Wierd Water (Not Cubemaps)

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I chose the texture "hydro_cheap" Because it's the only clear water, and people were complaining about the old water not being clear.

This is what it looks like ingame:

There's no ripples, it just turns out see through with some lines going across it. I copied the Texture scale and everything from hydro so what can it be?

 

[YM]

If you've got more than one water level in the same PVS (potential visibility set) then you're going to get problems with water. Also if the lines are big and reddish in colour, move your map away from the centre of the hammer grid, its caused by the central X and Y axis - dont ask me why, its just wierd.

 

[A Boojum Snark]

Are you positive it's not a cubemap issue? Cheap water (like hydro's) has its visuals based entirely on warping the cubemap reflection. So if they aren't working properly you'll just get the flat base texture.

 

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I'm using the plain 2fort water texture. It looks like this in-game:

I want it to be more clear, so that you can see players in the water.

 

[Altaco]

Try the well water.

 

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Try the well water.

Same problem:

 

[clownfish]

Though it doesnt help your hydro water texture issue but you could try and use a water from HL2, Just mess with the texture scale to make it more fitting in tf2

 

[Fraz]

Maybe it's because the water is cheap? I dont know if that affects it much but I think cheap water is to save memory usage or something and "expensive" water fades to cheap, I may be talking a load of crap here though.

 

[Nineaxis]

Yeah, try expensive water. No reason to use cheap if people are going to be swimming in it.

 

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Yeah, try expensive water. No reason to use cheap if people are going to be swimming in it.

Normal Water:

Expensive Water:

One's more reflective than the other, but you still can't see through it because it fades to a dark green colour.

Edit:

Ok I used a CSS/HL2 texture which looks nice and clear from this spot:

But Here's the problem:

 

[RavenStryker]

I think they meant use Hydro Expensive water... Not 2 Fort. Lol

 

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I think they meant use Hydro Expensive water... Not 2 Fort. Lol

There's no such thing as "Hydro Expensive". There's "Hydro Cheap" and "Hydro Cheap DX80"

 

[RavenStryker]

Ohh dang... Hmmm, well looks like someone needs ot make a Hydro Expensive then!

 

[TMP]

The thing is you need to make a water texture with a custom fade value to fog.

 

[Fraz]

do you have a water_lod_control or soemthing like that. I think you can alter the fade distance. On compile it usually adds a default one.