Hey guys.

I working on a Dam map for source and I was quite surprised to find out that I can't have water at different heights. I was wondering if there is some sort work around or at least "something that looks like water" that I could use.

I've done a bit of searching around and haven't found anything.

Thanks.

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Aaron's Stuff

You can have water at different heights, but you can't have two planes of expensive water visible at the same time. So you'll have to use a cheap water material for these surfaces. For a more detailed explanation, see here: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Adding_Water#Requirements

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Create-ivity - a game development blog

This is just speculation, but: If any of the water surfaces are inaccessible you might be able to create a VMT that would look exactly like normal water but be a solid surface, kind of like an animating glass texture. IIRC the reason for expensive water having to be on a single plane in any PVS is the way the reflection is implemented, so you might need to get rid of that in the 'fake' water. The benefit of doing it that way would be that you wouldn't have to compromise with cheap water, since the fake water isn't water at all.

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Ah, thanks Captain P.

Baron von Snickers, that sounds like a good idea, I might try it once I work out how VMTs work.

Thanks guys :smile:

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