Ive Got Water Trouble

[DieScreaming]

I can make water fill a box no problem, but when i make a lake using the displacement tool and make a box of water around it the top of the water becomes invisible. I know you can do this i just dont know how. Ill post screen shots if needed.

 

[Bossanova]

did you put an evn_cubemap above your water and a water_lodcontrol (the compile will fix the water_lod_control if you didn't do it)?

if you did the above, you probly have a light leak into the water.

 

[DieScreaming]

I tried all that but no luck


http://img97.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img97&image=water00000am.jpg
http://img97.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img97&image=water00010nj.jpg
http://img97.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img97&image=ahh25nn.jpg

Do these help at all in solving the problem. This is killing me i want to make a stream but i cant!

 

[The Dark Elf]

hard to make out but it looks like the water is sat outside the map or something. Post the map file itself so people can check it.

 

[Death.Trap]

You have to put a brush under the displacement terrain, as to seal the map off from the void. (That big..black..stuff)


Just make your walls go down farther and make another brush underneath the terrain.

 

[TyrantII]

im not so sure... ive compiled a map with a displacement with a water brush and it compiled fine (no leak).

i think the bottom of the original brush that you make into a displacement has to be lower/outside the the water brush. IE put the water brush in the bursh that you then displace.

but im running dx7, so who knows. i dont get nice shaders, only the textures.


Edit: just looked at your third picture, I think i am right. looks like your water brush is below the bottom of the box displacement map.

to fix it, just select the bottom bursh in your box (the displacement one) and drag/resize it so it fully goes over the water hight of the water underneath it. recompile and enjoy!

all entities and non world burshes need to be inside the box/map, or inside a world brush. anything outside (except for sky textued brushes and world brushes) in the black void will cause a leak/not render properly/fark with the map.

 

[Ti133700N]

Just seal the entire displacement area with brushes (nodraw texture). Displacement maps aren't solid and do not seal your level so even if it seems right, there is a leak.

 

[DieScreaming]

i will try that thanx