better water

[_Meitsi_]

How is it possible to use "expensive water"? I made a brush "nodraw" and added water texture to its top-side. It looks like water and it moves and when u go into it u can see particles "swimming" there. But how i could use that water seen in some levels what "looks fuzzy".?

 

[The Dark Elf]

select a different water shader material.

 

[_Meitsi_]

But which? Theres lots...

But i have another problem. I added Skybox and now i cant see the water. When i go under it i could see the water, but when i look at the water from above, i cant see it. If i shoot it i can see the reflections what bullet causes.

And theres more problems: The skybox works ok (i can see sky surrounding whole map) but sometimes the sky disappears and whole sky gets black. When i move cursor, the sky appears again ok... :S

 

[DrDevin]

make sure your whole level is encased in skybox (or at least the parts that have to be). Leave a larger buble around your map to make sure. Also do you have any ground beneath your water? cause if not your water will act wierd and it needs a cubemap too.

 

[_Meitsi_]

Now i got whole map ruined... When i try to test it hl2 says: Engine error: MaterialSystem_Interface_t::AllocateLightmap: lightmap (516x93( too big to fit in page (512x256)...

I gotta make new map... At this time, indoor... :S

 

[Fender357]

Wow....you give up way easy.

If everyone making maps just started over every time they got an error, no one would get anything done.

 

[_Meitsi_]

But i just cant figure out how to remove that error! I'we tried nearly every setting...

 

[Mr.Ben]

you should post your vmf file somewhere so that someone can take a look at it for you. we have a "HELP ME" forum.

i have hosting available at http://www.filefence.com

i know this is a shameless plug, but this is exactly why i created the site.

 

[_Meitsi_]

http://www.filefence.com/viewtopic.php?p=46#46

 

[_Meitsi_]

I got that "expensive" water work in other maps but that map i could not fix

 

[ttrnasfer]

you should post your vmf file somewhere so that someone can take a look at it for you. we have a "HELP ME" forum.

i have hosting available at http://www.filefence.com

i know this is a shameless plug, but this is exactly why i created the site.

i think most would agree with me when i say shameless plugs are perfectly ok as long as it's for something either worthwhile or usefull - you weren't advertising muckdonalds m8, no apology needed