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On ‎1‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 11:13 PM, Mythical Donuts said:

Hello, I am working on a planet mod that is entirely procedural and I was wondering if there was a way to generate canyons using the PQS system. I know of VertexCanyon, but that is outdated and doesn't work anymore. So if anyone knows anything, please tell me. Thanks!

You're better off making them with a height map. You can theoretically make the with the stock PQS mods but that's a lot of work.

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On ‎1‎/‎8‎/‎2019 at 8:31 PM, Mythical Donuts said:

okay

do you know anyone who can?

no

sorry

it's not exactly something that many people can explain really. I just use vertexplanet and a few others.

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It is possible theoretically through noisemods with inverted height, but they don't leave a great result tbh. I could write a custom PQSMod for the task, but it'd require some experimentation. Three solutions I can think of:

1. Modifying an existing noisemod (think of floatcurves or brightness/contrast filters)

2. Creating a new noisemod

3. Using a fractal-based system. This'd require creating a repetitive equation for complex numbers, then generating complex numbers based on, for example, latitude/longitude and analyzing how quickly the series converges.

The first solution isn't the best, since it requires on mods that weren't made for the task. The second solution is the best, but takes the greatest amount of skill, and the third solution, although giving the most control, creates a very repetitive pattern and isn't very performant.

I'll do some testing and let you know what I find.

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