This is a package featuring several waterfall placeables and a single waterfall placed effect. The motivation for this package is to attempt to provide possibility of more natural looking waterfalls.
The placeables and the effect are mainly revised and updated versions of existing Obsidian models, featuring no new textures, but reusing those already present. The waterfal placeables are tintable (first colour slot) to allow the water flowing to match that of your waterplanes in your areas and provide more freedom to persue your ideas.
Package includes:
* z217_waterfall.hak - Hak pak file containing the new placeables and placed effect. Associate this to the module where you wish to use the new content.
* z217_waterfall.erf - Import into your module to add the new content to the palette. The placeables will appear under 03 NATURE PROPS -> Waterfall, high/low, 1-sided/2-sided. The new placed effect will appear under the main category as Waterfall.
Notes:
- Creating waterfalls in this way can be a bit resource taxing, though my old corpse of a computer was able to run through my tests without too much hassle. However, if you don't plan to let the player get to see the waterfall from below, it's adviseable that you use the 1-sided version
- For more specific instructions or inspiration on how to use these, please refer to the screenshots on NWvault. I'll also check by there to answer any questions that may arise.
Credits:
Once again, a great thanks to Adinos and tazpn for their modelling tools. Additionally, thanks to tani and Grinning Fool for the NWN2Packer. And of course, to Obsidian, for providing the game and original models.
Step 1 - Create two water planes with elevation difference and furnish with rocks.
Step 2 - Add main waterfall placeables, possibly scaling them to (2; 1; 1) to make them cover more. Tint them in a colour resembling your water planes.
Step 4 - Finally decorate with the Waterfall placed effect.
Step 3 - Add smaller waterfall placeables as well as the Obsidian water splash placeables where the waterfall hits the water.
10 - A Masterpiece, Genuinely Groundbreaking 9 - Outstanding, a Must Have 8 - Excellent, Recommended to Anyone 7 - Very Good, Deserves a Look 6 - Good, Qualified Recommendation 5 - Fair, Solid yet Unremarkable 4 - Some Merit, Requires Improvements 3 - Poor Execution, Potential Unrealized 2 - Very Little Appeal 1 - Not Recommended to Anyone
Site
at 2010-05-12 04:52:14
