Erosion_2 in Action
Erosion_2 was meant to be incredibly flexible from the beginning. While compared to Erosion_1 it may look like it has fewer controls and therefore less complexity, you can get an amazingly vast range of results from those few settings.
Downcutting, Erosion Scale, and the Shape controls play a large range and their combinations can produce very different results - especially when you increase the Duration.
Below is a set of 24 different looks achieved from the same terrain by simply applying Erosion_2 in different ways.
Default Settings
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0.059
ErosionScale: 16.7
SuspendedLoadDischargeAmount: 0
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.2
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0.059
ErosionScale: 87.2
SuspendedLoadDischargeAmount: 0
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.2
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0.059
ErosionScale: 517.3
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.20
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0.243
ErosionScale: 517.3
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.207
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0
ErosionScale: 20000
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.207
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0.353
ErosionScale: 20000
SuspendedLoadDischargeAngle: 36.3
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.587
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 34.0
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAngle: 31.4
Shape: 0
ShapeDetailScale: 1
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0.353
ErosionScale: 20000
SuspendedLoadDischargeAngle: 36.3
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.587
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 34.0
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAngle: 31.4
Shape: 0.085
ShapeSharpness: 0
ShapeDetailScale: 0.053
Duration: 117.4
Downcutting: 0.353
ErosionScale: 20000
SuspendedLoadDischargeAngle: 36.3
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.199
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 34.0
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 0.067
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAngle: 31.4
Shape: 0.085
ShapeSharpness: 0
ShapeDetailScale: 0.053
Duration: 196.7
Downcutting: 0.253
ErosionScale: 20000
SuspendedLoadDischargeAngle: 36.3
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.441
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 7.9
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 0.391
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAngle: 24.0
Shape: 0.079
ShapeSharpness: 0.199
ShapeDetailScale: 1
Duration: 106.5
Duration: 106.5
Downcutting: 0.183
ErosionScale: 20000
ShapeDetailScale: 0.019
Duration: 106.5
Downcutting: 0.183
ErosionScale: 20000
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.095
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 34.069
Shape: 0.367
ShapeSharpness: 0.261
ShapeDetailScale: 1
Duration: 90.4
Downcutting: 0.111
ErosionScale: 653.6
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.113
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
ShapeDetailScale: 0.039
Duration: 64.5
Downcutting: 0.5253405
ErosionScale: 124.0
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 1
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
Shape: 0.633
ShapeSharpness: 0.089
ShapeDetailScale: 0.016
Shape: 1
ShapeSharpness: 1
Downcutting: 0.711
ErosionScale: 3713.4
SuspendedLoadDischargeAmount: 0
Shape: 1
ShapeSharpness: 0.711
ShapeDetailScale: 0
Downcutting: 0.683
ErosionScale: 201.8
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 1
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 21.5
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 0.139
Duration: 164.9
Duration: 57.8
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 1
ShapeDetailScale: 1
Duration: 90.4
Downcutting: 0.045
ErosionScale: 195.8
Duration: 67.2
ErosionScale: 204.8
SuspendedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.171
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 1
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 24.8
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAmount: 1
CoarseSedimentsDischargeAngle: 15.8
Downcutting: 0.073
ErosionScale: 8350.7
SuspendedLoadDischargeAmount: 0
Shape: 0.635
Duration: 134.5
SuspendedLoadDischargeAmount: 0
BedLoadDischargeAmount: 0.039
BedLoadDischargeAngle: 37.6
Shape: 0
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