Water texture

Molon Labe · 10-04-07, 11:40 AM

As oneshot says, I'd be all in favor of transparent water, but a cosmetic change to how the water looks is a waste of effort.

The water is the best-looking graphical feature of the sim as it is now anyways--it even has a really cool reflective property. I think graphics are a low priority to begin with, but if you're going to do work on graphics, shouldn't the focus be on the really horrible looking parts? I'd look at animations first (e.g. more realistic smoke/fire effects, removing smoke trails from cruising/coasting missiles), then models, and only after that the environmental graphics... and I'd do land before water b/c the land textures are so far behind.

Edit: wait, oneshot! why did you revive this thread after it was dead for 16 months! Sigh, never mind....

OneShot · 10-04-07, 03:30 PM

Oops, didnt look at the date of the last post. The thread just came up on the search for new posts.

Delareon · 10-04-07, 04:46 PM

i think ANY improvement of the game graphics is a step forward.
Its a Naval Simulation so water is an important part of the game.
if OneShot is able to do a better water texture so why not?
if anybody else is able to do better models, animations and so on, go ahead.
There is no need to wait until somebody else improves animations or models
before somebody can improve the water graphics.
LWAMI still have improvements of the graphics but if somebody can do it better, just
do it. Maybe the LWAMI guy will use it for theyre package.

OneShot · 10-05-07, 05:56 AM

I've never said I did it ... actually it was one of the first mods (if not the first mod) for DW ... and it was done by Kegetys. Both his water mod and the fonts mod have been included in the LwAmi package since I think 3.06.

Orret · 10-05-07, 01:36 PM

Yes!
And ear water by the submarines are on surface

captcav · 11-06-07, 06:26 PM

I wouldnt want to change the texture that we've got, rather add on top of it. Just like VS7, we need to have white caps on the water, this would bring a huge level of realism to the game with only very small frame rate loss!

Would this be an option?

Captcav

captcav · 11-12-07, 11:55 PM

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10-04-07, 11:40 AM	#1
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	As oneshot says, I'd be all in favor of transparent water, but a cosmetic change to how the water looks is a waste of effort. The water is the best-looking graphical feature of the sim as it is now anyways--it even has a really cool reflective property. I think graphics are a low priority to begin with, but if you're going to do work on graphics, shouldn't the focus be on the really horrible looking parts? I'd look at animations first (e.g. more realistic smoke/fire effects, removing smoke trails from cruising/coasting missiles), then models, and only after that the environmental graphics... and I'd do land before water b/c the land textures are so far behind. Edit: wait, oneshot! why did you revive this thread after it was dead for 16 months! Sigh, never mind.... __________________

10-04-07, 03:30 PM	#2
OneShot Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 956 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Oops, didnt look at the date of the last post. The thread just came up on the search for new posts. __________________ All the things you always wanted to know about Dangerous Waters but never dared to ask!

10-05-07, 05:56 AM	#4
OneShot Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 956 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I've never said I did it ... actually it was one of the first mods (if not the first mod) for DW ... and it was done by Kegetys. Both his water mod and the fonts mod have been included in the LwAmi package since I think 3.06. __________________ All the things you always wanted to know about Dangerous Waters but never dared to ask!

10-05-07, 01:36 PM	#5
Orret Navy Dude Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Barcelona, España. Posts: 171 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes! And ear water by the submarines are on surface __________________ 33 División Bolshaya Lopatka SSGN-701

10-04-07, 04:46 PM	#3
Delareon Planesman Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 192 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	i think ANY improvement of the game graphics is a step forward. Its a Naval Simulation so water is an important part of the game. if OneShot is able to do a better water texture so why not? if anybody else is able to do better models, animations and so on, go ahead. There is no need to wait until somebody else improves animations or models before somebody can improve the water graphics. LWAMI still have improvements of the graphics but if somebody can do it better, just do it. Maybe the LWAMI guy will use it for theyre package.

11-06-07, 06:26 PM	#6
captcav Loader Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 83 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I wouldnt want to change the texture that we've got, rather add on top of it. Just like VS7, we need to have white caps on the water, this would bring a huge level of realism to the game with only very small frame rate loss! Would this be an option? Captcav

11-12-07, 11:55 PM	#7
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