This is a demonstration of a flowing river effect I might be implementing into some tileset work. The purpose of publishing this demo is to, hopefully, generate some discussions and to let me get an idea of how much people appreciate stuff like this. If lots of people are interested, then I might spend more time developing the effects. Otherwise, I'll just leave this here as a reference for other modellers and builders who want to employ this method of simulating flowing water in their own projects.
Basically, what this does is to cover the static water surface with a rapid moving alpha layer to create a believeable flowing effect. I think it does look quite nice and the movement complements the static state of the tile models rather well. Almost Zen. This method of overlaying alpha can also be used on lake surfaces to create a rhythmic oscillating windblown effect - not included in this demo - and stuff along that line.
There's a minor issue though - it looks really weird with Shiny Water, but nobody likes Shiny Water anyway. :p
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To view, simply plop DEMO - Flower.mod into your modules folder, gao_flowdemo.hak into your hak folder, and play the mod. I'm using 1.67's toolset, but I've reduced the requirement with LilacSoul's InfoChanger, so this should work fine in 1.66. Let me know if it isn't the case.
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Posted by jimr2003 at 2008-10-18 12:19:25 Voted 10.00 on 10/18/08
So small but adds so much.
Thank You.
Posted by Hardpoints at 2008-10-14 19:10:20 Voted 10.00 on 10/14/08
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Posted by ATOM at 2008-07-26 04:27:32 Voted 10.00 on 07/26/08
Easily implemented into a custom mod. This hak is small, uncomplicated and really does the job. I will be using this in future.Thanks! _________________________ Three Headed Troll Art Wurks
Posted by The Amethyst Dragon at 2008-01-24 20:29:48 Voted 10.00 on 01/22/08
gaoneng,
I hope you don't mind too much, but I couldn't get this thing out of my head until I did something with it, so I made a few modifications to the mdl and tga to end up with more variety. The result is the "Flowing Liquids v1.1".
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Posted by The Amethyst Dragon at 2008-01-22 21:09:58 Voted 10.00 on 01/22/08
Dang. Simple idea with tons of possibility...and I just found this thing today.
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Posted by nwn_martin at 2008-01-14 17:06:46 Voted 10.00 on 01/14/08
speechless..
Posted by Winterhawk99 at 2008-01-08 15:23:31 Voted 10.00 on 01/08/08
Just had a chance to check this out gaogeng its outstanding i may put this in Hm. Thanks for releasing it
Posted by ulfius at 2007-12-06 05:30:26 Voted 10.00 on 12/06/07
Adds that special touch to the wake of an ocean going ship, thanks!
Posted by kirbyef at 2007-11-06 11:27:55 Voted 10.00 on 11/06/07
Looking forward to the next release :D very cool concept. I really like the community that is NWN.
Posted by Graymaster at 2007-09-08 08:54:18 Voted 10.00 on 09/08/07
I have NO idea how I missed this for 18 &^&*(^ months, but apparently I agree with those a lot more observant - go for it! Brilliant concept (with or without various speeds) just so long as it causes no CEP2 conflicts (which I cannot imagine a problem). I'll keep up more usual daily check of new downloads just in case you decide to bow to popular opinion and release it. Very good luck to you.
Posted by belren at 2007-07-30 17:32:00 Voted 10.00 on 07/30/07
I'd like to see it completed as well. Very good work.
Posted by JackTaylor at 2007-07-20 11:19:07 Voted 10.00 on 07/20/07
Is there anything going on with this? It is one of those excellent things that, along with many others, simply got overlooked in the mass of stuff out there for NWN. I hope this is released.
Thanks for all you've provided for us already, though.
Regards,
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Posted by Tiberius_Morguhn at 2006-07-01 21:50:39 Voted 10.00 on 07/01/06
Excellent work and ingenious concept. I would like to echo a similar request posted below....speed variants. Since these are placeable animations, it is unlikely to have a "variable" speed setting but having some variants (with this one being FAST) of MEDIUM (50% of FAST) and SLOW (50% of MEDIUM) would be great. Thanks again! _________________________ [More TNO Placeables][Community Music Pack][More Doors][My Other Custom Content]
Posted by Remir Arnom at 2006-06-21 09:33:21 Voted 10.00 on 06/21/06
Very nice work! It definitely makes the water look more realistic and natural. Top marks from me! _________________________ "Inconceivable!"
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Posted by virusman at 2006-05-28 13:22:30 Voted 10.00 on 05/28/06
Thanks for the votes, even though there really isn't anything to vote on. :)
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There are many that would be interested in seeing this get completed. We already use your Shields, and this is just incredible work!
Please complete it!
Posted by Rabidgoalie at 2006-05-13 21:00:36 Voted 10.00 on 05/13/06
That is great work! It really does add a touch of realism that wasn't there. You should definitely develope this as far as it can be taken. I am sure that people will love this...I know that I do. :D _________________________ Never interrupt an enemy while he is making a mistake.
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Posted by roybos at 2006-05-12 06:00:23 Voted 10.00 on 05/12/06
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