{"id":3506,"date":"2014-11-24T13:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T03:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vectorstorm.org\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2014-11-24T13:18:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T03:18:03","slug":"smoother-terrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/2014\/11\/24\/smoother-terrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoother terrain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3506 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-1.59.46-pm.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-1.59.46-pm-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Before\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-1.59.46-pm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-1.59.46-pm-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3507'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-2.02.34-pm.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-2.02.34-pm-150x146.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"After\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-2.02.34-pm-150x146.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at-2.02.34-pm-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3508'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Just a little eye candy today.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve adjusted the terrain rendering such that most of the terrain information is now carried in textures, instead of in vertex data. This means that when I draw low-resolution terrain meshes (which have fewer vertices covering a larger area), those low-resolution meshes can still be use high-detail ground textures and normals, which means that there&#8217;s now virtually no visual &#8216;pop&#8217; when the terrain switches between lod levels.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, note how the road now remains smooth in the &#8216;After&#8217; image, where it became pixelated and disjointed before.  Similarly, the mountains now retain their rounded appearance even in low lods, where they used to become diamond-shaped and blocky.  Also note that the ground undulation is not still crisp and highly visible, where it previously used to become &#8220;muddy&#8221;, as large parts of the mesh data was being thrown away at lower lod levels.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m somewhat aggressively scheduled to hit the Milestone 7 build at the end of this week.  Only two major tasks left to do, and I think I roughly know how to do them.  So, I&#8217;m getting close!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a little eye candy today. I&#8217;ve adjusted the terrain rendering such that most of the terrain information is now carried in textures, instead of in vertex data. 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