Water help

[Dreadmaker]

Hey guys.

I'm currently making a map for TF2. I'm in the middle of redesign right now, but I still need two particular problems addressed.

First of all : The map is in a castle setting. It has a moat. for water that is swimmable, how to I make it so that you can still see above the surface? In other words, if I am underwater currently, I can't see the surface. I see a typically solid color, with no transparency. Therefore, I can't see what is going on above ground, which of course isn't realistic, and I need to fix that.

Any clues?


Second : I would also LOVE to make a large central fountain. I can model a decent fountain, but my issue involves making water that flows down the sides of it. I suppose I'm asking a 'water in motion' question here. I essentially want a jet of water shooting vertically out of the top of the fountain, and constant water flowing down the sides into the big basin at the bottom.

I have NO clue how to do this... any ideas?

thanks in advance!

 

[Con]

Hey guys.


First of all : The map is in a castle setting. It has a moat. for water that is swimmable, how to I make it so that you can still see above the surface? In other words, if I am underwater currently, I can't see the surface. I see a typically solid color, with no transparency. Therefore, I can't see what is going on above ground, which of course isn't realistic, and I need to fix that.

This is caused by a leak in your map, goto Map > Load Pointfile and it will show a red line to where your leak is on all 4 windows. Also, it can be caused by props sticking out of your map into oblivion, move them or put a "Nodraw" brush around the edges sticking out to fix this.

As for the second question I have no idea.

 

[soulnothing]

Con got the first part right. As to the second im not too sure. Just a couple of guesses.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Moving_Water
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Flowing_Water

Past that you may be able to tie a func illusion. Or a bunch of func train tracks. Both of which would induce horrid performance.

Water can also be rather expensive as is, so a fountain may not be the best idea. Plus i would personally worry about that last, get the layout finalized, tested then the appearance.

 

[Valiant Fluffy]

For the flowing off the side part, you need particle effects. This is only available for the orange box and new engine mods.