Spherical Terrain Editor

For a while now i've been working on creating some sort of program that lets me edit the mesh of a sphere at runtime.

Asset Store Link: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/34316
Webplayer: https://googledrive.com/host/0B23fF...llCY3Nnd1JCT0d1X3QtcXdxakFqc1BhaEU/Build.html

Very first video:

Update 1:
I've taken the time to work a little bit more on this package. I've added a tool to place props.


Update 2:

Current features:

• Raise / Lower terrain
• Change brush size
• Change brush strength
• Save Mesh
• Place trees, bushes and rocks.
• Shader for smooth texturing depending on altitude

Todo:

• Rework the flatten tool
  
• Save planets as a prefabs
• Heightmap support

 

This is cool!
will it have rocks, soil, grass, and sand?
and will these have a different physical material associated with ?

 

For the moment i'm thinking of just implementing a feature where the user can paint a texture onto the sphere, like sand texture or grass or whatever you choose.

It would be possible to add 3d objects like rocks, or "real" grass etc.

 

Would be useful as an Editor Extension for creating planet maps, then you've got the begginings of a good product for the Asset Store

 

It's a great idea, but this wasn't really meant for the asset store. Not yet atleast.

I'm just an amature coder, and i haven't really been looking into editor coding yet, but i like the idea

 

Thank you for this. You've saved my sanity.

 

New update!

Added tool to place trees, rocks and bushes.

 

This is a really cool idea. One suggestion is being able to import/export greyscale cubemaps for height, the same way you can use a heightmap for a flat terrain.

 

Spherical worlds is Unity greatest weakness. So many assets are attempting to tackle this program. This work works very well for what I'm doing. But I agree, as soon as we can import height maps and apply them to a sphere, I will be the first to loose my mind (well, what's left of it).

 

Im sorry, but i have removed the download for this because have made more progress than i thought i would. I am considering to put it on the asset store in the future though.

I will keep updating this thread and i am still open for suggestions on what you think should be included in the final product.

 

Keep up the great work and please continue to keep the asset simple. That's what makes this asset so special, is that it's easy to use.

 

Thanks for your response and your feedback

 

Oh man, looking at the video, I think this was what I really needed!

 

Hopefully it'l be on the asset store soon. I'm waiting for the asset store team at the moment and have been for almost 2 weeks.

 

It has finally been accepted for the asset store. Link is in the first post

 

Do you have any web player demo so that people can try it?

 

I'll work on that as soon as i get home from work

Edit: never mind, got it working this morning Here you go:
https://googledrive.com/host/0B23fF...3Nnd1JCT0d1X3QtcXdxakFqc1BhaEU/Webplayer.html

 

You're the boss! Last questions, does it work on any sphere, of any size? And is it possible to export the created model to another project?

 

It should work on any sphere though the result may differ.
There is a method (editor only) to save the mesh of the sphere to a file. I am working on an Update at the moment to make it more clear, but if you hit the "m" key at runtime a window should pop up

 

Is there any progress on this?
It seems the demo doesn't work anymore.

 

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will try to get this fixed as soon as i am back home.

The progress regarding new features is a bit slow at the moment due to lack of time.

 

The demo should be working again

 

Hello, first of all it is a great what you've developed, what is the maximum size of the planet ?, planets can be generated randomly? Greetings!

 

Hello mross,
I've developed this package for sizes about the same as the ones in the demo scenes. But there's nothing preventing you from making them bigger or smaller. This might require some tweaks to the values of the modelling tools though.

Althought i haven't tested random generation myself, i'd imagine that it would be fairly simple to have a noise algorithm generate the heights of each vertex.

Hope this helps.

Casper

 

Hello. Since some people have been asking me a lot of questions and requesting new features for this package, i just wanted to drop by here to tell you why there has been no development on this for a while, and why you shouldn't expect any in the near future.



A while back, my girlfriend was working night shifts for a period. She had around 30 minutes of driving each way. At that time i was on one of my school periods for my electrician education, and i had around 45 minutes of driving each way. So one morning my alarm woke me up like it normally does, and i did my usual preperations before getting picked up by one of my class mates. It was a friday, so it was a short day, untill 11:40 pm.
I was looking forward to spending the weekend with her, and my family at a summer house.
At around 11:25 or so, my boss shows up in my class, telling me to pack my things so we can go home. I'm thinking oh S***, did i do some kind of S*** at work that had hurt somebody or something. He just told me he'd tell me when we got into the car, so i packed up and told my class mates to have a nice weekend.

When we enter his car, i ask him what was up, and he hesitates for a moment. He then tells me that my girlfriend had been killed in a car accident.

After that i don't really remember much from that 40 minute drive to the hospital in my hometown where she was at the time. I just remember entering this room, with her whole family, all crying, coming to give me a hug.


It happened on the 11th of September 2015. 22 days before our 6 year anniversary.



I've submitted a new update for the asset store, making this package free. I wont be making any progress on it for a while, so it's not fair to ask money for it.

I hope you all may live your lives in happiness and enjoy every moment with your loved ones. You never know what will happen tomorrow.

 

Hey...just downloaded your asset and stumbled across this post... I'm really sorry about your girlfriend....