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LE3 pre terrain possibility using Bryce7 and splatting


shadmar

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I thought of trying out Bryce7 for creating terrains in LE3 since we don't get the chunked-lod terrain we have in LE2 to go at first.

 

So here is my initial tests using a custom splat shader for RGB only. Bryce has an very advanced material generator so I think RGBA (4) or 2xRGBA (8) is within reach too (haven't tested yet)

 

Anyway here is my first try exported an 32k vertex mesh (fbx) from Bryce7 (it's not LE terrain, just a mesh)

 

Bryce7 is still free over at DAZ. (so go grab it)

 

1. Creating an heightmap using the advanced generators in Bryce

 

brycesplatted5.jpg

 

2. Setting up slope material to map RGB

 

brycesplatted4.jpg

 

3. Checking fast render in Bryce, colors seem mapped ok

 

brycesplatted3.jpg

 

4. Exported fbx and converted to gmf, applied my splat shader matching one texture per color repeated in the shader.

 

5. Walking around on the terrain in LE

 

brycesplatted2.jpg

 

5. Closeup of the ground (no normalmapping applied here yet)

 

brycesplatted1.jpg

 

brycesplatted6.jpg

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In this example it basicly translates the base colors shown from picture 3. Red will have sand texture repeated and tiled 64 times. Green will have rocksand, and blue will have rock. This way you get nice and detailed ground. It's good for mixing and blending heavily tiled textures.

But there are several ways to do splatting, using alphamap blending or just plain worldnormal slopes or height.

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Very nice...again, shadmar! You should get a 'Shader Guru' badge! :P

So, your shader adds a texture per colour? How many colour 'layers' can your shader handle? :)?

 

Cheers

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this looks great Shadmar! I've seen similar techniques used in other games (dyes in Guild Wars 2 or Wolfire's Overgrowth)

 

I would love to be able to use it on more than just terrains, and would solve my 'multi-directional textures' problem. Will this shader be available to the public?

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