Realistic water

[Wystan]

I made an enormous city map, im trying to make a better water shader for it, so it would reflect the lights and windows, portals dont work, it appears completely black.

[Lazarus]

You portal can't touch the water, I believe the entity needs to be at least 8 units above it

[Wystan]

Thanks, but im kind of aware of that, i already used a lot of portals in my project, all of them work and this one doesnt

[Lazarus]

Have you tried faking it so shoot a reference pic 0up from the water towards sky and make that an env map?

[Wystan]

well, i think that it might be a good idea, but im not sure how to do that, i have never made an env map before. Maybe theres a kind of tutorial somewhere?

[Lazarus]

https://jkhub.org/mapping/richdiesal/Shaders365_Lesson_4_CustomLiquids_files/sh365lsn4.htm

[Wystan]

Thanks for that link, i couldnt make a proer env map, but i used existing one and altered it a bit, it looks acceptable now.

 

One more thing; do you know how to make rain drops effect?