Godot: Editor 3D scene view: Fade out grid with distance

Created on 22 Oct 2017 · 4Comments · Source: godotengine/godot

Currently, the grid used by the 3D scene view becomes quite messy in the distance due to perspective.
Other engines fade out the grid with increasing distance.

Comparison:
https://imgur.com/a/j9pzE

Additionally, the Godot lines used for the Grid and X, Y, Z lines tend to alias way more.

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mhilbrunner

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I used to work on a prototype for Godot but never took the time to do a PR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jHafwiaFAE&feature=youtu.be

This uses a shader that fades the grid using pixel depth, so it both handles fading in the distance + infinite grids. It also moves when the camera move so you would always see it around.

Zylann on 22 Oct 2017

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I used to work on a prototype for Godot but never took the time to do a PR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jHafwiaFAE&feature=youtu.be

This uses a shader that fades the grid using pixel depth, so it both handles fading in the distance + infinite grids. It also moves when the camera move so you would always see it around.

Zylann on 22 Oct 2017

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Very shiny. I'd love to have that in Godot :)

mhilbrunner on 22 Oct 2017

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Update: Because of transparency issues (Z glitches) fading out with distance as in Zylann's prototype above is currently not possible.

Maybe at least a hard cutoff after some distance, maybe based on a circle/oval mask centered on the camera position would be better than the current situation?

mhilbrunner on 10 Dec 2017

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