Problem with water rendering

mih · 02-11-2010 04:30 PM

Hi, I have a strange problem with water. I have very large viewport range, and there is a fog, but the water renders normal only very close to the camera(the red ellipse) and after that border there is something like a fog, and after that far far away is the normal fog. Anyone noticed something similar ? my water code looks like this :

Code:

Water.images(Images("gfx/water/water3.gfx"),Images("gfx/water/water3.n.gfx"),Images("gfx/fx/water3.s.gfx"));

    Water.wave_scale=0.7;

    Water.scale_diffuse = 150;

    Water.plane += Vec(0,-3,0);

    Water.specular=0.35;

    Water.reflect = 0.9;

    Water.density=0.3;

    Water.draw = true;

here is the screen :

so is there a way to get rid of that 'middle fog' ? so I can see the whole, let say ocean ?

**Esenthel** · 02-11-2010 04:46 PM

do you have enabled Fog or Sky. density exponent, frac?
do you have this problem with default textures?
do you have any ground surface under water?

mih · 02-11-2010 05:33 PM

Yes there is a sky enabled, but the exponent and fraction values are default, but i was trying to change the exponent value to a very high number and It did nothing.
I checked the problem with the default texture and It looks ok, that strange fog shows up only with my custom textures, I can send you them if you want to check It smile

**Esenthel** · 02-11-2010 06:08 PM

yes please,
maybe the mip maps are just incorrectly generated

mih · 02-11-2010 06:57 PM

http://www.sendspace.com/file/xqwoc3 smile

//EDIT: one more link : http://www.files.to/get/838751/gyk6iy2alc

**Esenthel** · 02-11-2010 07:38 PM

I've made a small adjustment, it should be ok in the next release.
however you should set your alpha channel of the normal map properly, so you can see the wave bump effect

mih · 02-11-2010 08:25 PM

Ok thanks

hm but how to set it properly ? grin

**Esenthel** · 02-11-2010 09:14 PM

instead of flat white, you can set it to be like a bump map

mih · 02-11-2010 09:43 PM

by like bump map you mean to make it gray ?

**Esenthel** · 02-11-2010 10:07 PM

http://www.filterforge.com/filters/216-bump.jpg

mih · 02-11-2010 10:48 PM

Oh i got it now ;D thanks wink

mih · 02-19-2010 05:53 PM

Hi, I would like to ask if that problem with water rendering will be fixed anytime soon wink

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//EDIT: I just downloaded the latest version of engine, and now the whole water surface looks like behind fog :

to compare, please look at the screenshot in the first post

**Esenthel** · 02-19-2010 06:13 PM

it should be working ok now,
you need to adjust water parameters (reflection, ...)

mih · 02-19-2010 06:25 PM

hm ok I will check those parameters
//EDIT: It works fine thanks wink

Problem with water rendering
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