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#31
Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object
Last post by Belmont224 - June 27, 2025, 10:50:50 AM
Thank you! After playing around a lot I did get something similar to that (though not as concise).

I'm actually trying to get the amount of light that is falling on the surface, not necessarily the brightness based on the texture. (that's what I meant by brightness, I can see I was very unclear).

Initially I was thinking I could base it off the angle between the direct lighting and the surface normal. So if the sun was right behind me, and the landscape it was hitting had a surface normal pointing right back at me I would consider that brightly lit. If the surface normal was pointed 45 degrees away from me, that would be halfway lit, etc. I thought that might be a rough estimation. Besides not knowing the math for how to do that, it doesn't take into account shadows though.
#32
Terragen Discussion / Re: Get brightness of object
Last post by Dune - June 27, 2025, 01:25:51 AM
I don't know if this would work for you.
#33
Terragen Discussion / Get brightness of object
Last post by Belmont224 - June 26, 2025, 06:08:34 PM
Is there any way to get the brightness of an object (terrain)? I see some function like get diffuse color and get final color, but I can't seem to make them do anything. 

As an example, can I make a shader that when the brightness is 0.5 and below it will be black and 0.55 and above it will be white?
#34
Image Sharing / Re: "Solyx"
Last post by Stormlord - June 26, 2025, 05:57:16 AM
Would it be possible to read your inbox?
I have sent you an email....

STORMLORD
#35
Terragen Support / Re: Planetside Software websit...
Last post by raymoh - June 22, 2025, 01:09:02 AM
Thank you for your efforts, my license is working again.
#36
Terragen Support / Re: Planetside Software websit...
Last post by Matt - June 21, 2025, 07:18:21 PM
We're back. If you have any issues with the website, downloads, licenses or anything else, please let us know.
#37
Terragen Support / Re: Planetside Software websit...
Last post by Matt - June 21, 2025, 03:54:24 PM
Hey guys,

The website was down for a bit. We are still in the process of bringing everything back online. There may be some issues with license checks and downloads until this is resolved. Your licenses are fine, we just need to get all the systems back online. Thanks for your patience.
#38
Terragen Support / Re: Planetside Software websit...
Last post by RichTwo - June 21, 2025, 02:50:43 PM
Well, It's back up here, but no link for the download?  I'll take sides with Raymoh and wait it out...
#39
Terragen Support / Re: Planetside Software websit...
Last post by raymoh - June 21, 2025, 02:02:27 PM
Similar here: After renewing my license without any problems in mid-May, I suddenly receive a message today that my license has expired since 2021 (!).
Planetside probably has a data issue. I'll just wait...
#40
Terragen Support / Re: Planetside Software websit...
Last post by Doug - June 21, 2025, 01:58:23 PM
i see it as down also
and one of my posts seems to have disappeared
something is going on