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Height Material

MaterialsPalette nodeHeightMaterial

Maps height bands to terrain materials. Break-up wobbles the band edges and Dither stipples them, so the boundaries stop reading as contour lines.

Inputs

1
Inin
HeightfieldRequired

Outputs

1
Outout
Material

Parameters

7
ParameterTypeDefaultRange or choices
BandsbandsMaterial stopsWater 0.00; Sand 0.40; Grass 0.50; Rock 0.78; Snow 0.92—
Detail
Break-upbreakupNumber00 – 1
Break-up ScalebreakupScaleNumber121 – 64
DitherditherNumber00 – 1
ClumpclumpNumber11 – 8
Dither ModeditherModeChoiceBlue NoiseBlue Noise, Ordered, None
SeedseedSeed1337—

When to use​

Connect its Material output to Build Map directly or combine it with other material fields through Blend or Material Mixer.

Example connection:

Height Material · Out → Build Map · Material

Notes​

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