class M (Earth)
rocky planets (Mercury, Mars)
gas giants (Jupiter)
ice giants. (Neptune)
Clouds
City Lights
Craters
Ice Caps
Gas Cloud Fluid Effect
Gas Planet Bands (for stacking the gas cloud effect)
The Planets Suite | Fully Procedural Planet Materials
The Planets (Blender)Suite
A set of powerful materials with custom shaders for generating planet surface materials - fully procedural - at whatever max resolution your machine can handle!Generate unlimited variations of all planets in the solar system, with fully customizable colors, cloud shape/cover, city lights, and much more - no texture images required!
New Earth material with 'W' parameter for cloud animation
New Jupiter material with 'W' parameter for cloud animation
Procedural terrain, oceans, and clouds
Features:
1. Generate, customize and iterate unlimited variations of planets, including:
2. All materials (with the exception of solar flares and planet rings) built on the principle of one material, one sphere, to eliminate the need for clicking through multiple materials for atmosphere, clouds, and terrain.
Updates:
1.6 - Overhaul of Earth and planet ring shaders, atmospheres, and customization options.
1.5.1 - Fixed issue with atmosphere rendering incorrectly on newer blender versions.
1.5 - Added initial Cycles support, new custom planet shaders for city and lava style planets.
1.4 - Added W parameters for Earth and Jupiter materials for cloud animations, and complete rework of gas clouds in Jupiter shader.
1.3 - Added cloud shadows to secondary clouds in Earth type shader, as well as atmospheric glare settings, and some small edits to the ocean depth/reflectivity.
1.2 - Added cloud shadows (with adjustable distance/direction) to the Earth type shader, added edge blurring/transparency for better atmosphere/volumetric planet appearance.
1.1 - Added ice caps to Earth, Mars materials, complete overhaul of the earth material, including lakes & rivers, Raleigh scattering, sea level sliders, better terrain noise.