Alpine Generate Warp

[luvsmuzik]

Found an interesting setup

Not very pretty yet, but I have some smooth river bottom 

[WAS]

The Erosion heightfield helps a bit with the accentuated alpine fake erosion. Just play with slightly lower settings.

Also what does the fractal warp do in the mask? I'd think it'd do nothing since it isn't providing masking data?

[luvsmuzik]

The Erosion heightfield helps a bit with the accentuated alpine fake erosion. Just play with slightly lower settings.

Also what does the fractal warp do in the mask? I'd think it'd do nothing since it isn't providing masking data?

Okay, my bad....I put the fractal warp back under the alpine, no visible change.
I also had upped the displacement on the gray rock surface layer to 20, so that made that rather crisp with the PF shader.

I could isolate the terrain more, but I kinda like this broader view. 

[WAS]

The Erosion heightfield helps a bit with the accentuated alpine fake erosion. Just play with slightly lower settings.

Also what does the fractal warp do in the mask? I'd think it'd do nothing since it isn't providing masking data?

Okay, my bad....I put the fractal warp back under the alpine, no visible change.
I also had upped the displacement on the gray rock surface layer to 20, so that made that rather crisp with the PF shader.

I could isolate the terrain more, but I kinda like this broader view. 

It's ironic you're playing with the fractal warp, as that's what I am doing as well, maybe this will be of some inspiration, just something I'm playing with (fractal warp scale has an extra 0 to accentuate effect).

<terragen_clip>
   <smooth_step_scalar
      name = "Smooth step scalar 01"
      gui_use_node_pos = "1"
      gui_node_pos = "-780 1320 0"
      gui_group = "Terrain"
      enable = "1"
      input_node = "/Displacement shader to scalar 01"
      gui_use_preview_patch_size = "1"
      gui_preview_patch_size = "8000 8000"
      step_start = "Start 0"
      step_end = "End 1000"
      >
   </smooth_step_scalar>
   <constant_scalar
      name = "End 1000"
      gui_use_node_pos = "1"
      gui_node_pos = "-620 1400 0"
      gui_group = "Terrain"
      enable = "1"
      input_node = ""
      gui_use_preview_patch_size = "0"
      gui_preview_patch_size = "1000 1000"
      scalar = "1000"
      >
   </constant_scalar>
   <constant_scalar
      name = "Start 0"
      gui_use_node_pos = "1"
      gui_node_pos = "-680 1460 0"
      gui_group = "Terrain"
      enable = "1"
      input_node = ""
      gui_use_preview_patch_size = "0"
      gui_preview_patch_size = "1000 1000"
      scalar = "-0"
      >
   </constant_scalar>
   <fractal_warp_shader
      name = "Fractal warp shader 01"
      gui_use_node_pos = "1"
      gui_node_pos = "-840 1220 0"
      gui_group = "Terrain"
      enable = "1"
      input_node = "Alpine fractal shader v2 01"
      gui_use_preview_patch_size = "1"
      gui_preview_patch_size = "2000 2000"
      scale = "10000"
      warp_amount = "0.25"
      variation = "1.5"
      roughness = "0.86"
      scale_filter = "Smooth step scalar 01"
      obey_smoothing_filter = "1"
      blend_by_shader = "0"
      blending_shader = ""
      fit_blendshader_to_this = "0"
      invert_blendshader = "0"
      >
   </fractal_warp_shader>
   <displacement_shader_to_scalar
      name = "Displacement shader to scalar 01"
      gui_use_node_pos = "1"
      gui_node_pos = "-780 1520 0"
      gui_group = "Terrain"
      enable = "1"
      input_node = "/Alpine fractal shader v2 01"
      gui_use_preview_patch_size = "0"
      gui_preview_patch_size = "1000 1000"
      >
   </displacement_shader_to_scalar>
   <alpine_fractal_shader_v2
      name = "Alpine fractal shader v2 01"
      gui_use_node_pos = "1"
      gui_node_pos = "-860 1620 0"
      gui_group = "Terrain"
      enable = "1"
      input_node = ""
      gui_use_preview_patch_size = "0"
      gui_preview_patch_size = "1000 1000"
      seed = "16698"
      feature_scale = "4000"
      lead-in_octaves = "0"
      lead-in_scale = "4000"
      smallest_scale = "10"
      noise_octaves = "6"
      apply_displacement = "1"
      displacement_amplitude = "2000"
      displacement_offset = "0"
      displacement_roughness = "1"
      scale_step = "3"
      stretch_factor = "3"
      late_deposition = "0.06125"
      early_deposition = "0.25"
      early_deposition_rate = "2"
      warp_amount = "0.25"
      blend_by_shader = "0"
      blending_shader = ""
      invert_blendshader = "0"
      >
   </alpine_fractal_shader_v2>
</terragen_clip>

[luvsmuzik]

Ha ha, you know I'm lost now....
15 years ago, I could design you an Access Switchboard though...

[WAS]

I shared the project i was fiddling with here: https://planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,25866.new.html