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David Shader
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What you're doing there with the random won't work with biomes. Biomes generate differently based on local climate - which on earth is determined by the physical location on the planet surface.

Even Perlin noise or other 'organized random' functions won't give you a biomes effect you are looking for. They only generate localized groupings. It's still random with no perceived overall pattern.

I haven't yet put anything to code because that would depend on the engine. I think what we need to do is program a 'framework' of sorts. This pattern would model a typical planet and allow us to designate a certain set of parameters for: north, south, mountain, desert etc... Those parameters could then be combined with Perlin noise to get a more natural feel.

So an overview of this might be:

  • Create the planet surface
  • Break up the surface into segments with a specific pattern
  • Assign each segment a set of parameters
  • Feed those parameters into a noise function

What you're doing there with the random won't work with biomes. Biomes generate differently based on local climate - which on earth is determined by the physical location on the planet surface.

Even Perlin noise or other 'organized random' functions won't give you a biomes effect you are looking for. They only generate localized groupings. It's still random with no perceived overall pattern.

I haven't yet put anything to code because that would depend on the engine. I think what we need to do is program a 'framework' of sorts. This pattern would model a typical planet and allow us to designate a certain set of parameters for: north, south, mountain, desert etc... Those parameters could then be combined with Perlin noise to get a more natural feel.

What you're doing there with the random won't work with biomes. Biomes generate differently based on local climate - which on earth is determined by the physical location on the planet surface.

Even Perlin noise or other 'organized random' functions won't give you a biomes effect you are looking for. They only generate localized groupings. It's still random with no perceived overall pattern.

I haven't yet put anything to code because that would depend on the engine. I think what we need to do is program a 'framework' of sorts. This pattern would model a typical planet and allow us to designate a certain set of parameters for: north, south, mountain, desert etc... Those parameters could then be combined with Perlin noise to get a more natural feel.

So an overview of this might be:

  • Create the planet surface
  • Break up the surface into segments with a specific pattern
  • Assign each segment a set of parameters
  • Feed those parameters into a noise function
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David Shader
David Shader
  • 126
  • 5

What you're doing there with the random won't work with biomes. Biomes generate differently based on local climate - which on earth is determined by the physical location on the planet surface.

Even Perlin noise or other 'organized random' functions won't give you a biomes effect you are looking for. They only generate localized groupings. It's still random with no perceived overall pattern.

I haven't yet put anything to code because that would depend on the engine. I think what we need to do is program a 'framework' of sorts. This pattern would model a typical planet and allow us to designate a certain set of parameters for: north, south, mountain, desert etc... Those parameters could then be combined with Perlin noise to get a more natural feel.