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Transparent bump mapped water effect? [message #335725]

Tue, 17 June 2008 18:49

Blazea58
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I have been trying to create an effect used in standard renegade single player maps, and also featured in renalert maps, but i cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it properly. When i try it comes out bright white and it glitches and shows triangle sections without it.
This is the effect i am generally looking for.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/Blaze558/transparentwater.jpg

If anybody here knows how the water is done on those maps i would appreciate even just writting on which passes and blend modes are changed differently from a normal 2 pass bump/environment water.

Otherwise my fountain is gonna look stupid , i must know lol.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/Blaze558/LevelEdit2008-06-1719-26-06-93.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/Blaze558/ECW_WebBanner1.jpg

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Re: Transparent bump mapped water effect? [message #335744 is a reply to message #335725]

Tue, 17 June 2008 23:47

danpaul88
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This might help: http://www.apathbeyond.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16620

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Re: Transparent bump mapped water effect? [message #335772 is a reply to message #335725]

Wed, 18 June 2008 03:29

Veyrdite
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Note that if you calculate light on M03 the water turns white.
P.S. Nice fountain

WOL: Veyrdite Previously: Dthdealer ( a long time ago )

[Updated on: Wed, 18 June 2008 03:39]

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Re: Transparent bump mapped water effect? [message #335773 is a reply to message #335725]

Wed, 18 June 2008 03:38

mrÃ£Ã§Ä·z
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Blazea58 wrote on Tue, 17 June 2008 20:49

Tryed with SB Edit? (Shaders) ?

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Re: Transparent bump mapped water effect? [message #335781 is a reply to message #335772]

Wed, 18 June 2008 04:20

danpaul88
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Dthdealer wrote on Wed, 18 June 2008 11:29

Note that if you calculate light on M03 the water turns white.
P.S. Nice fountain

You can fix that by exporting all water meshes as a seperate W3D file, create the non-water file, light solve that and then create the water W3D file, which should also contain any building interiors. You will have to delete the water W3D instance in LE and re-solve the lighting and recreate the water W3D each time you re-open LE or it will turn ugly.

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