PROCEDURAL PLANETS MANUAL Procedural Planets is an asset for Unity that mathematically creates high-resolution planets. Table of Contents Getting Started ..........................................................................................................................................................................4 Create your first planet .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Preparations ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Crete PlanetManager, LocalStar and a Random Planet ......................................................................................................... 4 What just happened? ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 PlanetManager ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 LocalStar ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Creating the random planet ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Random Planets and the “Butterfly Effect” ...........................................................................................................................6 Customizing the Planet ............................................................................................................................................................7 Random Seed .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Planet Tools ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Export Planet Settings .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Import Planet Settings .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Locking a plant configuration ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Planet Properties ......................................................................................................................................................................8 Solid Planet Properties ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Gas Planet Properties ................................................................................................................................................................... 13 PlanetManager ........................................................................................................................................................................15 What does the PlanetManager component do? ................................................................................................................... 15 Procedural Planets Manager Section ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Planet Blueprints Section ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Procedural Materials Section .................................................................................................................................................. 15 Level of Detail Section .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Scripting Reference .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Level Of Detail (LOD) ..............................................................................................................................................................17 Mesh Detail .................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Texture Detail ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Which Texture Detail mode should I choose? ....................................................................................................................... 18 Blueprints ................................................................................................................................................................................19 Why are planet blueprints needed? ............................................................................................................................................ 19 How do you create blueprints?.................................................................................................................................................... 19 Baking Planets.........................................................................................................................................................................20 Animating Properties .............................................................................................................................................................21 Color Space ..............................................................................................................................................................................22 Linear or gamma workflow? ........................................................................................................................................................ 22 Scripting Reference ................................................................................................................................................................22 Known Issues ...........................................................................................................................................................................23 Very important .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Good to know ................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Support and Bug Reporting ...................................................................................................................................................23 Supported Platforms ..............................................................................................................................................................24 Unity Versions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Build Platforms .............................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Supported ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Not tested (but should work) .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Not supported .......................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Frequently Asked Questions .................................................................................................................................................25 How do I create a random planet? .............................................................................................................................................. 25 How do I create a planet of a specific type/blueprint ............................................................................................................... 25 How do I create a specific (exported) planet in a script? .......................................................................................................... 25 How do I override a property from a script? .............................................................................................................................