Improve the appearance of simple parallax in StandardMaterial3D

This uses offset limiting to avoid distortion in the distance,
and makes simple (non-deep) parallax more usable overall.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scene/resources/material.cpp b/scene/resources/material.cpp
index 08f7274ff6..74410f1103 100644
--- a/scene/resources/material.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/material.cpp
@@ -957,7 +957,9 @@ void BaseMaterial3D::_update_shader() {
 			} else {
 				code += "		float depth = 1.0 - texture(texture_heightmap, base_uv).r;\n";
 			}
-			code += "		vec2 ofs = base_uv - view_dir.xy / view_dir.z * (depth * heightmap_scale);\n";
+			// Use offset limiting to improve the appearance of non-deep parallax.
+			// This reduces the impression of depth, but avoids visible warping in the distance.
+			code += "		vec2 ofs = base_uv - view_dir.xy * depth * heightmap_scale;\n";
 		}
 
 		code += "		base_uv=ofs;\n";