Surface Layer - Displacement Tab - Revision history

Jo at 09:59, 18 March 2012

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127.0.0.1: jrfconvert import

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[[Category:IMPORT]]
='''Surface Layer - Displacement Tab'''=

[[Image:drex_module_135_2_image_0.png|465pxpx|Surface Layer - Displacement Tab]]

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-'''Displacement direction:''' This popup list allows you to choose the direction that displacement is applied in. Any options in the popup list that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] connected somewhere above them in the network to work properly. The popup has the following options:
+'''Displacement direction:''' This popup list allows you to choose the direction that displacement is applied in. Any options in the popup list that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] connected somewhere above the node in the network to work properly. The popup has the following options:
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-'''Displacement direction:''' This popup list allows you to choose the direction that displacement is applied in. Any options in the popup list that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]], [[Compute Normal]] or [[Redirect Shader]] connected somewhere above them in the network to work properly. The popup has the following options:
+'''Displacement direction:''' This popup list allows you to choose the direction that displacement is applied in. Any options in the popup list that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]] or [[Compute Normal]] connected somewhere above them in the network to work properly. The popup has the following options:
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 <u>Along vertical:</u> Displacement will happen along the normal of the underlying object (i.e. the planet or a model) without any displacement being applied.
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-<u>Along normal:</u> Displacement will happen along the current surface normal, which includes all displacement to date.
+<u>Along normal:</u> Displacement will happen along the current surface normal.
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-<u>Vertical only (requires computed normal):</u> Displacement only happens along the normal of the underlying object (i.e. the planet or a model) without any previous displacement being applied.
+<u>Vertical only (requires computed normal):</u> Displacement only happens along the normal of the underlying object (i.e. the planet or a model). The displacement is scaled by the difference between the object normal and the surface normal. Displacement is reduced as the angle between the normals approaches 90&deg;.
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-<u>Lateral only (requires computed normal):</u> Displacement only occurs in the lateral plane, or in other words the X-Z plane. There is no vertical component (Y).
+<u>Lateral only (requires computed normal):</u> Displacement only occurs in the lateral plane, or in other words perpendicular to the normal of the underlying object.
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 <u>Lateral normalized (requires computed normal):</u> This is the same as <u>Lateral only</u> but the normal is normalised (scaled so it has a length of 1).
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 '''Displacement function:''' This parameter is where you connect the node(s) used to generate displacement for the layer.
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-'''Displacement offset:''' This value is added to incoming displacement values before they are multiplied by the '''Displacement multiplier''' parameter. This creates the effect of offsetting the displacement by a set amount along the '''Displacement direction'''. Positive values push the displacement out so it looks almost as if it was sitting on a plinth. Negative values will sink the displacement back into the surface. It doesn't reverse the displacement, it's more like creating a hole in the surface and then applying the displacement to the bottom of the hole.
+'''Displacement offset:''' This value is added to incoming displacement values after they are multiplied by the '''Displacement multiplier''' parameter. This creates the effect of offsetting the displacement by a set amount along the '''Displacement direction'''. Positive values push the displacement out so it looks almost as if it was sitting on a plinth. Negative values will sink the displacement back into the surface. It doesn't reverse the displacement, it's more like creating a hole in the surface and then applying the displacement to the bottom of the hole.
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-'''Displacement direction:''' This popup allows you to choose the direction that displacement is applied in. The popup have the following options:
+'''Displacement direction:''' This popup list allows you to choose the direction that displacement is applied in. Any options in the popup list that have "(requires computed normal)" require that there be a [[Compute Terrain]], [[Compute Normal]] or [[Redirect Shader]] connected somewhere above them in the network to work properly. The popup has the following options:
 <ul>
 <li>
-<u>Along vertical:</u> TBC
+<u>Along vertical:</u> Displacement will happen along the normal of the underlying object (i.e. the planet or a model) without any displacement being applied.
 </li><li>
-<u>Along normal:</u> TBC
+<u>Along normal:</u> Displacement will happen along the current surface normal, which includes all displacement to date.
 </li><li>
-<u>Vertical only (requires computed normal):</u> TBC
+<u>Vertical only (requires computed normal):</u> Displacement only happens along the normal of the underlying object (i.e. the planet or a model) without any previous displacement being applied.
 </li><li>
-<u>Lateral only (requires computed normal):</u> TBC
+<u>Lateral only (requires computed normal):</u> Displacement only occurs in the lateral plane, or in other words the X-Z plane. There is no vertical component (Y).
 </li><li>
 <u>Lateral normalized (requires computed normal):</u> This is the same as <u>Lateral only</u> but the normal is normalised (scaled so it has a length of 1).

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-[[Category:IMPORT]]
+[[Image:drex_module_135_2_image_0.png|center|Surface Layer - Displacement Tab]]
-='''Surface Layer - Displacement Tab'''=
 Back to: [[Surface Layer]]