mapspinner 0.1.18 → 0.1.20

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mapspinner",
-  "version": "0.1.18",
+  "version": "0.1.20",
   "description": "WebGL2 Earth-scale terrain rendering SDK for interactive globe applications",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "exports": {

package/src/quadtree.js

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class Quadtree {
     // 20km). Shrinking the penalty-free near radius lets the far-LOD falloff coarsen MORE of the
     // off-screen / past-horizon field, cutting peak visible leaves toward ~600-900 (precondition
     // for the 512 layer cap). These are THE only values -- no device tier.
-    const near = Math.max(this._camAlt * 2.0, horizon * 0.4, 20000.0);
+    const near = Math.max(this._camAlt * 2.0, horizon * 0.2, 10000.0);
     // floor 0.5 (was 0.18): past the horizon the split may HALVE, not crush to ~1/5 (which was
     // collapsing near-field detail on descent). Foreground (latC<near) stays fall=1 -> full LOD.
     const fall = 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.max(0.0, latC - near) / near);

package/src/shaders/terrain.glsl

@@ -624,6 +624,11 @@ highp float composeHeight(vec3 dir0, highp vec2 faceLocal, float tileM){   // W7
   // Shore-gated (fades in over the first 250m of land) so the coastline and the flat water planes are
   // untouched and no noise islets pop offshore. The VS FD lit-normal picks it up automatically.
   h += detailFbm(dir0) * uDetailOverlay * 30.0 * smoothstep(0.0, 250.0, h);
+  // FLAT-AREA INTEREST NOISE (user 2026-06-12): gentle rolling relief on the least noisy
+  // anchorpoints (low reliefMul = flat plains, non-mtn, non-wet, non-cold). Fades to zero
+  // by reliefMul ~0.5 so mountains are unaffected.
+  float flatGate = max(0.0, 1.0 - reliefMul * 2.0);
+  h += snoise3(dir0 * 800.0) * flatGate * uDetailOverlay * 8.0;
   // LAKE CARVE + flat-water plane
   float lakeWetV; float lakeCarveRaw = lakeCarveM(dir0, lakeWetV);
   // uCarveWide=1 widens the carve CLIMATE gates so the gorge/lake/dune depth fades in over a wide