Water Drain

Algebraic

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Hello,
I'm really new to mapping and have a question. This looked like the right place to ask, but if its not please redirect me.
I want to have water, going down a slight slant, into a storm drain type thing. I looked around for a tutorial, but one i found was kinda confusing and it didn't look like the water i'm looking for. Just a VERY slight slant, not a waterfall. Thanks for any help, and if this has been asked before, sorry.
 

Penguin

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Source can't do fluid physics just yet.
 

Algebraic

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Ah, oh well. Hopefully i can still find something to put in its place. Thanks anyway.
 

Jakkarra

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Portal two's fluid physics look a bit abstracted to me.

ANother method of doing this would be to use the waterfall prop, dependant on how big you want the storm drain and the water.

(Unless you could hide part of the waterfall prop behind a brush or something)

THis method would have a very turbulent outcome, which i doubt you are looking for, but you might find it useful.
 

UberSprode

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The "fluids" in Portal 2 aren't a real simulation of liquid. It's just a trick with meta-balls moving along a spline.

One option would be to use one of the animated refraction textures used in the water shader by itself on a brush. You won't get reflections or the underwater fog, but if used creatively can look convincing enough.
I'm pretty sure its one of the methods used in this video (along with some custom models with an animated refraction texture), and it looks pretty spectacular.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3bPjEbenew
 

Pocket

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A combination of a custom prop and particle effects (for the splash at the bottom) is probably the best bet. But it would be a challenge to make. Getting the water to animate would require material proxies, plus there's the whole business with learning to model in the first place.

Also I'm pretty sure they're not going to update Team Fortress 2 to use Source Engine 2011, as it looks like a radically different engine (like the shift from GoldSrc to Source) and would require a much higher-end machine.
 

nik

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if you weren't doing a slant, I was just going to suggest making a water block and moves down slowly, with some drainage sound being played :\
 

Jakkarra

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Isnt there a method for placing slanted water? i seem to remember a tutorial teaching one such an act, it either used Cheap water or material proxies, i can't quite recall which.
 

UGLYdumpling

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There's a waterfall in tf2 with an animated texture ? I know nothing of how the effect is achieved, but it hasn't been mentioned yet.
 

Acumen

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it's in the "props_forest"-folder. it's basically 2 duplicated model layers ontop of each other and a scrolling texture applied to it in order to achieve the effect.

but i don't know whether your post was rhetorical/sarcastic :D
 

Algebraic

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So many different methods....so i have 1 question, which would be the easiest with the greatest effect? Basically, this is for my artpass submission. I want a storm drain that has water going down into that center-bridge area of the map. Around the area infront of point A. Then i want another storm drain (basically infront of point B) draining into the same place. Now that you know my plans, any suggestions? Keep in mind im new to mapping and might not get everything you say :blushing: