Holy water - SOLVED

UberNube · Post by **UberNube** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:22 am

***SOLVED***

My water has a big hole in the centre right where my level is. In the hole there is no water plane, but there is still fog underneath.

At the moment I have:

a water plane with a texture set to the b30 water and with no collision
a map in the centre of this water
a big hole in my water

I have tried:

remaking the plane
moving the plane
resizing the plane
fiddling with the water shader

Image:

Malolo420 · Post by **Malolo420** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:24 pm

Its because the Alpha for the bitmap only takes up the outside.
Just make a new water mask.

UberNube · Post by **UberNube** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:10 am

I've modified the water-mask so it is all white in the alpha channel, then recompiled the map, and there is still exactly the same hole in the water. It must be to do with the water-mask, since the hole is the same shape as that black section in the alpha was, but I must have to do something else. Anyway, thanks for the help.

Matooba · Post by **Matooba** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:37 am

That hole is where Deathisland would have been:)

UberNube · Post by **UberNube** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:52 am

I have tried making a simple map with just a water plane, a skybox and a couple of islands... and there is no hole in the water there. That one works as normal, so what's wrong with this map that makes it so different...?

babelfish · Post by **babelfish** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:42 am

If you used a different water bitmap then it would have worked. If you used the same death island one then IDK what you did differently. But the reason the death island bitmap won't work for your water is because there is a hole in the middle where death island was put (like matooba said).

UberNube · Post by **UberNube** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:05 am

But I removed that hole from the alph channel and it still won't work...

martynball · Post by **martynball** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:36 am

if u removed the hole from the alpha mask then make sure you have

1. Redone the bitmaps command to make it into a .bitmap | tool bitmaps levels\mapname\bitmaps
2. Make sure that you have made sure the water shader is pointing to the correct places.
3. Make sure that you UVW the water texture. i always use 24 x 24 x 24 in Box mode.

UberNube · Post by **UberNube** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:16 am

Ahhh, I think I may have forgotten to UVW map it... thanks a lot.

Matooba · Post by **Matooba** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:12 pm

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Have to register to see the download.

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