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Island Fa ctor—

Sets the size of the fract al noise

pattern used to generate islands and mountains.

Can range f rom 0 to 100. At 0, the geogr aphy is

very low. Higher settings create a more rugged

landscape. Default=0.5.

Ocean %—Sets the p ercentage of t he planet’s

surface that is covered by water. Default=60.0.

Random Seed—Sets the seed for pseudo-random

generation of the pattern. Changing this number

can change the pattern completely, even if other

settings remain t he same. On the other hand,

a different Planet map w ith the same sett ings

including the same Random Seed w i ll appear the

same.

Water Colors group

Thecolorsinthesethreeswatchesareappliedto

the water areas of t he planet surface.

Wa ter co lors —Click a swatch to display the Color

Selector (page 1–161) and change the color. Color

#1 is the "cent er" area of the water mass, Color

#2 surrounds Color #1, and Color #3 surrounds

Color #2, meeting the land.

Land Colors group

The colors in these five swatches are applied to the

land areas of the planet surface. Their arrangement

continues that of the water colors.

Land colors—Click a swatch to display the Color

Selector (page 1–161) and change the color. Color

#4 is the shoreline of the land, meet ing the water;

Color #5 comes next, working toward the center

of the land mass. Color # 8 is at the center of the

land mass.

Blend Water/Land—When on, the boundary

between water and land is blended, giving a hazy

appearance. When off, the b oundary between

water and land is sharp.

Smoke Map

Material Editor > Maps rollout > C lick a Map button. >

Material/M ap Browser > Smoke

Smoke map used to create clouds in the sky

Smoke is a 3D map that generates amorphous,

fractal-based turbulent patterns. It’s primarily

designed for animated opacity mapping (page

2–1503) to simulate the effects of smok e in a beam

of light, or other cloudy, flowing mapping effects.