Wavesets, can we play?

[Robert The Rebuilder]

Well done, Sophia!

I gotta play around with this sometime, especially now that PyPRP 1.4.0 RC1 is out.

[GPNMilano]

Okay, this may be a dumb question but I'm asking it anyway.

I'm going to be doing a waveset in my island age--

Andy, large ocean, just like Zephyr Cove, PITA.

-anyway, back on topic. Now, with wavesets, does this mean we no longer have to create an ocean surface, and uv a water texture and all that, or do I leave my watersurface where it is, and yeah. I'm confuseled.

[andylegate]

No, you'll want to delete the water surface mesh you had, else it will look very, VERY bad.

However, if after you make your waveset, it still doesn't look right, you CAN put a mesh below the waveset surface with a water texture you like. I did that, and it helped make my ocean look better, but that was just me. You might like how yours work.

But again, yes, you need to get rid of your water surface mesh (BUT make sure you get the height from it!!! You'll need that info to set up your waveset right!)

[GPNMilano]

Okay. Its not drawing my wavesets. It exports fine, but there is no waveset in Uru.

Do we know why its not working with some graphics cards. all the water in Uru has always rendered fine for me. Both E'rcana and Ahnonay look like they're supposed to.

[Lontahv]

Make sure your object center is higher than the wavesurface. Try moving your object center a few blender units higher than the surface. If it's not the problem, then, it may be some other problem.

It's highly unlikely that it's your graphics if you can run Uru ok. D'Lanor's setup must've been the very minimum for Uru anyway. The wavesets are in no way dependent on super high-end graphics.

~Lontahv

[GPNMilano]

Lontahv, Well, I'm pretty sure that's not the problem. Blender's got my object center at a z height of .068, and the surface is at -6 i think. Whats odd is that, in Uru, my shores show up, but not as a waveset shore, just as a simple blue flat reflective object.

[andylegate]

This will sound stupid, but check it anyway. A couple of times when I duplicated my mesh, the normals would flip on me. Make go to edit mode and make sure your normals are facing up. If not, you're water won't show.

Make sure you don't have the shadownBuf button in materials clicked on.

[Lontahv]

Ok, can you send me/host your exported age files? This my be a pyprp bug.

~Lontahv

[GPNMilano]

Ok, here's my question. Are the faces for the waveset supposed to be facing the Negative Z position, like Sprites? Or does it matter which direction they face.

[Lontahv]

I don't think they are. From what you say, it doesn't seem to even be making a proper waveset.

I can't know what the problem is (it may not be your fault it's not working) until I see the file it's exporting.

~Lontahv