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Title: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: mhaze on January 15, 2014, 04:58:29 AM
Learnt a lot from this one, a testbed for me.  All simple shape shaders, the canyon, the arch and the lefthand cave. I've also sorted one or two texturing issues.
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: jo on January 15, 2014, 05:16:07 AM
That's very cool, yet another thing I never imagined the Simple shape shader could be used for when I wrote it :-).
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: kaedorg on January 15, 2014, 05:34:06 AM
Very impressive. Hope to learn more about it.
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: mhaze on January 15, 2014, 05:34:54 AM
I've tried using the SSS to punch through terrain to create an arch but not succeeded.  The end wall is always left behind.
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: j meyer on January 15, 2014, 11:58:30 AM
And how did you succeed at last?
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: mhaze on January 15, 2014, 12:29:57 PM
It's two SSS one each side of the canyon with redirects to get them to displace horizontally!
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: Dune on January 15, 2014, 01:02:01 PM
I figured that. And probably smoothing activated in compute terrain? Or wasn't that nescessary in this setup?
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: j meyer on January 15, 2014, 01:19:01 PM
Thanks!
Always better to mention the successful solution instead of
saying how it doesn't work. ;)
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: mhaze on January 15, 2014, 02:31:18 PM
smoothing wasn't needed! its a very simple setup - in fact I was surprised how simple!
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: Upon Infinity on January 15, 2014, 02:43:09 PM
Quote from: mhaze on January 15, 2014, 12:29:57 PM
It's two SSS one each side of the canyon with redirects to get them to displace horizontally!

Screenshot?
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: inkydigit on January 15, 2014, 05:10:57 PM
excellent result!
looks effective and useful!
:)
J
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: TheBadger on January 15, 2014, 06:32:52 PM
Well this is a breakthrough, isn't it?

Great job! 8)
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: Markal on January 15, 2014, 09:24:33 PM
Awesome use of Terragen! Please share your techniques!
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: mhaze on January 16, 2014, 05:20:42 AM
It is so simple I'm sure from the clues you've been given you could, with a little playing, replicate it!  But life is short so I'll put a cut down version showing the basics in File sharing.
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: choronr on January 19, 2014, 01:30:20 PM
Simply a project of good experimentation and creativity ...good show Mike!
Title: Re: Playing with the simple shape shader
Post by: mhaze on January 19, 2014, 05:05:20 PM
Thankyou all for the kind comments.