HexMesh allows a way to quickly and very easily create hexagon-tiled terrains. With the included customization options, it is possible to create many different kinds of hexagon landscapes. Here is an overview of some of the features it offers.
● Customizable Height Noise
With a number of customizable variables, many type of terrain height can be created. Including a height curve that can be used to change the noise values to create terrain features like volcano's, rivers, deep valleys.
● Elevation Modes
Included are two elevation modes to choose from: Smooth and Step mode. Smooth mode creates a gradual change of height. Whereas Step mode creates a terrace like terrain, which can be adjusted in several ways.
● Customizable Terrain ColorsAllows to easily choose and change any color used in the terrain.
● Terrain Chunks
Divides the terrain into chunks to help with features such as lazy loading of the terrain and allows for more precise culling.
● Positional helper functions
Included are several functions that can help convert between world position, grid coordinate positions, chunk and local chunk positions.
LIMITATIONS
Included is a vertex color shader used to color the terrain which does not support textures or normal maps. This can be easily replaced by a shader that supports all, but is not included.
FUTURE PLANS
-Support for texture and normal maps.
-Chunk based generation in editor, to speed up generating large terrains.
-Generate landscape features like trees and houses.
