Nice! Looks cool! I'm working on fractal planets myself. So far I only have wire frame but I'm working on the shader now. I have collision detection and LOD so I can walk around on the surface though. My shader is going to be simplex noise based. I have the planet divided up into 10 zones of each one with a U/V coordinate system. Each zone is basically two adjacent triangles of the initial icosahedron I use to make the planet. I'll make a video when I get the shader in place.
How did you do this?! I've been trying to make heads or tails out of HLSL but it doesn't make sense to me. What books/tutorials do you read to learn this?
Nice! Looks cool! I'm working on fractal planets myself. So far I only have wire frame but I'm working on the shader now. I have collision detection and LOD so I can walk around on the surface though. My shader is going to be simplex noise based. I have the planet divided up into 10 zones of each one with a U/V coordinate system. Each zone is basically two adjacent triangles of the initial icosahedron I use to make the planet. I'll make a video when I get the shader in place.
jabberwock11 2 years ago
How did you do this?! I've been trying to make heads or tails out of HLSL but it doesn't make sense to me. What books/tutorials do you read to learn this?
maxvharper 3 years ago
I used a second pass in the effect and displaced the verticies in the vertex shader.
Drop me a mail James, I'll mail you the shader part if you want.
RonzanXNA 3 years ago
James??? I have just posted my atmospheric planet shader as a response to yours. I have to say, yours made up part of my inspiration :)
NemoKradXNA 3 years ago
Sorry mate, I don't know where I got that 'James' from hehe - meant Charles of course ;)
RonzanXNA 3 years ago
lol, np, DRJBN maybe?? Not sure what the J stand for in his name, but think it might be James :P
NemoKradXNA 3 years ago
hehe yeah must have been Byron I was thinking of ;)
RonzanXNA 3 years ago
Nice planet mate. I have started to play with a planet shader, was wondering how you get that nice hazing effect around the edge of the planet?
NemoKradXNA 3 years ago
very cool!
starvald 3 years ago
hehe, yeah it's me again ;)
RonzanXNA 3 years ago
hehe, I was like, those nebula's seem familiar... oh, its this guy xD
OGMO11 3 years ago