Here is a link to a Bryce 5 animation I'm having fun with. If anyone is overly zealous, he/she may also look for my recent post, in the HTML forum, regarding this same link! My first big trouble is that the ocean is'nt animated. It is an actuall ocean plane/prop., that I've added to the Keyframe Timeline, via it's selected name, at the first and last frames? The second is the planet/light group. In this group there is a textured sphere and a cone light. I origionally failed trying to add any spin to the group. Now I realize I need to make just the planet spin, not the light. I think I can ungroup, at the first an last frames, and then just add my spin to the sphere prop., but by clicking the A atribute, and entering a rotate value, at frame 1, and of 360, at the end frame, why? My final woe is that it has taken me over a month to DL the Astronomical Bump, that goes with this Moon texture, and resize them as the same. Trouble is now I've forgotten how to add the bump? Any replies will be greatly appreciated, links, tutorials, etc. all welcome! = )

Attached Link: http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/fm13

Sorry, all I saw was the background?

You need to put the mouse pointer on it for some reason. Water doesn't animate automatically. Maybe have several planes moving? I've never tried it. I've always avoided animations with water planes.

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It works OK on mine. Maybe pop-up prevention is making it fail? The javascript seems quite involved for such a simple effect, but then my javascript knowledge has been sitting out in the rain for a few years and has rusted solid and I'm having trouble following it.

Attached Link: http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/fm13/index_files/yxic.gif

Ah! Now I can see it...thanks drawbridgep. Very good animation I must say. Keep up the good work. :-)

Very fast moon or very slow dolphin! To animate water check out the tutorials on the Bryce content CD. You basically offset the water texture in Y to make waves pop up and down. Offsetting the X an Z make the water appear to be flowing in that direction.

I thought I found the need to scribble around a bit to find the animation... The water is one of Bryce's coolest features though, one click and BAM there is an infinite ocean! That is OK, I'm just glad I have toes with all the snow up here in MA.! Only trouble is then people wo'nt hear the sound file..O well NP. Thanks eleoctroglyph, I look around for that CD when I get home, if you'd care to eleborate on where to change the texture from that'd be cool. I think it is from the material editor, with just a small windows that has X,Y,Z on it...You know the one that pops up accidently when you're looking for the Leo. I'd put more effort into the dolphin, but splashing waves are such a pain. I'm sure you'll be glad to know this is an Environmentally Sound Render, and that no animals were used or harmed in the making of this pic!