MiKo0 opened this issue on Apr 18, 2003 ยท 3 posts
forester posted Sun, 20 April 2003 at 7:09 PM
Attached Link: http://www.expandingwave.com/waterdemos/
Miko0, it is somewhat difficult in Vue. It takes a very fine hand, but it can be done. You must use the Terrain Editor. Reset it, so that the terrain you will build is perfectly flat. Then, taking a small brush size, raise a small ripple of the shape that you're interested in. Import this terrain into Vue, and place it just underneath the surface of the water. Give it the same water texture as the water plane, and then carefully position it. One of the problems with the Vue Terrain Editor for this purpose is that it doesn't like to make smoothly curved mesh heights. But if you're very careful, you can get some good results. Alternatively, go here and try a free sample of a water ripple mesh that I've made. http://www.expandingwave.com/waterdemos On this page, open "Door #1" and download the zip file you'll find there. This sample is from a package of ten different water ripples meshes that I'm uploading for sale on renderosity for a very small price. This package includes short tutorial image, and a picture of a result that may be what you're looking for. If I knew exactly the shape of the ripple you're looking for (spreading ring, trailing U, small rings and motion around the legs, etc.) I could make you one to fit your specifications.