How to create water on a concrete floor in UE4?

hegvbwkeuyrv · Jan 2018

Quite simple actually. I want to create an environment with a floor, with water on top of it. It cannot be a simple wet texture on the floor. It has to be real water cuz there will be some props submerged inside the water. Any idea?

Obscura · Jan 2018

If you make one more thread about this, I will report you.

hegvbwkeuyrv · Jan 2018

why :c i really want to know

JordanN · Jan 2018

hegvbwkeuyrv said:

Quite simple actually. I want to create an environment with a floor, with water on top of it. It cannot be a simple wet texture on the floor. It has to be real water cuz there will be some props submerged inside the water. Any idea?

How deep is this water if it's on top of a floor?

There are many tutorials out there for creating wet/puddle like surfaces. For a full body of water, why not treat it like if you were working with a lake or an ocean?

Obscura · Jan 2018

hegvbwkeuyrv said:

why :c i really want to know

Because you don't need 3 separated thread for the same question. Also, what have you tried so far?

rexo12 · Jan 2018

Based on the reference from your other threads, You'd just use a plane/cube with a water shader on it. Have your cables or whatever clip into the cube, and it's done.

hegvbwkeuyrv · Jan 2018

in ue4 if i want to have a refraction effect do i need a volume (cube), or a simple plane would suffice? I know that for houdini that you need a volume

rexo12 · Jan 2018

Just try both? I think a plane should be fine.

Obscura · Jan 2018

What if you would just finally do it and see how is it looking. Making a cylinder half clipping into a plane isn't this hard, come on... There is also a documentation about different type of reflection captures, and refraction as well made by Epic, and you only need to type these words to find it on google, not some secret magical keyword.

hegvbwkeuyrv · Jan 2018

okay haha sorry for annoying u guys :c didnt mean it i swear

Prot · Jan 2018

you can try and play with this example from ue4 : https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/Showcases/Reflections/index.html

How to create water on a concrete floor in UE4?

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