{"id":1145,"date":"2014-12-04T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixgamedevelopment.com\/blog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2014-12-04T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T22:52:08","slug":"p-152-virtual-world-concept-update-22-spherical-terrain-improved-sphere-texturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenixgamedevelopment.com\/blog\/p-152-virtual-world-concept-update-22-spherical-terrain-improved-sphere-texturing\/","title":{"rendered":"P-152: Virtual World Concept Update 22: Spherical Terrain: Improved Sphere Texturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have made some significant improvements to the texturing and rendering of the Spherical Terrain. I think I am confident calling it a “planet” now.<\/p>\n

I have modified the Resolution of the Terrain, and the Octave Count, Frequency, and Persistence of the Perlin Noise, as well as adding a gradient to the coloured areas of the Terrain, instead of a single colour. The result, I think, looks excellent.<\/p>\n

I think I will begin the research and implementation of the collision system now. The texturing still needs a lot of work, it has no normal or bumpmapping, no lighting, shading, or any other fancy effects at all. However, I am eager to cross of the last two essential requirements for the success of the terrain, which are collision and terrain paging\/LOD\/Optimisation.<\/p>\n

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The video below seems choppy, but the terrain actually renders very smoothly, even at a relatively decent resolution of 256.<\/p>\n