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Honeycomb with capped and honey-filled cells

Generate tileable PBR maps of honeycomb: hexagonal wax cells with rounded walls, empty tubes, glossy honey that climbs the walls and domed wax caps in patches, from new white comb to dark brood comb. Use for beehives, honey props, food scenes, nature close-ups and sci-fi hex surfaces.

Recorded render of Honeycomb with capped and honey-filled cells

What this component contains

  • ATTRIBUTION.md
  • LICENSE
  • README.md
  • blender_material.py
  • component.json
  • honeycomb_comb.py
  • material.tres
  • pngio.py
  • preview.png
  • test_package.py
  • texkit.py
  • verification/native.json

How it works

Entry point
generate
Maps
albedo, normal, roughness, height, ao
Parameters
cells, wall, capped, honey, irregularity, age, hue_shift, saturation and 1 more
Presets
default, fresh_white, brood_comb, brimming_honey
Tileable
yes
Command line
python honeycomb_comb.py --size 1024 --seed 7 --preset NAME --out DIR [--width W --height H] [--set NAME=VALUE] [--directx-normal] [--orm]
Godot material
material.tres
Blender builder
blender_material.build_material(folder)

Recorded checks

godot 4.7.2.stable.official.ed1daf0bf

  • command_line_generates_declared_maps
  • maps_decode
  • maps_have_declared_size_and_channels
  • maps_tile_without_a_seam
  • normal_vectors_unit_length_facing_out
  • maps_carry_detail
  • godot_imports_the_maps
  • godot_material_template_loads_every_map
  • godot_compatibility_render
  • capture_shows_the_textured_surface
  • blender_builds_the_material

Limits to consider

Cells are seen face-on as a height field: the depth of an empty cell is a short drop to a dark floor, not a modelled tube, and honey is an opaque glossy surface with no translucency or refraction. Larvae, pollen, bees and broken comb are out of scope. Capped and open cells gather by smooth noise rather than by colony behaviour. The hexagons come from a lattice made near-regular for the tile, so very low cell counts squash them slightly. Occlusion is a blurred-height estimate.