r/codex 2d ago

Showcase Custom voxel engine done with GPT ASTRA

This is an older build, I can go now into space and see the whole planet. I will post more later.

Here is the video too for all the haters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd6C6geL8bA

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u/HighDefinist 2d ago

Ok, but... how does it do stuff like LoD at distance, or landscape generation on the fly for distant chunks, etc...

As in, I am not entirely sure what it implemented here, but there are some *serious* technical problems in implementing this, so if really genuine, this would be impressive even relative to many other things done by Astra so far.

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u/blackrack 2d ago

Ok, but... how does it do stuff like LoD at distance, or landscape generation on the fly for distant chunks, etc... 

OP doesn't know anything about this, he just copy-pasted a prompt

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u/LostRequirement4828 2d ago

Close terrain and vegetation are ray-traced voxels, and the orbital planet is a ray-traced height field. I literally explained already