Glowing Water

[elg2001]

Hi,

I'm making a map based at an abandoned reservoir. It is night time out so the map is very dark, but I want the water to be a glowing bright blue from the under water lighting. However, when I add either a light or light_spot entity under water it doesnt light up the map the way that I desire.

Is it possible to tie a light_environment to a volume specified by a brush? I'm stumped.

Refer to the following post for screenshots of the map I'm talking about: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66726

 

[holy_cheese]

making the water glow would be waay too hard, you atleast have to make your own water texture. Why not just put in some spot lights as they give a cool atmosphere to a map.

 

[Dead-Inside]

I have to say that fy_poolday_reunion has the best looking water I've ever seen. The sauna has a little pool and it's amazingly well lit. Only thing I like about the map though.

 

[Deleter]

try putting the light entity in your water and then using a block light brush. That way the water would glow without affecting the outside map. I don't know if thats what your going for, but its just an idea.

 

[elg2001]

ive only been able to make it work SORT OF by using the water_clear water texture and using spotlights underwater that illuminate only the underwater areas. Is there no way to set the brightness of ambient light within a certain brush?

 

[elg2001]

i downloaded poolday_reunion but the sauna water doesnt look like anything special. theres even rendering errors with the light_glow (correct name?) effect

 

[Deleter]

ambient light is everywhere, so I don't think that you can set that. However, there is a minimum amount of light allowed or something like that on some func_'s and stuff, so try messing around with that.

 

[Dead-Inside]

i downloaded poolday_reunion but the sauna water doesnt look like anything special. theres even rendering errors with the light_glow (correct name?) effect

I haven't had any of those...

 

[Dasparov]

have you actually been making clear water by FX amount, i would say just powerful lights (a white'ish blue) a the base and spotlights trailing through the water
220 248 252 12000 maybe that at the bottom, in brightness

 

[elg2001]

how can you make clear water by FX amount if the func_water entity is deprecated? every time i try to tie func_water to a brush i get purple poop soup instead of water, whereas if i do it according to Valve's instructions on the official SDK page the water works fine (i.e. a nodraw brush with the top surface using dev/water2 or water_clear). maybe you can help me get func_water to work when tying it to a brush?

 

[LeoPawnz]

you want bloom effect, unfortunately the engine doesn't seem to support it. ;(

 

[elg2001]

does anyone know how to make func_water work?

 

[elg2001]

this is my last try. does anyone know how to get water to light up? it just remains murky and brown if the water is too deep.