lacking subdivision and details on "cube" primitive

[Nala1977]

I shared this a while ago:
https://planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,26357.msg262446.html#msg262446

thanks a lot 

[Dune]

I see from your screenshot that you also masked the strata by the very narrow SSS, so it won't have the 'space' to strata.

[N-drju]

thanks mate, i also felt that this method was way better than using a terrain.

This, actually, depends. It's great it works for you, but having terrain features contracted to the cube object may cause terrain continuity problems at one moment or another. Like when you go for a more complex environment.

[Nala1977]

thanks mate, i also felt that this method was way better than using a terrain.

This, actually, depends. It's great it works for you, but having terrain features contracted to the cube object may cause terrain continuity problems at one moment or another. Like when you go for a more complex environment.

well the thing is i still can not get the same result going with terrain, because for some reason when you use a mask the effect is limited to that mask and i can not understand how to overcome this, for example like Dune said the effect of strata and outcrops is limited by the mask, but if i remove the mask is going to affect the whole terrain which is something i dont want.

so im trying to learn how to control things, there should be a way to have the strata effect on a masked zone.

[Dune]

Use color adjusts to either feed upward displacement or strata, and start out with a soft SSS.

[Nala1977]

So, always in this topic, can someone please point me out why the "Fake stones shader" stones are so stretched out?
as far as i understand they are taking the "redirect shader" into computation, but i dont understand the reason why, since i've put a "Compute Terrain" in between the redirect and the surface layer that has the fake stones shader as child.

Basically i want the fake stone shaders affecting the yellowish_/sand part of the image, while the rock is basically done.
What am i doing wrong?

thanks

[Dune]

Add a transform shader after the stone shader and set to world space.

[WAS]

Strata is going to be along the surface, so you probably won't get the effect you want. You'll want to try to fake it with a stretched X/Z fractal.

[KlausK]

What Dune said. And then maybe something like this?

CHeers, Klaus

[Nala1977]

thanks guys that did work!