Terra-GL

A computer graphics project developed for the course DAT205 Advanced Computer Graphics at Chalmers University of Technology.

• Terra-GL
  • Project Overview
  • Features
  • Building the Project
    • Prerequisites
    • Build Instructions
    • Running the Application
  • Project Structure
  • Contributing

Project Overview

Terra-GL is a simple real-time procedural terrain generator written in C++ using OpenGL.

Features

• Basic terrain generation using accumulated Perlin noise
• Camera controls
• Basic lighting and shading
• Height-based color mapping
• Slope-based color mapping
• Triplanar texture mapping
• Reflective water with normal maps
• Day/night cycle with dynamic lighting
• Hydraulic Erosion
• Better Hydraulic Erosion
• Vegetation placement and rendering
• Weather effects (rain, snow, fog)
• Performance optimization for large terrains

Building the Project

Prerequisites

• CMake (version 3.5 or higher)
• C++11 compatible compiler
• OpenGL
• SDL2

Build Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/terra-gl.git
cd terra-gl

2. Create a build directory and configure the project:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

3. Build the project:

make

Running the Application

After building, you can run the application from the build directory:

./project/project

Project Structure

• project/ - Main project source code
• labhelper/ - Helper library from the course
• external/ - External dependencies
• scenes/ - Scene assets

Contributing

This is a course project and contributions are not expected. However, if you find any issues or have suggestions, feel free to open an issue in the repository.