Curved Planes

[Mohawk20]

Started here: https://planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php?msg=272466
As a reply on something Matt said about using a plane for terrain, but then lacking the curve of the planet, I thought of a way to have the cake and eat it too.

Solution:
A round simple shape with a gradient displacement under a plane.
I tried it with several smaller planes next to each other.
You can place your planes wherever you want above it, and they'll have matching curvatures.

But then I thought and tested some more:
A simple shape with the same size as the plane, with displacement edge set to 1, it looks like sliced blocks of clay.

[PabloMack]

For clarity's sake, if it is curved, it is not a plane. It is a surface, unless you are talking about relativity.

[WAS]

For clarity's sake, if it is curved, it is not a plane. It is a surface, unless you are talking about relativity.

I'm sure he's referring to the primitive.

[Dune]

Nice experiment, almost like using a number of cubes. After a compute normal, you may also be able to displace sideways.

[Mohawk20]

Quote from: Dune 12/28/2019, 8:52:29 AM

After a compute normal, you may also be able to displace sideways.

Wellll... That might need some more work.

[Dune]

Yeah, not really the way to go then.

[bobbystahr]

cool experiment!