Flow Map

DerivePalette nodeFlowMap

Drainage: how much upslope ground funnels through each point. Bright lines are watercourses. Wire it into Texturize's Flow port to place riverbed materials.

Inputs

1

Inin

HeightfieldRequired

Outputs

1

Outout

Heightfield

Parameters

1

Parameter	Type	Default	Range or choices
Gaingain	Number	1	0.25 – 6

When to use

Feed it the final or near-final heightfield and use the result as a procedural mask or material driver.

Example connection:

Final height → Flow Map → Range/Adjust → Blend · Mask

Notes

This node participates only when its result is connected to an evaluated preview or Build Map path.

This node performs neighborhood analysis or repeated simulation work. Tune it at a lower preview resolution when interactive updates become slow.