How To Make Water?

[Tempust85]

Ok so I've decompiled yavin1 to try and figure out how to do water. I can get it work, but I'm not getting the 'splashing' sounds when the player walks through the water. I don't see any triggers set up to play the sounds, so I must be missing something else?

[mrwonko]

I thought it was just a matter of using a water shader (such as the ones in common)? There may be more effects in SP than in MP.

[Circa]

Here is a very simple tutorial on how to make water. Is this how you did it? (Not a mapper here)

[Tempust85]

Ok, that seems to work thanks @@Circa.

[Asgarath83]

You need to create a shader that be read by radiant and by JA engine, during build process, and after, into the game.

the shader need to set water movement and reverb, fogcolor of underwater, texture path and... q3mapmaterial water parameter first of the specific stage about movement, turbing, scrolling, and lighting reflection effect of the liquid.

 

Example of a good water shader:

 

 

textures/general_terrain_temple/water_dark
{
// PHYSICAL PARAMETERS.
qer_editorimage textures/general_terrain_temple/water_dark5 <- texture using for brush in GTK radiant
surfaceparm nonsolid <- tell to engine water brush is not solid.
surfaceparm water <- tell to enginbe water surfaces making water splash effect, inside the brush players cannot breaths.
surfaceparm fog <- make foggy the water
surfaceparm trans <- make transparent the water
q3map_material water <- for building process, setting the creation of water as kind of mesh.
q3map_nolightmap
q3map_onlyvertexlighting
cull twosided <- water can be see by every angle of view.
// ANIMATIONS MAPS, MOVEMENT, AND LIGHTING PARAMETERS.
{
map textures/general_terrain_temple/water_dark3
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE
rgbGen identity
alphaGen const 0.2
tcMod scroll -0.05 -0.001
}
{
map textures/general_terrain_temple/water_dark4
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE
rgbGen identity
alphaGen const 0.2
tcMod scroll 0.05 0.001
tcMod scale 2.0 2.0
}
{
map textures/general_terrain_temple/water_dark3
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE
rgbGen identity
alphaGen const 0.2
tcMod scroll -0.005 0.05
tcMod scale 3.0 3.0
}
{
map textures/general_terrain_temple/water_dark4
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE
rgbGen identity
alphaGen const 0.2
tcMod scroll -0.005 0.1
tcMod scale 4.0 4.0
}
{
map textures/general_terrain_temple/ice1
blendFunc GL_ONE GL_ONE
rgbGen identity
alphaGen const 0.8
}
}

 

[eezstreet]

melt an ice cube.

[MoonDog]

You'll need oxygen and hydrogen atoms plus a burst of energy. You'll probably blow yourself up though.

[Tempust85]

They say the third time you like it.

[Szico VII]

caulk_water for the volume brush with a water shader applied to the top face. BOOM

[Futuza]

Hmm because I've never tried it, how does it work if it isn't in some kind of container?  eg: a cube of water.

[Szico VII]

Just acts like a floating cube of water contained by invisible walls

[Omicron]

You'll need oxygen and hydrogen atoms plus a burst of energy. You'll probably blow yourself up though.

Depends what your burn to make water