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Title: Lava?
Post by: Pentagular Dark on May 20, 2011, 08:01:16 PM
I was trying to make the Nether in Terragen but I can't find (or remember) any good "realistic" cracked lava tutorials.

P.S. I don't want this post spammed with, "I can't seem to find any either."

EDIT: Also on a completely unrelated note can you invert the normals of a planet for the "ceiling" of a global cave system?
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: Tangled-Universe on May 21, 2011, 04:33:16 AM
Searched: crack lava
Result: http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=6432.0

This the fastest, nicest and most easy crack-function around...
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: dandelO on May 21, 2011, 09:02:32 AM
To invert the planet surface, just use a negative number instead of a positive value in the radius.

You might find this thread useful, not as instructions for building a cave but on how to get a 'roof' on the planet in general.
http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=10980.0
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: Pentagular Dark on May 21, 2011, 12:28:27 PM
Three things, one thanks for the ceiling/cracks, two how can you change the color of the cracks?, and three this might turn into a thread to help me with this project.
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: TheBlackHole on May 26, 2011, 10:37:28 AM
I don't know about cracked lava, but this works nicely for molten rock.
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: Pentagular Dark on June 02, 2011, 07:01:55 PM
Oops I'm a little late but.... Thanks!
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: Pentagular Dark on June 13, 2011, 09:44:53 PM
Umm... ya but how do I make the lava get less black when getting to the shore WITHOUT making it black and white?
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: Henry Blewer on June 14, 2011, 08:24:34 AM
Can you post an image of this? I'm not quite sure what is occurring to cause it to render as black and white.
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: rcallicotte on June 14, 2011, 08:28:56 AM
There are all kinds of great lava examples here.  Volker made one for me called CALICOS FIRE, if you can find it - a full-on example.
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: rcallicotte on June 14, 2011, 08:58:33 PM
Found it.
Title: Re: Lava?
Post by: Pentagular Dark on June 14, 2011, 09:39:01 PM
Ok working with new setup how do I make this more "active" near the shore?
EDIT:Wait scratch that how do I make blend with the shore? (I'm using a seperate planet for the magma oceans.)