Bliss-Shader/shaders/lib/stars.glsl

//Original star code : https://www.shadertoy.com/view/Md2SR3 , optimised



// Return random noise in the range [0.0, 1.0], as a function of x.
float hash12(vec2 p)
{
	vec3 p3  = fract(vec3(p.xyx) * 0.1031);
    p3 += dot(p3, p3.yzx + 19.19);
    return fract((p3.x + p3.y) * p3.z);
}
//  1 out, 3 in...
float hash13(vec3 p3)
{
	p3  = fract(p3 * .1031);
    p3 += dot(p3, p3.zyx + 31.32);
    return fract((p3.x + p3.y) * p3.z);
}

// Convert Noise2d() into a "star field" by stomping everthing below fThreshhold to zero.
float NoisyStarField( in vec3 vSamplePos, float fThreshhold )
{
    float StarVal = hash13( vSamplePos );
    StarVal = clamp(StarVal/(1.0 - fThreshhold) - fThreshhold/(1.0 - fThreshhold),0.0,1.0);

    return StarVal;
}

// Stabilize NoisyStarField() by only sampling at integer values.
float StableStarField( in vec3 vSamplePos, float fThreshhold )
{
    // Linear interpolation between four samples.
    // Note: This approach has some visual artifacts.
    // There must be a better way to "anti alias" the star field.
    float fractX = fract( vSamplePos.x );
    float fractY = fract( vSamplePos.y );
    vec3 floorSample = floor( vSamplePos.xyz );

    float v1 = NoisyStarField( floorSample, fThreshhold);
    float v2 = NoisyStarField( floorSample + vec3( 0.0, 1.0, 0.0), fThreshhold );
    float v3 = NoisyStarField( floorSample + vec3( 1.0, 0.0, 0.0), fThreshhold );
    float v4 = NoisyStarField( floorSample + vec3( 1.0, 1.0, 0.0), fThreshhold );

    float StarVal =   v1 * ( 1.0 - fractX ) * ( 1.0 - fractY )
        			+ v2 * ( 1.0 - fractX ) * fractY
        			+ v3 * fractX * ( 1.0 - fractY )
        			+ v4 * fractX * fractY;

	return StarVal;
}

float stars(vec3 viewPos){

    float stars = max(1.0 - StableStarField(viewPos*300.0 , 0.99),0.0);
	return exp( stars  * -20.0);
}