Can't find Fractal Terrain Node

[caekdaemon]

I've been having a go at Terragen, and I think I've made some pretty nice stuff. I've decided I wanted to make a second planet, and have a image taken of it from a different planet. I'm trying to make terrain on it, but I cant find a Fractal Terrain node to place, which I think would cause it to make the terrain. Also, the clouds on the planet seem to stick straight to the planets surface, rather than hovering above it at some distance.

EDIT : I also can't find Base Colours 

[Henry Blewer]

A planet is an object. You'll find a that under the surface shaders tab the is a fractal terrain and an atmosphere node. These are where you would link the node setups for each; the fractal terrain for the new planet and the atmosphere settings and clouds for the new planet.

You can create new groups for each. It makes it easier to edit. Then just connect the last node into the surface input of your new planet.

[caekdaemon]

A planet is an object. You'll find a that under the surface shaders tab the is a fractal terrain and an atmosphere node. These are where you would link the node setups for each; the fractal terrain for the new planet and the atmosphere settings and clouds for the new planet.

I'm confused. Where is this surface shaders tab? I'm at the planets internal network, but I have no clue where the surface shaders tab is.

[jaf]

When you are working in the nodes, you can right-click to get the various shaders, etc.  When someone mentions "tabs", they are referring to the Tab group near the top of the GUI (Objects, Terrain, Shaders, etc.)

[Henry Blewer]

There is the default planet. The normal methods for adding surfaces and other nodes are very straight forward. You simply click onto the tab at the top of the program where you want to add your shaders... etc.

Click on the Objects tab. The default has two blue boxes, one for background and one for planet 01. Click on the Add Object/object and last planet. A blue box with planet 02 should appear. Click on planet 02.

Near the bottom of the input area which appears, you will see two inputs. They are right above the Displacement tolerance slider. The default for the Surface shader input is Power fractal v.3 01. This is where you would connect the more complicated node setup I mentioned before. To do this you need to click on the box on the right of this input and use assign and then select the last node of the planet's shader group you built.

Below the Surface shader input is the Atmosphere input. You would assign the more complex atmosphere group's last node here.

I hope this is making more sense.

[caekdaemon]

Alright. The planet has hills and mountains now  , but I don't know how to give the terrain colour. I can do it to planet 1, but I don't know how to do it to another planet 

[Henry Blewer]

You can set up the planet 02 using the planet 01 shaders. Create a new group. Name it something which makes sense to you. Now select all the nodes in the shaders group and move them to the new group box. Assign the last node to the planet 02 Surface shader input.

Now you can add a new base colours to the old shaders group. Assign this to the Surface shader input of planet 01. You should be able to go from there normally.

[caekdaemon]

Alright, the terrain has colour, and is looking pretty good. I'm trying to use the Atlantic clip, and I have managed to import it into the planet, but I don't know how to link it up.

[Henry Blewer]

To connect a clip file (tgc) to the input of another node, left click on the small triangle at the bottom of the last node in the clip file. A line should appear when you pull the mouse away. You pull this line to the connection triangle on top of the node you are connecting the clip file to. Usually there are two of these triangles at the top of the node box. The first is the input. This builds onto the node you are connecting to. The second is the blending connection. This is used to alter the coverage (for an example, it does more).

[caekdaemon]

Of course. But I don't seem to have a place to link the water to. The final input area just don't seem to have a section for it.

[Henry Blewer]

If you create a lake object in the water tab, there is a link there for a water shader by default. Just use the assign button on the right of the input to link to the last shader of the tgc clip file you loaded.

[caekdaemon]

If you create a lake object in the water tab, there is a link there for a water shader by default. Just use the assign button on the right of the input to link to the last shader of the tgc clip file you loaded.

The Atlantic clip comes with everything it needs, but the lake part's output goes no where.

[Henry Blewer]

That is where you connect the lake object from.

[caekdaemon]

That is where you connect the lake object from.

Now I'm extremely confused. The Atlantic clip comes with everything it needs, including the lake set up. I've pasted it inside the planet's node network. I just don't know where to connect the lake's output, as the planet does not have a final input for water.

[Henry Blewer]

Can you post your tgd file to the file sharing section? I'll take a look. Maybe if I can see it I will be able to explain things better.