UDK - Water Material

Yanni

Hello,

I recently found 2 threads about how to make indoor water material and outdoor water material. Problem is, I can't find them now and I don't remember the name of the threads. I tried to search for them in the forum but no luck. The way I found them in the first place, I was browsing the threads and someone was asking a question about water material and somebody gave him those two links.

If anyone can link me to those two threads (I think it was one for indoors and one for outdoors) I would really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance.

Oniram

i would imagine its these?

http://www.hourences.com/ue3-water-indoors/

http://www.hourences.com/ue3-water-outdoors/

SirCalalot

Yup, Hourences is a site that 90% of new UDK users will probably come across.

Also, 74% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Yanni

Those ones yes!!

90% of my appreciation goes to Oniram and 10% to SirCalalot.

Thanks.

SirCalalot

I do absolutely nothing helpful and get 10% appreciation.

I love the internet.

Money

While you're there, look at the one from Chris Albeluhn, it's also a good one.

http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/UT3_Water_Reflection_Tutorial.html

Butthair

If you are familiar enough with shaders, start disecting UDK's. They've got a few different setups for waters as well as waterfalls and splashes.

I think they have a DX11 shader setup as well now.

osman

I was experimenting with water lately so I thought I'd post this here. In the video below I tried to mimick Team Fortress 2 water( actualy used their animated texture) because I think most source-based games have very good water.

I remember learning how to use materials by looking at that Hourences tutorial, but to be honest, I never liked the results. Most Unreal based games have pretty weird water. I think the panning of normal maps never really gives a good result.

I will try out the HL2 water tomorrow and will post a video if interested.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEO9rlt5Cjk"]udk_water.mp4 - YouTube[/ame]

SirCalalot

You know what? I am interested.
The water in Half Life 2 was always very pretty, yet completely different in style to other contemporary attempts.