Moving Clouds

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Articles

Creating Animated Clouds
This is a tutorial showing how to make animated clouds with a dynamic prop.
Creating Animated Clouds with Displacements
This tutorial is the implementation of the previous idea with the substitution of a displacement instead of a prop.

Entities

Notes

Dynamic props are networked entities and could be just a frivolous addition to a multiplayer map.

Environment articles:
Skies and environment maps

Skybox (2D) | Skybox (3D) | HDR Skies | Skybox with Terragen | Skybox with Terragen - Advanced | List of skies | Moving Clouds

Terrain and displacement mapping

Displacements | Holes in displacements | Digital Elevation Models