hborre posted at 5:48 PM Sat, 20 December 2025 - #4502433

[...] Also, I eliminated the Cloud node connected to the HSV saturation and substituted an actual value (0.996).  IMO, the node is not contributing to the shader; the Sky_Color and Cloud_Color channels are too close, yielding a general RGB of 254, 254, 254.  Unless you can demonstrate that a vast difference between the 2 channels can alter the texture's behavior, it would be best to substitute a numeric value instead.

Do you mean the Cloud node connected to the HSV hue? That definitely makes a difference, as demonstrated below (constant hue 0.996 on the left, Cloud node on the right). Easier to see when flipping back and forth between the images, but I think it's clearly visible ever side-to-side. Whether you find that difference relevant is of course up to you, but I do.

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