Octahedron Sphere, creating a better world

This tutorial is about creating an approximation of a sphere by subdividing the faces of an octahedron. The tutorial was published somewhere else, you can find an archive of it here..

This tutorial has been superseded by Octasphere.

An octahedron sphere planet.

Downloads

uv-test.png
The UV test image.
planet-diffuse-specular.png
The planet diffuse and specular map.
planet-normals.png
The planet normal map.
octahedron-sphere-tutorial.unitypackage
The finished tutorial project.
octahedron-sphere-meshes.unitypackage
Octahedron sphere mesh assets, from zero to six subdivisions, with radius 1 and with diameter 1.