Bukkit

Screenshots

effects of block setting

The following animated GIF shows the effect of Sedimentology-2 on a piece of landscape after 15 hours or so at blocks=10, blocks=100 and blocks=1000 setting. Note that you probably do not want to run at blocks=1000, but it serves well to show the effects of the plugin. Note that most of the dirt is being moved downhill fast, but rocks stay somewhat untouched. A lot of material is being thrown into the sea on the right hand side of the image, and even the lava flow is getting covered. The tree in the front is also being drowned in mud, but a few flowers and grass pods keep up the hill on the left and remain intact.

simple sand erosion

Here's a screenshot of a sand dune in desert partially eroded for a few thousand cycles or so (the equivalent of months of game time with default plugin settings). The plugin was only active in the fan-shaped area in the front, the rest of the area viewable was unaffected.

Before and After shots of an coast line erosion test. Most of the sand assumes a gentle 22.5% slope but at greater water depths the lack of wave action causes a sand cliff to be created and subsequently no more material can be transported downhill, even in the water. At this point the slope is actually pretty much in rest, and more erosion isn't going to do anything here much at all.

Before:

After:

Mountainside erosion

This animated gif shows a test on a partial mountain side. During this test vegetation is not taken into account as it would significantly slow down erosion. Note the mountainside shapes according to the underlying harder stone and ores become exposed. The valley floor below has a river that is being filled up with sand blocks due to being under water.

Snow accumulation

The screenshot below shows highlands draped in a thick blanket of snow. The extra snow cover somewhat restricts blocks from moving, but beware, rocks that are covered in thick snow are subject to freeze-thaw cycle erosion and can quickly crumble into gravel!

The snow cover grows and shrinks very gradually, it creates a natural smooth cover that is easily walked over.