ats Colormap terrain shader [RELEASED]

Hello,

If anybody here want the beta version of TerrainComposer, it's ready now. It works perfectly with Lars his shaders. I just bought the Ultra Shader, great work Lars

 

eagle, what exactly does TC do? Does it generate colormaps and splat distributions, or just apply them with customizeable curves? I'd like to give it a shot.

 

Hello Lars,

Here's a screenshot of an Island I did with TerrainComposer using your colormap shader:

http://www.terraincomposer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/TerrainComposer_Island.png

 

wow, that looks pretty cool!
nice work.

lars

 

I was playing around with the multi terrain script add on and I have a question:

How do you control the tiling of the three detail textures?

 

tiling is controlled via the regular terrain painting tool.

lars

 

Could you be a little more specific on some other aspects of the multi terrain script?

Why am I adding the colormap and normal map to slots 1 and 2 in the terrain textures?

Are detail maps the tilable textures that the splat map will distribute?

 

please read the whole thread and you will find the explanation.
short version:
if using unity 3.x adding colormap and normal map to slots 1 and 2 is the only way to have different maps on different terrains.
this is not the fact for unity 4.

lars

 

I have to say I used Terrain Toolkit's splat maps and imported satellite data with very fine grained tinted sand textures (had to because I didn't want to swap out textures as I was zooming in) and it was OK but this looks much better. I'm going to try it on my satellite data.

 

eagle555 great job!

 

Very nice.

 

I really need to know how to use the ATS ColorMap v2. I need either step by step or a tutorial! PLEASE

 

Hey
Does anybody know how to add DX11 support to this, because when I set DX11 texture go extremely low resolution.

Thanks
Tz

 

i bought yesterday the Ultra Version(great Terrain shader,finally we got one!!)but still loving the free one 'cause is faster to use in some sits.

Anyway,i'v got questions,looot of questions:

1)(free version) I noticed that i have to Vertically Flip the splatmap too,not only the heightMap.
is that correct,or ther's something wrong with my splatMap?
2)(Ultra version)I'm not sure i got it right .If i use the Unity4 shader,the only script i'v to put on the
terrain is the BaseTerrainDistance one,right?
But if is so,i have no idea how the set up the bunch of settings that shows up with the Material.

ok,i'll stop here for now
Thanks,
keep up the good work!!
Beastie.

 

There is no magical DX11 support button. You'll have to modify the shaders for it to work. Alternatively, you can force Unity to run in DX9 mode, which will solve this problem (but then you can't use any DX11 features).

 

Your last post, SevenBits, answered one of my questions, however I was wondering if anyone knew how to make the shader DX 11 compatible. Specifics would be the most helpful, but if not just pointing me in the right direction would be a huge help.

thanks for a great shader,
Jack M.

 

hi jack,

although this will ruin my sales of the ultra version: just check out the thread of the ultra version of this shader to find out how to add dx11 support.

lars

 

Hello,
I want to know is how you make out Basemap, I went straight from the WM output Basemap colors are very single, thank you.

 

i got this wonderful shader to work but everytime i save and quit. when i restart unity, i just see a plain white terrain. i have attached a screenshot and on the right, i see some shader compiler errors. i really would like to use this shader. im using unity 4. does unity 4 not work correctly with it? also, i always have to flip my splat maps, normals and colormap.

 

hi there,

the free version of this shader has not been optimized to be used in unity 4.
so it does not support materials (that is why you have to hit "run" to make the textures appear whenever you restart unity) and it does not support dx11 (that is why you get the compiler warnings).
and yes, you have to flip your maps due to unity’s way to handle them.

you might want to have a look into the color map Ultra shader: it supports dx11, 6 detail textures, normal map elevation, mesh blending and much more… all packed into a handy gui ;-)

lars

 

I like how ATS works very much. But, I seem to now have a problem after installing it. I would like to import a new raw format heightmap, but, the terrain tab in the unity interface now only has one selection "Apply Splatmap" and no other options. I suspect that has something to do with the apply splatmap
editor script in ATS assets, but, It isn't clear to me how to get back to being able to import a new heightmap for a terrain. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

hi waterdog,

it sounds as if you use unity 4, right?
so all commands which where located in the menu bar -> "terrain" (unity 3.x) are now located in the inspector.
select your terrain in the hierarchy, switch to settings in the inspector (gear wheel) and find "Import Raw…".

lars

btw. if you are using unity 4 i highly recommend to upgrade to the color map ultra shader as it makes use of the new material system for terrains.
it is just 10$…

 

color map ultra shader where you found him

what's your's trick for mobile ?

and raw my try get no luck i finish by buy

 

Love the shader, exactly what I was looking for. The detail normal maps dont seem to add much detail. Is there any way to get specular shading on the detail textures?

Stephan Tanguay

 

Just downloaded the Ultra Version!!! WOW

 

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to apply my splat map, anyone willing to help?

 

there should be a script "applycustomsplatmap" or just "applysplatmap".
more info here:
https://github.com/jn5414/monopoly-uniba-1/blob/master/Assets/Editor/ApplySplatmap readme.txt

lars

 

I clicked the terrain tab at the top and did "Add Splatmap", the splat was saved as an RGBA 32 bit bitmap, bu I still had trouble bringing it in. After messing around for a while I got it.

Now my next question, is there a way to make the colormaps colors, not get replaced with the textures colors. Much how CryEngine works, and the tutorials from Wenda, the color map is on the height map, and the detail textures are a separate layer that do not effect the color of the colormap?

My textures replaced the color of my colormap within a certain proximity of the character.

 

the detail textures do NOT replace the color values from the color map: they both are combined based on the average color of the given detail texture.
this is the most advanced blending i have found so far and i am quite happy with it ;-)
(i would call it even more advanced than the cryengine blending as it allows you to have very colorful detail maps and not just more or less grayscaled textures).

even if you have a a very colorful detail texture the color of the colormap will dominate the final output – but only if you have setup the average colors for each detail texture correctly.

lars

 

that is how a mostly green grass detail texture should look on a red color map.
important: set up the average color value correctly.

lars

 

Okay, I will mess around with it more. When I was trying to add the splat map, i got an error that said I needed 4 textures, so I added them to the texture panel in the terrain inspector. I was then able to add the splat map, and that is when the colors got replaced. I was trying a snowy mountain terrain, with its colormap, but using the textures that came with the ATS pack.

 

Also, I am having a problem using this shader with the Medieval Environment Package, are they compatible?

 

maybe the Medieval Environment Package comes with its own terrain replacement shader?
look for that, remove the shader from the Medieval Environment Package and restart unity.

lars

 

Fantastic shader! I've been using the Ultra version and love it - however I've run into an issue with one terrain setup where "dark areas" show up on the terrain in Scene view when moving the camera at certain angles. These "dark areas" also impact nearby dynamic lights at runtime, as well as in the editor. Here's an example: http://gfycat.com/WildConventionalJohndory (Notice the left side of the light does not illuminate the darker area of the terrain).

All of the normals seem to be fine (at least when testing with a standard bump shader) and I'm only using 4 textures with 1 SplatMap. Also when using the Debug version of the shader I don't see any anomalies. Anyone have any ideas what what might be causing this?

Thanks!

 

as the dark areas seem to be view dependent i would guess that those have to to with specular reflections.
please check the gloss and specular values of all textures.

lars

 

Thanks! Looked at the textures and after some troubleshooting, it turns out it was just an invalid Splatmap.

 

Does this work with your snow suite?

 

nope, these are just 2 different terrain shaders...

 

Anyway to add the void that adds snow into this one , thanks?

 

well, you could try... but you will probably not be able to use a special snow texture (but only pure white) and no snow mask.

lars

 

Hello! I'm trying to use your shader but of course, I'm not doing something right. I followed the ReadMe, there are bump maps on my textures, and nothing happens. If I try to set my base terrain material to a material I made with texture, bump map, and your shader, the terrain doesn't even render in either view. What am I doing wrong? I'm not much of a coder yet, so I could be missing something very simple. Sorry. I am using Unity 4.6.11, what do I need to change in the script, if anything?

 

that is not much info, sorry.

 

Hi
Looks like a cool shader but the demo doesn't work out of the box.
I'm getting a shader compile error:
Too many texture interpolators would be used for ForwardBase pass (11 out of max 10)

 

the shader has not been updated for unity 5. you will have to use the color map ULTRA shader…

 

Ok thanks. I'm trying it now. I will let you know if there is any issues.

 

Hi,

Great asset! Thanks for sharing.
Is it possible to use your shader to get a "faceted" effect on a terrain?

Like this example: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/35/66/a2/3566a2bb39cf5d942f5e4878acc442f4.jpg
And this question: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/381299/force-unity-terrain-to-be-flat-shaded.html

R.

 

hi rod,
flat shading is not supported.

 

Oh, thanks.

Is flat shading on a unity terrain feasible/doable? Is it hard to do?

 

i never looked into that… sorry

 

I would really like to see a simple color map script implemented in the terrain shader, that would help so many artists and terrainers! Just wondering why Unity hasn't done it already from v5?