Water. Splash.

newt · Post by **newt** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:56 pm

giving it a deep ocean effect... is there a way to make water that fades.... like lighter on top and fades darker.... I know praolly make light water then make darker water underneth but that looks kinda crappy... any way else?

the ship will be in one place for now.... anchored.... how do I make it so when the ship get to a certain angle water splash as if the boat was actually hitting the waves.

waves lol.... i need help in that other thread.

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:59 pm

if its for single player, you could put a trigger under the water that sets a dark/dense farplane...

newt · Post by **newt** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:10 pm

its mp

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:55 pm

the only way i'm thinking is a dense farplane

. if you don't give a farplane color, the farplane will be black, and thats sorta what you want.

newt · Post by **newt** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:34 am

not the whole map......

rOger · Post by **rOger** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 7:54 am

From the Q3Shader manual

6.4 AlphaGen <func>
The alpha channel can be specified like the rgbchannels. If not specified, it defaults to 1.0.

6.4.1 AlphaGen portal
This rendering stage keyword is used in conjunction with the surface parameter keyword portal. The function accomplishes the "fade" that causes the scene in the portal to fade from view. Specifically, it means "Generate alpha values based on the distance from the viewer to the portal." Use alphaGen portal on the last rendering pass.

Never tried it though, so it probably won't work.

Or it might not even do what I think it will.

Alcoholic · Post by **Alcoholic** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 5:24 pm

isnt that for the surface (the texture itself)?

rOger · Post by **rOger** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:13 pm

Might be, as I said it might not be at all what i thought it to be.