Space Rocks

[WAS]

Idea I meant about warping:

Only issue with this approach is it doesn't really change the geometry up from being spheroid.

[Matt]

Redirect to X means "displace along the world space X axis" or in other words "move the vertex's X position in world space." So that will not make sense with a rotated object.

You need a Vector Displacement shader where the input vector itself is rotated.

[WAS]

OHHHH! It's literally warping world space (which is what we want to happen at the end of the chain)? Do I understand you correctly?

[Matt]

Warp Shaders don't change the displacement vector, they only change texture coordinates, but that doesn't change the direction that something is displaced in.

[Matt]

OHHHH! It's literally warping world space (which is what we want to happen at the end of the chain)? Do I understand you correctly?

I'm not sure, it depends which nodes you're talking about.

[WAS]

The redirect shader on the planet.

[WAS]

Still seems to be some rolling surface displacement, but getting there.

[Matt]

OHHHH! It's literally warping world space (which is what we want to happen at the end of the chain)? Do I understand you correctly?

I'm not sure, it depends which nodes you're talking about.

The redirect shader on the planet.

The redirect shader allows you to displace along the X, Y and Z axes (in world space) using whatever displacement shaders you plug into it. As opposed to just displacing in whichever direction the displacement shader wanted to displace (e.g. the surface normal).

[sboerner]

Still seems to be some rolling surface displacement, but getting there.

Way cool. Getting very close.