Editing Orulex

{{Addon|
1=http://orbides.1gb.ru|
2=Artyom "Artlav" Litvinovich
}}
[[Image:Oru-080401-1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Earth in Orulex 1.0]]
[[Image:Oru-080401-2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Brighton Beach Crafter on the Moon in Orulex 1.0]]
[[Image:Oru-080401-3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Venus in Orulex 1.0]]
[[Image:Oru-080401-7.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nereid in Orulex 1.0]]

'''Orulex''' is a dynamic landscape generator add-on for Orbiter which allows you to add a global landable mesh to the planets.
Simply said, it turns flat planets into mountainous planets.

==Basic features (1.0)==
* Generates planet terrain in Orbiter on the fly, using real data or fractal functions.
* Easily downloadable textures and heightmaps data for Earth, and other planets.
* Lv11 global Orbiter and Lv6-Lv22 local downloaded textures (LandSat, USGS) support.
* Collision detection support possibilities and SDK interface

==System Requirements:==
'''Out of the box:'''
* 256Mb RAM + what Orbiter and OS takes.
* 1.5+Ghz CPU, good video card (if it runs Orbiter Lv10+NASSP with good FPS it will run Orulex as if nothing is here).

'''Hi-quality:'''
* 1Gb RAM + what Orbiter and OS takes + what local maps you will download.
* 2-3Ghz CPU, ~1Gb of disk space, Fast Cheap internet (Lv9 heightmap is 466Mb download).

==Performance Guidelines (1.0)==
* If you got a multi-core CPU, it is almost always better to keep multithread mode on.
* If you got single-core CPU and Orulex feels slow on response or pre-computation takes longer than 10-15 seconds, try turning multithread mode off.
* Reducing polygon count may help if you got an old video card.
* Reducing LevLimit may give a more stable-looking landscape, but dropping quality exponentially.
* If you got FPS jerks on older/single-core PC's, look on texture timings.
TexGen-H defines time slice allocated when there is a lot to generate, TexGen-L defines time slice allocated when there are only small changes, like when you are flying around. Reducing them make Orbiter more responsive and terrain less responsive. Timings are not defined in multithread mode.

==Known bugs/issues (1.0)==
* Windows Vista random CTD.
* Dislocated patches when flying with multithreaded mode on.
* Textures getting colorfully random on some machines (probably Orbiter/DirectX bug on older systems).

==Data download Servers List==
'''Earth'''
* SRTM global Earth terrain
* NASA derived global 30 meters per pixel satellite image mosaic
* NASA derived global 15 meters per pixel satellite image mosaic, donated and processed by I-Cubed using equipment from Isilon Systems.
* USGS Digital Ortho
* USGS Urban Area Ortho
* Pseudo color 15m Landsat mosaic provided by MDA Federal, scenes comprised from early 2000s

'''Moon'''
* Clementine global Moon terrain
* Clementine 40xx
* Clementine 30xx

'''Mars'''
* MOLA global Mars terrain
* Mars THEMIS Color

'''Venus'''
* Magellan Imaging Radar (Color)
* Magellan Imaging Radar (Grey)

==World Studio==
World Studio is both the Orulex terrain config system and the versatile planet editor. It was first released on April 1, 2008 same with Orulex 1.0.

==Generator ideas and function description==
===Configuration===

Orulex system configuration are done by World Studio program and config files editing, with options ranging from terrain polygon count to shapes of the worlds.
2 PDF's with full description of world studio and file configuration can be found in the release package.




===Basic ideas===

Function string in config\terrain\planet_name.cfg

* Planet functions is written in postfix notation.
* In postfix, the sign of operation goes after the operands, so a+b will be ab+.
* It have a significant comprehensive advantage, since there is no ()'s.
* a+((b+f)*c+d/e) will be written as a b f+c*d e/++.
* Functions specified the same way - f(x,y,z+w) is x y z w + f.

===Terrain function===

The terrain is represented by a 3 to 1 function with arguments being the position on the planet and output being the altitude at this position. The concept is similar to the plotting of 1D functions, like sine and cosine - the X axis represents the position, and Y axis represents the altitude:

[[Image:Functions in Orulex 1.jpg|800px|thumb|center|Imagine the same thing in 4D, and that's how it is done in Orulex.]]

===List of terrain functions===

====Perlin noise====
[[Image:Terrain Functions.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Classic perlin noise ground function.]]
;Syntax:<nowiki>perlin(xd,yd,zd,band,scale)</nowiki>
;xd,yd,zd:Distortion values for x,y,and z coordinates respectively.
;band: The amount of noise bands to be used - the more of them the more detailed terrain is, but slower.
;scale: The horizontal scale of the thing. It is roughly equivalent to the size of the pattern shown in viewer on the actual planet, i.e. if scale is 10000 then the pattern will be spread across 10 kilometers.

Output is in -1..1 range.

====Ridge noise====
[[Image:Terrain Functions 2.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Ridged perlin noise ground function. ]]

;Syntax:<nowiki>ridge(xd,yd,zd,band,scale)</nowiki>

;Syntax:<nowiki>perlin(xd,yd,zd,band,scale)</nowiki>
;xd,yd,zd:Distortion values for x,y,and z coordinates respectively.
;band: The amount of noise bands to be used - the more of them the more detailed terrain is, but slower.
;scale: The horizontal scale of the thing. It is roughly equivalent to the size of the pattern shown in viewer on the actual planet, i.e. if scale is 10000 then the pattern will be spread across 10 kilometers.

Output is in -1..1 range.

====Sea level====
[[Image:Terrain Functions 3.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Sea level function with Perlin noise]]

;Syntax:<nowiki>sealevel(f,min)</nowiki>

Same as <nowiki>min2(min,f)</nowiki>. Returns <math>f</math> if <math>f>=min</math> and <math>min</math> if <math>f<min</math>.

Useful to truncate below the sphere part of the terrain function into flat valleys. Almost always should be removed if planet have ocean. If your planet have an ocean, make sure thet the underwater part of the function is not truncated!

====Sinusoidal terrain====
[[Image:Terrain Functions 4.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Sinusoidal terrain]]

;Syntax:
<nowiki>sintf(xd,yd,zd,scale)</nowiki>

;xd,yd,zd:Distortion values for x,y,and z coordinates respectively.
;scale: The horizontal scale of the thing. It is roughly equivalent to the size of the pattern shown in viewer on the actual planet, i.e. if scale is 10000 then the pattern will be spread across 10 kilometers.

Output is in -1..1 range.

====Cosinusoidal terrain====
[[Image:Terrain Functions 5.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Cosinusoidal terrain]]

;Syntax:<nowiki>costf(xd,yd,zd,scale)</nowiki>

;xd,yd,zd:Distortion values for x,y,and z coordinates respectively.
;scale: The horizontal scale of the thing. It is roughly equivalent to the size of the pattern shown in viewer on the actual planet, i.e. if scale is 10000 then the pattern will be spread across 10 kilometers.

Output is in -1..1 range.

====Curve function====
;Syntax:<nowiki>curv(n,f,x1,y1,x2,y2,...,x(n-1)/2,y(n-1)/2)</nowiki> 


Input/Output curve for f by points of xi,yi, lagrange interpolated. It is a very powerful tool, allowing to map the inputs to according to specific curve to the output, changing gradients and similar things. The I/O curve is too big a topic for this manual. 
For example: Callisto


====Other operators/functions====
;ax,ay,az:world coordinates
;+, -, --, *, /, sin, cos, tan, ln, pow, round, trunc, sqr, sqrt max2, max3, min2, min3: Arithmetics and basic math
;trim(f,min,max): trims f into <math>min<f<max</math>

==See Also==
[[Meshland]]

==Links==
'''Main'''

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orulex.php Orulex's Homepage by Artlav]

[http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2686 Download at OrbiterHangar]

[http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=999 Orbiter forum thread]

'''Additionals'''

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/MLVS-WIP-080327.zip WIP MeshLand 2, Collision Detection support for Orulex, Unstable]

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/OrulexSDK-allvers.zip Interface SDK (Delta-Glider samples included)]

'''Pre-composed heightmaps'''

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/earth-hmap-lv8.zip Earth Lv8 heightmap (84Mb)]

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/mars-hmap-lv8.zip Mars Lv8 heightmap (82Mb)]

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/moon-hmap-lv8.zip Moon Lv8 heightmap (81Mb)]

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/everest_lv11.zip Everest Lv11 textures and heightmaps (5.3Mb)]

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/grand_canyon_lv13.zip Grand Canyon Lv13 textures and heightmaps (9Mb)]

'''Demonstaration video'''

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/oru-flight-080321-x264.avi China flying in Gregburch's Swift1 (x264, 21 MB)]

[http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/oru-flight-080321-xvid.avi China flying in Gregburch's Swift1 (xVid, 31 MB)]

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