Water? How?
Created 18 years ago2006-08-19 19:44:19 UTC by
RotatorSplint
Created 18 years ago2006-08-19 19:44:19 UTC by
RotatorSplint
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-19 19:44:19 UTC
Post #193935
I can't find any water tutorials in the Source section of the tuts. Can somebody please explain to me how to go about making water?
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-19 20:05:07 UTC
Post #193936
no entities are required for Source water..
Create the brush you want to be your water, texture it entirely in nodraw.
Select your water texture, and place it on the top face only.
viola
edit:
Dont forget to add cubemaps so the water reflects the world
Create the brush you want to be your water, texture it entirely in nodraw.
Select your water texture, and place it on the top face only.
viola
edit:
Dont forget to add cubemaps so the water reflects the world
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-19 21:23:13 UTC
Post #193939
Are there ways to control, for instance, color or sediment in the water? or is that done using fog?
Thanks
EDIT: oh, and do I use the silver-looking water textures, or the blue-looking water textures?
Thanks
EDIT: oh, and do I use the silver-looking water textures, or the blue-looking water textures?
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-19 21:32:32 UTC
Post #193940
The colour and clarity of the water is all handled via the VTF file.
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-19 22:12:10 UTC
Post #193944
Ahh... thanks. Is there a way for me to check these? And does the Valve Wiki is some sort of scale or preview that would give me a sense of what it would look like? Or am I too hopeful?
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-19 23:32:20 UTC
Post #193948
[url=http://www.sdknuts.com/tutorials/wiseWaters.asp]This might help.[url]
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-19 23:44:05 UTC
Post #193951
Uh...
Try that link and you'll understand why I said "Uh..."
Try that link and you'll understand why I said "Uh..."
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-20 02:11:47 UTC
Post #193956
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-20 12:30:47 UTC
Post #193974
Thanks
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-26 17:29:10 UTC
Post #194668
hey uh... i did exactly what you said and my water aint showing up
i tried everything and many different textures for the top face. its not rendering.
but when i shoot it it splashes.
i make a nodraw block, texure the top with a water texture and when i compile and run the map it doesnt render.. why?
i tried everything and many different textures for the top face. its not rendering.
but when i shoot it it splashes.
i make a nodraw block, texure the top with a water texture and when i compile and run the map it doesnt render.. why?
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-26 17:45:43 UTC
Post #194669
You need a full successful VIS for it to show up. Check for leaks and things like that.
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-26 17:47:36 UTC
Post #194670
theres no leaks i know that for a fact.
Would it make any difference that im using a displacement brush along with the water? im trying to make a beach and its just not showing up....
i tried making another map and it worked fine but not this one...
Would it make any difference that im using a displacement brush along with the water? im trying to make a beach and its just not showing up....
i tried making another map and it worked fine but not this one...
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-26 18:27:39 UTC
Post #194673
remember, displacements dont act like world geometry. THEY WILL NOT PREVENT LEAKS
You have to seal off displacement areas.. it's like putting a func_wall in to prevent a leak.
You have to seal off displacement areas.. it's like putting a func_wall in to prevent a leak.
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-26 22:22:51 UTC
Post #194698
k i sealed off the bottom and the sides are completley covered and its still not rendering... im really starting to get frustrated
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-26 22:31:58 UTC
Post #194701
Ok... i just replaced the 5 sides that werent displaced with the nodraw texture and now its rendering. I dont see why it worked, but it did.
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-27 14:07:58 UTC
Post #194800
damnit it broke again.
i just added tree models to the level and now the water isnt rendering anymore wtf.
i just added tree models to the level and now the water isnt rendering anymore wtf.
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-27 14:16:32 UTC
Post #194802
Maybe the models have some parts sticking out of the map >> leak
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-27 14:18:32 UTC
Post #194803
Props are leaked out of the world. Turn RAD off and compile. Load the point file, and find the leak. Extend the walls that seal off the map to encompass the ends of the props to prevent leaks.
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-28 08:28:51 UTC
Post #194906
ok my computer hates me then.
I run css, open the map.
theres no water rendered yet it splashes.
i accidentally hit that little windows button near Alt and i minimize CS:S
When it comes back up the water is back.
WTF!?
I run css, open the map.
theres no water rendered yet it splashes.
i accidentally hit that little windows button near Alt and i minimize CS:S
When it comes back up the water is back.
WTF!?
Posted 18 years ago2006-08-28 20:03:56 UTC
Post #194959
Its a common graphical issue, at least, from what I have experienced. If that's what you have to do to get it to appear, then I guess that's what you'll have to do .
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