Terrain Shader

Greetings!

I was wondering what the best terrain shader is. I've tried terraintex3 that comes with Gamestudio, but three textures doesn't seem good enough. Is there a shader that uses 4 or 5?

Does anyone just create a skin in Gimp or Photoshop and use that instead of a shader?

I am a noob, and am just trying to figure out the best way to do things.....thanks for reading!

yes, there's 5 texture shader in WIKI

um, for Shader gurus out there, is it possible to have "texture splattering" through the alphas of textures with 3dgs, that is unlimited amount of textures blended on a terrain WITHOUT a realtime editor?

//Endu

A7 contains multitexturing shaders for unlimited texture support since A7.5.

MATERIAL* mtl_terraintex which is defined in mtlFx.c

Yes....but how to implement it is the question!

(btw, thanks for the info)

I know this is old, but I have asked similar questions....and I notice they never seem to get answered....
I myself am tring to figure out how to tile the textures, but clamp the alpha....???

This terrain shader do that you want, in first stage shader draw alpha in terrain coordinates, then in next stage, draw color with transformation coordinates, also you can add this to shader for real alpha clamp
AddressU[0] = Clamp;
AddressV[0] = Clamp;
(see terraintex.fx)

you see, cryptic, it is as if you think I know shader code... I do not.
I'm asking about terrain_multitex.fx(or the one with unlimited skins) it is included in mtlFX.c(or something like that....some one please give a clear(dummy type)of answer.....
oh this(mtl_terraintex which is defined in mtlFx.c)is the one I am reffering to.

How do you tile the skins? Still asking, if anyone can help.

Hi there...

look here: http://manual.conitec.net/amaterial2.htm

Here are all explained. Scroll down the page. Its at the end.

ok???? I need to be more clear...skill1-4 or 41-44...now I'm going to use 6-7 layers, just continue with skill1-7/skill41-47?
Thank you for your comment BTW.

there is no information on how to tile using that fx file that i can see
however an answer for this would be a good thing

I agree I have asked...hmmm...I guess this is the 3rd or 4th time and I get no response...I have even asked the developers.
(as in the thread, "ask the developers")