Tasharen Water

[smtabatabaie]

Thanks , yes I've tried those , but in iOS platform I don't see any difference by changing them.

[ArenMook]

Ah yes, iOS... I'll PM you an alternate version that should take alpha into consideration.

[capitalj]

Is there a way to set the tiling so that when zoomed way out to see are large body of water it doesn't look as tiled?

[ArenMook]

Well, yes -- one of the parameters controls tiling.

[ShinfoKensei]

Trees need to be using a shader that's drawn after the water. The water should be drawn first.

So adjust the render queue either of whatever is used to draw your foliage, or the water.

This script can alter the render queue for you without having to modify the shader code: http://www.tasharen.com/forum/index.php?topic=776.msg34546#msg34546 -- you can attach it to the same game object that has Tasharen Water.

I get the error:

Assets/Tasharen/Water/waterrenderqueue.cs(3,14): error CS0101: The namespace `global::' already contains a definition for `SetRenderQueue'

[ArenMook]

That just tells you that you already have a SetRenderQueue script.

[ShinfoKensei]

Okay, well I managed to attach the script. It still had the same issue. Tried changing the value as well, to no avail.

[ArenMook]

Delete one of the instances of SetRenderQueue scripts, and the error will go away. Not sure how else to explain this basic concept. You have two things with the same name. Delete one -- problem goes away.

[EvgeniyN]

Hi there!
We've got a water mesh with two levels, with a dam between them. And we're using tasharen water. But for now we have huge problems with reflection:



We've tried every possible method - two different meshes (no reflection on the lower one), welding meshes together (different results), smooth transition between meshes etc. Nothing worked. Is there a solution to this? Our water mesh is also attached.

Thank you!

[ArenMook]

All reflection in all the game engines in the world are done by reflecting the geometry by using a flat plane. In the Water's case this plane lies at the water's position. This means that your mesh must be flat, and must be directly on Y of zero for this to work properly. You can move the object itself, but the mesh must have Y of zero.

This also means that you will need two water meshes here, not just one.

[EvgeniyN]

2 meshes, y=0, flat, pivot point turned and centered at 0,0,0 in 3dmax. Tasharen water on one water plane (putting it on the second one doesn't change anything anyway). Still the same problem.

[ArenMook]

When I said 2 meshes, I meant 2 separate objects, not 2 meshes in the same object. Each water object needs to be a separate plane.

[EvgeniyN]

Just made 2 simple separate planes. Water material on both, water material on both, Tasharen Water script on the top one:

Bottom one doesn't reflecting correctly.

If I put script on bottom plane - top one going crazy :-(


I'm staring to think it's impossible to fix right now :-(

[ArenMook]

Water script needs to be on both, not just one.

Also keep in mind this is horrible for performance. Each needs to reflect objects, implying your geometry count will effectively double with each water plane.

[EvgeniyN]

Even with default Tasharen Water prefab we can't make it work as we want:

That's two water planes with reflection script on each one. Lower water doesn't have correct reflection of terrain.


If we turn off the script on the top water plane - bottom is back to normal, but top is going crazy:


Anyway, "horrible performance" is a very nice argument and I think we shoud just remove the second water level from our map. But I'm still interested in possible solution for this problem.