Request to the TG Community

[monks]

Hi folks, re: http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=1627.45

I'm glad to hear that the water functionality is being developed. 

Last night before I read the linked thread, I was wondering whether it would be a good idea to post a request on the boards to the community. So here goes.
There are two developers who want to render terrain and water in TG2. Johannes for GeoControl and RedRobes @ the ME-DEM Project (for Geomorpher). Their terrain modellers can output water as heightfields; something which many folks in the community have requested; certainly they've requested more control over rivers and lakes (even ice) which this feature enables.

Would it be possible to supply a link to the terrains and files? Are there any people out there who could write a wee tutorial or have a go at this and give some structured feedback? I've seen some promising (and good) results but no tuts as yet on this. I think this is something that will benefit everyone interested in terrain modelling so any results could be posted on the Terrain Summit forums as well .

Thanks for your help!

monks

[nikita]

You could simply hook up a heightfield shader to the water shader. I didn't test it, but it'll probably work.

[dyarza]

You could simply hook up a heightfield shader to the water shader. I didn't test it, but it'll probably work.

It works.  Just tested it.

[monks]

  Thanks guys! I've linked the thread to the devs so whatever comes up will help.

monks

[DeathTwister]

Hay dyarza,

  Could you shoot us a screen of what you did? and how it looks?  Thanks, very interesting the way we can switch those shaders all over the place it seems.
DT     /waves at Monks

[ProjectX]

I've done it before a couple of times in my renders, one for an IOTW image, and once to control the colour of the oceans (to simulate sub-surf in tropical oceans)

IOTW image: http://www.ashundar.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-4079

[Mavcat]

I tested it too and it didnt work,can anyone explain how exactly please?

[DeathTwister]

Hay Project X, nice shot you did.  By chance you make a Tut or have the tgd2 file or the tgc files we can play with?
DT

[monks]

Whoah, ProjectX that's pretty dramatic! Ashundar was down yesterday so I couldn't get through. From that shot it's obvious it can be done. I've seen other pics around here but not tuts, or simple walkthroughs.

monks

[ProjectX]

It's a simple process, you make your terrain, then, in the shaders tab, you give your base colours a nice blue colour (the previous node in the water shader determines colour) and then you go add layer> surface shader> water shader. Render and you're done.

[Mavcat]

It's a simple process, you make your terrain, then, in the shaders tab, you give your base colours a nice blue colour (the previous node in the water shader determines colour) and then you go add layer> surface shader> water shader. Render and you're done.

At first it didnt work,but when i deleted my base colours it worked. Thanks

[ProjectX]

really? Mine worked with the base colour node still there.

BTW I didn't do any node trickery for this, I just used the menus.

[Mavcat]

really? Mine worked with the base colour node still there.

BTW I didn't do any node trickery for this, I just used the menus.

When i used the base colour node,it just applied the colour,and it didnt became water. I uses the menus too ^^

[monks]

For anyone interested, there's a zip to a terrain, water masks (rivers and lakes) and a colourmap on the ME-DEM ftp:

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Thanks to Sethren for those

monks