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Title: Erosion shader
Post by: Dune on November 03, 2015, 02:10:48 AM
Tested the latest erosion shader, a genius work by Daniil. Eroding a simple soft perlin terrain, and using the deposition mask for some snow fields. Masking a rocky promontery, I added some extra displacements.
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: AP on November 03, 2015, 02:22:15 AM
Very, very neat.

Where there improvements added to the deposition itself with this latest version?
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: Dune on November 03, 2015, 02:28:15 AM
Can't tell you, as I don't exactly know. Flow map (for rivers) has been greatly improved, but I haven't used that yet in the latest version.
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: AP on November 03, 2015, 02:37:19 AM
Alright, not a problem.
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: mhaze on November 03, 2015, 04:53:30 AM
Nice work! I'm hopping up and down waiting to play with this :o
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: AP on November 03, 2015, 05:10:20 AM
Agreed. Something i have been keenly investigating for many years.
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: Dune on November 03, 2015, 07:49:09 AM
Won't be long, I think...
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: Kadri on November 03, 2015, 08:44:41 AM

Nice work Ulco.
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: Oshyan on November 03, 2015, 03:13:15 PM
A study in contrasts, very nice! The high deserts of Chile perhaps?
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Br0EfEvkZOg/VSK2Jj1RMoI/AAAAAAAAAr4/uVgg4DmAD08/s1600/chile%2Bsunset.jpg

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: mesocyclone on November 03, 2015, 03:24:04 PM
Sorry the nooby question, but is this shader the same one inbuilt into the "heightfield add operator"?
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: Oshyan on November 03, 2015, 03:45:45 PM
No, this is an entirely new shader developed by Daniil Kamperov, an independent programmer who is using the Terragen SDK to realize is unique ideas about procedural erosion. He is entirely responsible for the development of this plugin. He's hoping to make it available more publicly in the relatively near future. :)

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: mesocyclone on November 03, 2015, 06:40:05 PM
Quote from: Oshyan on November 03, 2015, 03:45:45 PM
No, this is an entirely new shader developed by Daniil Kamperov, an independent programmer who is using the Terragen SDK to realize is unique ideas about procedural erosion. He is entirely responsible for the development of this plugin. He's hoping to make it available more publicly in the relatively near future. :)

- Oshyan

Thanks for the answer.  :) Is it paid?
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: Oshyan on November 03, 2015, 06:50:49 PM
That will be up to Daniil, but I believe he has said he will not charge for the initial (beta?) version.

- Oshyan
Title: Re: Erosion shader
Post by: AP on November 03, 2015, 07:17:08 PM
Quote from Daniil:

I just don't feel that it is right to ask money for it because it is quite inconvinient and unrealistic for regular use. :)