Key Features
Day/Night System
The lighting color and direction are constantly updated as time passes, to accurately simulate sunlight based on the time of day. There is a sun billboard that moves across the sky, and a lens flare effect that took several days to get just right.
Terrain
The terrain in this project is created by another program I've written, which uses coherent noise to procedurally generate height maps. The height maps are loaded into this program and are multi-textured based on slope/elevation/etc to generate a realistic and diverse terrain.
Water
The water effects in this program have become a significant focus of mine. So far, the water shader makes use of normal mapping, Fresnel transparency, animated height maps, and even caustic lighting effects.
The terrain in this project is created by another program I've written, which uses coherent noise to procedurally generate height maps. The height maps are loaded into this program and are multi-textured based on slope/elevation/etc to generate a realistic and diverse terrain.
Water
The water effects in this program have become a significant focus of mine. So far, the water shader makes use of normal mapping, Fresnel transparency, animated height maps, and even caustic lighting effects.
