Confused about Screenie

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Ok here's the screenshot I've got a question about:
http://www.halflife2.org/images/screenshots/image_243.jpg

Didn't Gabe Newell or Rick Ellis or someone answer to an e-mail (should be in the e-mail thread) about water in Source and that it didn't support height (Z-axis depth)? I'm pretty sure I read it somewhere in that thread or somewhere else and that it actually was a quote from one of the developers or workers at valve. Anyone know if they have stated that waves with Z-axis depth does exist in source/hl2 or not? :S
 
Ive asked this question about that shot to, I reckon its either simply a perspective issue with a curvy pond, or maybe they tried a more UT2003 style bouncy water system early in development, although i didnt like that water it looked like jelly when it got shot, I prefer what they have now with all the splash sprites, seems thinner, I think the second of those 11 movies taken from valve the other day has a shot of gordon shooting manhacks in a small sewer passage, looked quite nice like that, does the job anyway :)
 
waves and all are possible...look at the buggy vid...when the flying thing fly's over the water...rimples and all...you know :p
 
This whole time I've thought it was sand, like the ship had somehow beached.

*ashamed*
 
Waves are not possible, unless you make a water brush that moves. The ripples are simply animated decals or something.
 
ferd said:
waves and all are possible...look at the buggy vid...when the flying thing fly's over the water...rimples and all...you know :p

i think those were sprites/decals whatever u call them ;)
 
its an optical illusion.

the water (refelctive stuff) is completely flat, but becuase of a funky angle and no movement your mind thinks the water is "wavy" rather than the Sand edges are uneven.
 
what u want to say is that we are not going to swim at all in hl2? than that's shitty!
 
nonono,, you can swim fine,, what they are saying is the top part of the water will have no depth in the waves,,,

that's programmable pixel shaders for ya... funky water effects :D
 
J Hater said:
what u want to say is that we are not going to swim at all in hl2? than that's shitty!

yes we will, never saw the demo were at the end gordon falls into the water?
 
ohhh yes Delaz true that true that i now REMEMBER! i saw that! anyway's i like water very much :P
 
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