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  • ...(metres) value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.
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  • * '''Sample terrain and density shader before moving and rotating area:''' TBC
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  • ...this Sunlight node. For example, 3D objects will cast shadows onto nearby terrain. ...her and the terrain. For example, cloud layers will cast shadows onto the terrain as well as other cloud layers, which is important for maintaining overall s
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  • ...decreased render times by two minutes, but less shadows are cast onto the terrain. ...ower than the surrounding terrain and you want shadows to be cast from the terrain onto the cloud layers, enable the setting by clicking on the checkbox. Note
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  • The Heightfield Shader is the basis for any heightfield terrain. It takes data from a heightfield operator, such as a Heightfield Generate ...ng terrain. The value ranges from 0 to 1. The value relates to the size of terrain. If you use 0 there is no blending performed and the heightfield will poten
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  • ...rrain shape shader that creates a more natural, eroded-looking mountainous terrain shape than the basic Power Fractal. Unlike a heightfield erosion effect, th
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  • ...ained in the MOLA IMG file. Increasing the value raises the height of the terrain features, while decreasing the value lowers them. To get realistic heights
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  • ...strength of the Enviro light's effect specifically on surfaces, including terrain and objects. Default value is 1, higher values are multiples of the default
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  • ...f the surface normal. It is important to have a compute normal or compute terrain node upstream of the Fake stone node in order for the displacement directio
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  • ...Planet object is the basis for most scenes in Terragen. It consists of the terrain geometry, surface attributes, and the atmosphere created around it. ...surface. Typically this is the last node in the workflow starting with the Terrain group and culminating in the Shader group.
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  • ...s will not show any colour if the heightfield shader is connected into the terrain part of the node network in the normal fashion. You will also need to conne
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  • ...subtracting one mask from the other to define a road that conforms to the terrain.]]
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  • ...heightfield resolutions are very different the final smoothing across the terrain looks very similar.
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  • ...ge is saved in the EXR format to preserve the floating point values of the terrain surface. When the pixels are sampled in a third party software, like Photos
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  • ...applied in. Options that "(requires computed normal)" must have a Compute Terrain or Compute Normal node connected somewhere above the Surface Layer in the
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  • ...is on, the atmosphere will still affect the lighting on any clouds and the terrain in the project. ...surfaces: '''When this setting is enabled or checked, shadows cast by the terrain, clouds and 3D objects can affect the atmosphere. This setting is disabled
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  • ...you find angles to use for slope constraints. Imagine you have an area of terrain which is gently rising and then turns into a cliff. You want your mask to a ...w context click on the cliff face, near the point where your gently rising terrain turns into the cliff. In the context menu select the '''Copy Slope Angle'''
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  • ...mensional density function, which Terragen uses for things like procedural terrain generation and clouds, as well as masking, displacements, colouring of stru ...ng effect. For example, when the fractal is used for creating a procedural terrain, a high clumping value would account for distinct areas of plains and mount
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  • ...rrain. The Surface layer’s test colour will indicate which parts of the terrain meet the requirements of the condition. | [[File:GetAltitude_01_TestColor.jpg|none|800px|Render of terrain with the Surface layer’s Enable test colour parameter checked.]]
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  • | [[File:PF3_11_Terrain_FeatureScale.jpg|none|800px|Feature scale values on terrain at 1500, 5000, and 12500 metres.]] | [[File:PF3_13_Terrain_LeadInScale.jpg|none|800px|Lead-in scale values on terrain at 5000, 25000, and 100000 metres.]]
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  • | [[File:SmoothStepScalar_02_Terrain_Off.jpg|none|800px|Terrain without Smooth Step Scalar. The highest peak is 2,250 metres and the lowes ...same, increasing the Step Start value tends to push the lower parts of the terrain upwards.]]
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  • ...erge_68_InputNodeGradient_HeightfieldAHF.jpg|none|400px|Gradient image and terrain image merged together for heightfield merge examples below]]
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  • ...htfield resolutions are very different the final smooth erosion across the terrain looks very similar. -->
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  • ...cts and the terrain, the vertices of a 3D object or the sample points in a terrain make use of texture coordinates which instructs the shader how to colour th For terrains, the texture coordinates are calculated via a Compute Terrain node or the Tex Coords from XYZ node which return the X,Y and Z position in
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  • ...impossible to completely stop the shadows from changing shape, because the terrain that casts the shadows needs to change levels of detail as the camera moves
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  • ...lti-dimensional density function, which TG uses for things like procedural terrain generation and clouds, as well as masking, displacements, colouring of stru ...g" effect. For example, when the fractal is used for creating a procedural terrain, a high clumping value would account for distinct areas of plains and mount
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  • * '''Diffuse: '''When checked, the surface of the object or terrain is treated as diffuse. The lights within the project will illuminate it ac * '''Luminous: ''' When checked, the surface of the object of terrain is treated as fully luminous. The lights within the project have no effect
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  • ...rk view using the output from the Length to scalar to displace the surface terrain.]]
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  • ...es result in a smoother terrain, while larger values result in more varied terrain details. ...her settings. For example, you can define the “Feature scale” for the terrain and then explore variations on this theme by clicking on the “Random Seed
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  • ...Input 2 of the Multiply Vector node can be used to scale the features of a terrain.]] ...Input 2 of the Multiply Vector node can be used to scale the features of a terrain.]]
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  • ...ing bias value to something like -10,000,000 forces it to render after the terrain.</li>
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  • ='''Terrain Set'''= [[Image:drex_module_172_image_0.png|485pxpx|Terrain Set]]
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  • <u>Position in terrain/texture:</u> TBC
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  • ! style="text-align:left;" | Terrain with Reflective shader | [[File:ReflShdr_92_Terrain_ReflShdrOff.jpg|none|266px|Path tracer render of terrain without Reflective shader.]] || [[File:ReflShdr_93_Terrain_ReflShdrOnDefaul
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  • To add a crater to the terrain, click on the “Add Terrain” button in the Terrain project view and choose the Crater shader from the Displacement shader subm ...ddCrater.png|none|669px|Add a Crater shader to your project via the “Add Terrain” button, then selecting Crater shader from the Displacement Shader submen
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  • ...d shader supplies three colour values, which are then used to displace the terrain surface according to the conversion formula, illustrating how much each col ...PG|none|800px|The Node Network view using a Painted Shader to displace the terrain based on each colour’s luminance value.]]
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  • ...re coordinates set by object, often modified by other shaders e.g. Compute Terrain, Tex Coords From XYZ, Transform Shader, Warp Shader [[Get Normal in Texture]] - Surface normal set by object, Compute Terrain or Compute Normal
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  • ...to go and then choose "Copy Coordinates". This copies the location of the terrain under the mouse. You can then paste the location into the Landmark's positi
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  • ...l look and structure of your scene. Shader Nodes encompass everything from terrain shading and displacement to water to atmospherics, including clouds.
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  • === White Spots, Holes, or Missing Geometry in Terrain === ...robably seeing some missing geometry. The white speckles are holes in your terrain geometry showing the sky in the background. This often happens with more ex
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  • For scenes that are primarily composed just of terrain and clouds, with few or no objects, you may be able to keep AA relatively l ...ading renders in a way that ultimately produces smoother and more detailed terrain shading (similar to "Defer Atmo" which makes smoother clouds). This means M
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  • ...en the navigation panel will be shown in 3D Previews, including shader and terrain previews. Initially a toggle button will be displayed, which can be clicked
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  • ...wing the path the centre of the sphere moves along. We haven't changed the terrain in the scene so that means all the ground is at an elevation of 0. Looking
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