Hello! I’ve started development on this project quite a while ago, but I thought I’d share. I’m working on a planetary generator (for games like SSE2), however, it isn’t procedural. You can insert equirectangular images up to 8192 x 4096 for both color and height maps in this plugin. This allows you to create realistic terrain with true color of continents and countries, with extreme resolution for planets up to 10000 studs in diameter.
Some image examples:
As most of you know, terrain color is GLOBAL, so each terrain material can only have only color. This makes it a bit complicated to have different planets, as if they share the same material, it will change the color to the most recent planet terrain, significantly altering previous ones.
So, I tried to make an algorithm that “shares” colors amongst each other. With one planet, you get all terrain options, so you have the most sophisticated colors for that. However with 2, it “shares” the materials of the planet that requires it most, and subtracts it from its own. However, once split, the planet fills in the terrain with a simpler color scheme with existing materials surrounding, making it still realistic, but less detailed in color. The more planets you have, the less sophisticated the palette of each individual planet. However, it lets the planets keep their realistic colors.
Earth colors with no planets:
Earth colors with the moon added:
I’m interested to know what your feedback is on it! I’m planning on releasing this as a plugin, so I’d like to know if this would be beneficial or not
