How Do You Know Which Mathematical Functions to Use for Procedural Texturing?

Hi everyone,

I recently started learning about procedural texturing, and I'm a bit confused about the creative process behind it.

When you have a specific texture in mind, how do you know which mathematical functions to use to create it?

I'm trying to understand how you go from "I want this texture" to "these are the mathematical building blocks I should use."

Thanks!

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What to do with bad algorithm generations?



Main path generated by the algorithm

Hello there!

I recently started working on procedural generation algorithm, based on this generator, but with some changes:

\- Start and end room have special, slightly random spawn location
\- The rest of rooms are placed randomly
\- System generates main path first (start room, through one special room to exit room)
\- I will add other rooms / hallways later

For now I got working algorithm, I scripted automatic test to generate dungeon 100 times and count whenever is complete and I got 70 - 80% success rate.

But there is a problem I wonder about - How to handle this 20 - 30% of bad generations? should I try to repair them or just throw it away and generate it once more time? But if so, I will need to change the seed, that means that seed is not able to generate anything complete? How it's handled in popular games?

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Any ideas on how to generate river net on this flat terrain

https://preview.redd.it/spsr449nvf8h1.png?width=1875&format=png&auto=webp&s=73e359213e53f0ea91637005314f6b27777b68ad

I am amateur in the field and would really appreciate some advice

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Video game RL environment with procedural base generation / attack design

https://redd.it/1ub2cth
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It's works !! Take any OSM PBF file you want !!
https://redd.it/1ub7y5i
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stardust
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A Minecraft-style world generated entirely in a single GLSL fragment shader - procedural biomes, weather, seasons, and day/night, no game engine.
https://redd.it/1ubgnei
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free in-browser tool for seamless PBR maps, built it for my own gamedev
https://redd.it/1ubjvxv
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Trip Simulation - Knife Party - 404 (Fan Video)
https://youtu.be/sZGtjtvKfMA?si=NftqHZao5qykvIfj

https://redd.it/1ubl6zu
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Ulam Leapers - generalizations of OEIS A392177

https://redd.it/1ubnw6f
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Numbers Formation
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1ubq66f

https://redd.it/1ubqatq
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I built an open source tool that turns real world map data into Minecraft worlds

https://redd.it/1ubuqjx
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I (also) work on an (open-source) car game based on procedurally reconstructed real life places, and am open to feedback!
https://redd.it/1ubx9vs
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