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Subject: Shoreline Question

LMcLean opened this issue on Aug 28, 2007 · 14 posts
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LMcLean ( ) posted Tue, 28 August 2007 at 12:30 PM · edited Sun, 15 September 2024 at 6:28 AM

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I am using the "Distant to Shore" function to create a shoreline, but I don't know if I am positioning or sizing the plane correctly in my scene. As you can see the shore is working, but the rest is not. I am not sure if I should be making the plane (the one with the shore) huge like 800m x 800m or if it should be small and blend with the "Infinite Ground Plane"? Also the shore is the same "Shasta" material as the "Ground" so why do they look so different? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

bruno021 ( ) posted Tue, 28 August 2007 at 12:57 PM

Why would you use a plane? Just use  the distance to object below node, and Vue will compute the shoreline without a need for a plane, you just need to have a mixed material for the water, and drive the mixing proportions by the node.


thefixer ( ) posted Tue, 28 August 2007 at 2:35 PM

Or use the pre-made material layer in Vue called "foam", does the same thing!! [with a bit of tweaking].

Injustice will be avenged.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.

LMcLean ( ) posted Tue, 28 August 2007 at 4:40 PM · edited Tue, 28 August 2007 at 4:41 PM

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I got rid of the plane and used the infinite ground plane only. So in this scene is only the island and an ground plane. The island is 1m below the water. the water is at 0m. Any ideas why I am getting this effect? Thanks

bruno021 ( ) posted Tue, 28 August 2007 at 4:58 PM

To me it seems you have a mixed water material layered at the base of a rock material, all belonging to the terrain. Weird stuff...


LMcLean ( ) posted Tue, 28 August 2007 at 5:37 PM · edited Tue, 28 August 2007 at 5:39 PM

bruno021, Well yes weird is right. The ground plane is a mixed material but I doesn't belong to the terrain AFAIK. It is totally separate. So the long and short of it is I did this wrong! right! lol.

bruno021 ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 1:56 AM

Just add a water plane, and use mixed materials on it, drive the mixing by the distance to obejct below node, and you're set!


dsr207 ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 7:53 AM · edited Wed, 29 August 2007 at 8:03 AM


    As bruno021 said.....Thats the way I do it, simple and it works...

dsr207 ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 8:32 AM

I saved this long time ago, not sure from where...The water is red and white for testing....

Peggy_Walters ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 8:45 AM

He he...  Every time I hear shoreline I keep thinking of that Chief in the Navy telling a young seaman to go get him 30 feet of shoreline.  And off went the young man, to ask everyone around if they had any shoreline...

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thefixer ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 9:34 AM

The pre-made material layer "foam" does the same but the filter is a lot more complex, I like your solution though!!

Injustice will be avenged.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.

dsr207 ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 10:17 AM

This is the foam material to use for the mix....[

ftp://rebornin2000@members.toast.net/foam.zip](ftp://rebornin2000@members.toast.net/foam.zip)

dsr207 ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 4:29 PM

Sorry about the above link....I'll get it later

LMcLean ( ) posted Wed, 29 August 2007 at 11:17 PM

Wow a great bit of help here. I was doing everything right except my ground plane was missing. Thank you to dsr207, bruno021, peggy and the fixer for your help. :)

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