RTplatec

A fork of platec (https://github.com/Mindwerks/plate-tectonics) to fit the needs of RTWG (https://github.com/tarTG/RTWG)

Features

• Better start generation throught libnoise ( http://libnoise.sourceforge.net/ )
• Adjustment of parameters during runtime
• Option, to load a heightmap texture as a start terrain
• Apply your own errosion and write back into platec via lithosphere->setTopography
• Example Programm uses Shader, which enables resizeable window
• small performance optimisation

Reqirements

• For the integration test: a OpenGL 4.+ context
• a C++14 compiler
• currently only tested under Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux

Installation

Just the library

• sudo apt-get install libnoise-dev
• go to the RTplatec folder
• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake ..
• make all
• library can be found in build/src/libRTplatec.a

Library and integration test

• go to the RTplatec folder
• sudo scipts/installDependencies.sh
  • will install glfw3, gl3w and anttweakbar
• mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake -DINTEGRATION_TEST=ON ..
• make all
• binary can be found in build/test/integration/main

Further plans

• move platec code to modern C++ for performance improvements
• extend integration test (texture export, different shaders, more options)

Credits

Credits go to the original platec developer Lauri Viitanen ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/platec/ ) and to @ftomassetti and his plate-tectonics project ( https://github.com/Mindwerks/plate-tectonics ) for massive improvement of platec.