Infinite Water?

thelegend · Post by **thelegend** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 4:10 pm

Hey all,
a few months I got the issue my map always crashed If I add to much water. So I did a (long) break. Now I would like to know it is possible to add infinite water to custom maps? I am going to use the kashyyyk Water. My only problem is my map would crash If I add this water (I want to fill the whole map).
What I can do to prevent that? And how Pandemic did it on Kamino? In my Tsunami Mod I changed the water to the Kashyyyk water ( It had not a surface texture, but this is not the problem). And it worked and we all know how much water is on Kamino. Anyone knows that?

MileHighGuy · Post by **MileHighGuy** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:02 pm

I think you could make a fake water surface .msh and place it at the same elevation as your water. In your map's .fx file set OceanEnable to 1. This will get rid of the real water surface so you can use your fake one.

thelegend · Post by **thelegend** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:13 pm

Ok. I did what you did say.
Now my water looks in game so:

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Here is my .fx file:

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Effect("Water")

{

	// general parameters

	PatchDivisions(4,4);

	// ocean parameters

	OceanEnable(1);

	// water event parameters

	WaterRingColor(148, 170, 192,255);

	WaterWakeColor(192, 192, 192,255);

	WaterSplashColor((192, 192, 192,255);

	// PS2 parameters

	PS2()

	{

		Tile(1.0,1.0);

		Velocity(0.00,0.00);

		LODDecimation(8);

		MainTexture("kas2_water");

		MinDiffuseColor(30,30,30, 255);

		MaxDiffuseColor(70, 70, 70, 255);

		BorderDiffuseColor(10, 10, 10, 255);

		SpecularColor(60, 60, 60, 152);

		SpeckleSpecularColor(80, 80, 80, 150);

		SpeckleAmbientColor(50, 50, 50, 80);

		SpeckleTextures("water_specularmask_",25, 4.0);

		SpeckleTile(8.0, 8.0);

		SpeckleScrollSpeed(0.0,0.0);

		SpeckleCoordShift(5.0,5.0);

		LightAzimAndElev(1.0,0.0);

	}

	// XBOX parameters

	XBOX()

	{

		Tile(2.0,2.0);

		NormalMapTextures("water_normalmap_",16,8.0);

		LODDecimation(1);

		RefractionColor(110, 135, 139, 255);

		ReflectionColor(110,135,139,255);

		UnderwaterColor(96, 96, 88, 128);

		FresnelMinMax(0.3,0.6);

		Velocity(0.04, 0.008);

	}

	// PC parameters

	PC()

	{

		Tile(2.0,2.0);

		MainTexture("kas2_water.tga");

		LODDecimation(1);

		RefractionColor(5, 217, 255, 255);

		ReflectionColor(57,90,138,255);

		UnderwaterColor(61, 124, 144, 128);

		FresnelMinMax(0.3,0.6);

		FarSceneRange(1500)

		NormalMapTextures("water_normalmap_",16,8.0);

		BumpMapTextures("water_bumpmap_",16,8.0);

		SpecularMaskTextures("water_specularmask_",25, 4);

		SpecularMaskTile(2.0, 2.0);

		SpecularMaskScrollSpeed(0.0,0.0);

		Velocity(0.01,0.01);

	}

}

And if I look to the north`s direction the water gets invisible.

MileHighGuy · Post by **MileHighGuy** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:17 pm

Yeah, the idea was you would CREATE a mesh that looked like water, and place it where the water normally should be.

thelegend · Post by **thelegend** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:21 pm

Hm. Do you mean I should create with XSI a fake mesh (.msh file?)?
In my Tsunami mod I exactly used the Kamino water, but the kas2 water from kas2.fx file. And it worked. I just wonder why It doesn`t work on custom maps, but on stock maps where I have added water.

MileHighGuy · Post by **MileHighGuy** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:30 pm

Yes that is what I am suggesting. I also have ran into this problems with water for my projects. I think it is possible to create convincing fake water with this idea, letting you have a lot more in your map. Does anyone else have an idea?

EDIT: If you want to try normal water again, in your .fx file, you could try lowering FarSceneRange to something low, and also changing LODDecimation.

thelegend · Post by **thelegend** » Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:13 pm

Thank you. Your last suggestion works very well. The water looks now really like in GTA 4 (I gave it a dirty skin).

Edit: I have a little more question about the water. How I can change the wave height or speed? Because I don`t find any lines that may change it (my water looks really flat, I think some higher waves might look better).

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