Op 19-1-2024 om 00:54 schreef Samuel B.:
> It's coming right along! I like the idea of the moon-textured P exterior around
> the planet.
> 
Thanks Sam, yes, this triplanar mapping is what was needed here. 
Different little ideas I got at night while not sleeping I want to 
try/implement into the next version.

> I forgot to mention it (and you probably already know this), but triplanar
> mapping doesn't play well with hard edges. I can't really see a problem in your
> image due to the shadows on the inside of the round shape, but discontinuities
> are likely there.
> 
No problem here and, possibly, not even a real problem if visible: I can 
imagine that craters would not line-up over hard edges like here. I have 
not decided yet if the inside of the crescent should not get a different 
texture though...

-- 
Thomas

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