Problem creating earthlike planets.

Started by thumbsup, September 02, 2010, 01:48:52 PM

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thumbsup

I'm having difficulty creating earth-like planets. Whenever I go to add water to my planet I always end up with either a "water world" or a planet dotted with hundreds of tiny islands.
The closest I have come to thus far is with the use of the surface shader, however the result I got was a planet with oceans that were in limbo between land and sea.
Am I doing something wrong as I've been trying to make my oceans (apart from my last few attempts) with the use of shaders. If so I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction.


cyphyr

To make an Earth type planet is surprisingly difficult I suspect mainly because we know what it "should" look like so well.
Take a look at the NWDA site, they have a planet setup by NVseal which may be helpfull.
Also take a look at my Procedural Planet Shader
Here are some images from my setup.
Good luck and show us your results :)
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Blackheart6004

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Also to add to your post, cyphyr, you created a tutorial on this :D - http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=7040.msg74867#msg74867
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