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I got the tessellation to work, just trying to figure out how to get it to work at high resolution where fine details within the heightmap are rendered. Currently it's (working) just not working very well. I have been playing around with the heightmap. For now im skipping it and working on my ocean ...

Oh dur... I didnt see the examples folder i was looking in community. That is exactly what i needed thanks.

Yah I got that but what im curious about is the vertex offset what is the proper color scheme for the heighmap. I have tried using a greyscale and alerting it but i cant get the fine details in the height map to show up in the tessellation.

I have a dx11 tessellation shader that works perfectly ...

Ok, I figured it out using Dot, World Normal, World Space. Got ti working.

I'm trying to figure out how to do simple edge length tessellation.

I have the model tessellated using edge length tess and a float but i dont know how to hook the height map into so the height map is read into the ...

hmm this might be what im looking for.

I learned alot from this:
https://i.gyazo.com/17edc422b691503c8e7f84eb3a4332da.png

but I am wanting to do the opposite. I want to have an emmisve texture appear only on the dark side of an object. Is this possible. I have learned how to make stuff appear on the lit side but i can't figure out how ...

Hey do you have any tessellation example shader?

the only other thing im trying to solve now is the emmisve lights on the planet surface. I am waning the reverse effect of blinn phong light where the emmsive texture only shows up on the dark side of the planet.

I got my planet shaders working ...

Thanks,

I've been working hard on it. Learned so much over the past few years.

Check out the very first prototype I made lol, https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5gBU0VVYsRIaE93a1JlQm83T0U. (it's a video).

I guess, i've never given up on my dream of making a space sim, After that I made this ...

I really need to be able to make use of transparent PNG's are there any tutorials anywhere around here that demonstrate use of transparency using this system.

I looked at all of the examples and there is nothing that has simple transparency from a PNG. Sure i can change the opacity but i need to ...

Example:
https://i.imgur.com/YtICPFv.jpg
( I need the transparent layer of the PNG to be transparent on albedo).

Hello,

I just purchased amp shader editor and I'm really liking it. Managed to create a nice atmosphere for my Planet in under few hours being just a beginner (better than a 15 ...