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im working on a map set under the ocean, and i remember playing aquaris deep sea that Mav made, that he had a special lighting that looked like it had refracted thru water.
can someone tell me how to do that please.

hmmm...perhaps making smoke with particle editor that isn't black but a smudge would work...

no, it wasnt particlues, it was a special light i think, i hope Mav sees this topic because he may be the only one who knows how to do this

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for but try the WorldShadowMap effect, you can find an example in the Endor world assets.

I'll just post the relevant part of end1.fx You could also set up a light in ZE that projects a texture onto the surface, there are examples of this in the Mustafar world assets, open the world in ZE to see how Pandemic set it up and have a look at the BF2_lighting.doc for more information on this.

AceMastermind wrote:I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for but try the WorldShadowMap effect, you can find an example in the Endor world assets.

I'll just post the relevant part of end1.fx

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Effect("WorldShadowMap")
{
	Enable(1);
	Texture("end_canopy");
	LightName("sun");
	TextureScale(70.0);	
	AnimationFrequency(0.1);
	AnimationAmplitude0(2.0, 0.0);
	AnimationAmplitude1(0.05,-0.1);
}

You could also set up a light in ZE that projects a texture onto the surface, there are examples of this in the Mustafar world assets, open the world in ZE to see how Pandemic set it up and have a look at the BF2_lighting.doc for more information on this.

If he's looking to duplicate the effect I used, then the world shadow is what I used. I've played around with a texture overlay to the lighting (what you mention second) and it's redundant when it is not also inferior to the world shadow.

Thanks guys, this was a great help, now to find out wether my skill level is high enough to pull this off...