Keen:Planet Modding/Clouds - Revision history

CptTwinkie at 20:23, 18 July 2022

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	<CloudLayers><!-- This is a global Cloud tag and it's just saying: "Cloud definitions START here! -->		<CloudLayers><!-- This is a global Cloud tag and it's just saying: "Cloud definitions START here! -->
	<CloudLayer><!-- Beginning tag of actual cloud Layer definitions -->		<CloudLayer><!-- Beginning tag of actual cloud Layer definitions -->
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	<CloudLayer>		<CloudLayer>
	<CloudLayers><!-- This is a global Cloud tag and it's just saying: "Cloud definitions END here!" -->		<CloudLayers><!-- This is a global Cloud tag and it's just saying: "Cloud definitions END here!" -->
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	That’s where all the cloud settings for the particular planet are stored. The following picture is a brief breakdown of cloud definitions:		That’s where all the cloud settings for the particular planet are stored. The following picture is a brief breakdown of cloud definitions:
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	Basically, the structure of placing clouds on any planet is as follows:		Basically, the structure of placing clouds on any planet is as follows:
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	<CloudLayers>		<CloudLayers>
	<CloudLayer>		<CloudLayer>
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	</CloudLayers>		</CloudLayers>
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	So, as you can see everything is super easy. Simply put, <CloudLayers> tags are meant for global separation of Cloud definitions from other code definitions and are here just to define where the code for the clouds start, while <CloudLayer> tags (again, don’t mistake with CloudLayers) are the actual cloud layers and each pair of these tags (<CloudLayer>…</CloudLayer>) define the look and behavior of each cloud layer. As Captain Obvious states - The more <CloudLayer> pairs you have.. umm - the more cloud layers you will have!		So, as you can see everything is super easy. Simply put, <CloudLayers> tags are meant for global separation of Cloud definitions from other code definitions and are here just to define where the code for the clouds start, while <CloudLayer> tags (again, don’t mistake with CloudLayers) are the actual cloud layers and each pair of these tags (<CloudLayer>…</CloudLayer>) define the look and behavior of each cloud layer. As Captain Obvious states - The more <CloudLayer> pairs you have.. umm - the more cloud layers you will have!

	For example. You can have more than one Cloud layer, to simulate even more complex cloud patterns than you initially had in your texture file! And that’s when <InitialRotation> and <RotationAxis> tags come into play. You can assign values to these tags for each Cloud layer individually thus having the cloud spheres to be initially rotated and spinning on different angles creating more interesting and natural cloud patterns. So you basically just stack them this way:		For example. You can have more than one Cloud layer, to simulate even more complex cloud patterns than you initially had in your texture file! And that’s when <InitialRotation> and <RotationAxis> tags come into play. You can assign values to these tags for each Cloud layer individually thus having the cloud spheres to be initially rotated and spinning on different angles creating more interesting and natural cloud patterns. So you basically just stack them this way:
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	<CloudLayers>		<CloudLayers>
	<CloudLayer>LAYERPROPERTIES</CloudLayer>		<CloudLayer>LAYERPROPERTIES</CloudLayer>
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	<CloudLayer>LAYERPROPERTIES</CloudLayer>		<CloudLayer>LAYERPROPERTIES</CloudLayer>
	</CloudLayers>		</CloudLayers>
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	That’s it! Now you have three Cloud Layers! And of course you can do it for the Far and the Near cloud layers as well.		That’s it! Now you have three Cloud Layers! And of course you can do it for the Far and the Near cloud layers as well.

CptTwinkie at 10:54, 29 June 2018

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CptTwinkie at 10:33, 29 June 2018

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	==[[~~Official Content/~~Planet Modding/Clouds\|Clouds]]==		==[[Keen:Planet Modding/Clouds\|Clouds]]==
	The first thing that should (probably) come in to your mind when you finally learn how to tweak Atmosphere settings, is probably how to change the look of the Clouds! Because, normally, when you change the color of the atmosphere you would like the clouds color to be relatively close to the Atmosphere color. In our Atmosphere guide (if you read it) we were sharing some knowledge about changing the look of the Atmosphere. We made it orange which is kind of cool all on its own, but what really draws our attention and not in a very good way – is the color of the clouds. As you can see they’re white which is looking wrong isn’t it? In an orange atmosphere environment you would expect orange or yellow clouds right? So that’s what we’ll be doing in a minute – changing the look of our cloud layer and getting to know their under-the-hoods.		The first thing that should (probably) come in to your mind when you finally learn how to tweak Atmosphere settings, is probably how to change the look of the Clouds! Because, normally, when you change the color of the atmosphere you would like the clouds color to be relatively close to the Atmosphere color. In our Atmosphere guide (if you read it) we were sharing some knowledge about changing the look of the Atmosphere. We made it orange which is kind of cool all on its own, but what really draws our attention and not in a very good way – is the color of the clouds. As you can see they’re white which is looking wrong isn’t it? In an orange atmosphere environment you would expect orange or yellow clouds right? So that’s what we’ll be doing in a minute – changing the look of our cloud layer and getting to know their under-the-hoods.

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CptTwinkie at 21:39, 1 June 2018

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	==Clouds==		==[[Official Content/Planet Modding/Clouds\|Clouds]]==
	The first thing that should (probably) come in to your mind when you finally learn how to tweak Atmosphere settings, is probably how to change the look of the Clouds! Because, normally, when you change the color of the atmosphere you would like the clouds color to be relatively close to the Atmosphere color. In our Atmosphere guide (if you read it) we were sharing some knowledge about changing the look of the Atmosphere. We made it orange which is kind of cool all on its own, but what really draws our attention and not in a very good way – is the color of the clouds. As you can see they’re white which is looking wrong isn’t it? In an orange atmosphere environment you would expect orange or yellow clouds right? So that’s what we’ll be doing in a minute – changing the look of our cloud layer and getting to know their under-the-hoods.		The first thing that should (probably) come in to your mind when you finally learn how to tweak Atmosphere settings, is probably how to change the look of the Clouds! Because, normally, when you change the color of the atmosphere you would like the clouds color to be relatively close to the Atmosphere color. In our Atmosphere guide (if you read it) we were sharing some knowledge about changing the look of the Atmosphere. We made it orange which is kind of cool all on its own, but what really draws our attention and not in a very good way – is the color of the clouds. As you can see they’re white which is looking wrong isn’t it? In an orange atmosphere environment you would expect orange or yellow clouds right? So that’s what we’ll be doing in a minute – changing the look of our cloud layer and getting to know their under-the-hoods.

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