Show Us Your Water Falls!

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

I'm surprised I don't see much experimenting with this. Remember when we wished we can have water above sea level? Well here we have it! I look forward to seeing some great nature scenes in this section.

 

I did some quick and dirty experiments to see if a water fall was possible. The answer is YES. The water acts dynamically with the terrain and the water spawn can be controlled.

It's interesting watching the water flow from the spawn point through the terrain. If you don't watch the height of the "container" or shores, the water will spill over. I have to further investigate the spawn control parameters. From what I observed so far at default, you get a massive amount of water to fill large basins. Turning the value down will give a weaker/smaller spawn for smaller basins and rivers.

 

The first 2 are massive water mountains flooding out into the plains. Notice how the water behaves with the terrain. The last 2 shots is a more controlled scale to get closer to a realistic water fall in a district. The last shot shows the water approaching the camera.

 

 

 

 

Now to make some heightmaps that fit this kind of scenario and make some real waterfall images. If anyone else been playing with the water, please share your results.

[mr_hellmonkey 5]

Well, Id love to show what I made, but I cant post links or pictures yet.  bah.

[mr_hellmonkey 5]

Nevermind, I forgot about my original account and it being tied to my gmail.  This is a very hilly map with 2 rivers in it.  Im at work and dont have pictures of the other yet.

 

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

Nice shot there with the scenic road. We need some better terrain textures. Hopefully we will have some with more stoney verticals. I know they're coming....

[iviaarten 533]

Was messing around in the map editor, and made a map of a fjord. There's some little rapids in there, not sure if they count as waterfalls

 

[Trylk255 23]

Very interesting guys... But I think mine will amaze all of you here !

It's on the right.
 

[Yayie 311]

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

What crazy water mechanics!

[TPB 562]

Very interesting guys... But I think mine will amaze all of you here !

It's on the right.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe2c6z0dnlkc782/Capture%20d%27%C3%A9cran%202015-04-11%2019.26.36.png

 

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Thank you.

[Dazzyls 576]

Very interesting guys... But I think mine will amaze all of you here !

It's on the right.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe2c6z0dnlkc782/Capture%20d%27%C3%A9cran%202015-04-11%2019.26.36.png

It doesn't. It doesn't look very finished, or nice either. It looks a bit unrealistic, but with experience come skills.

[Trylk255 23]

@Ultimate727 : Yeah, you,re right. And this is not finished yet. Of coruse, this single waterfall took me uh... 4-6hours to get done. 3 hours to make the basic working properly, plus 3 hours and more for fixing issues and adding Greater done high-cliffs.

 

@Yayie : Thanks. Do we have to add "dl=1", "dl=0" or just what to remove from URL ?

 

Oh well, I got the image working ! Gg

[Azurespecter 506]

I'm a bit obsessed with waterfalls in this game, haha

 

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

I'm a bit obsessed with waterfalls in this game, haha

 

 

That's Beautiful! Now I have to do another waterfall map.

[Köld 20]

Some waterfalls from some of my maps. I'm slightly obsessed with them as well.  

 

  Edited May 9, 2015 by Köld  

[Dazzyls 576]

Second, third and last picture look very great! I like it when they look natural.

[Köld 20]

Thanks! I agree, It's a real challenge making them natural, easier if you copy/paste height maps but those feel sterile to me somtimes.

[Skypaul 26]

Hi,

Question

Doe's the waterfall product noise issues?

[spokelips 21]

I hope this works okay. The video is actually inside another post here (not in this category). It's a short clip on my "VOLCANO" map.  Check it out.

 

[boformer 3,169]

 

I hope this works okay. The video is actually inside another post here (not in this category). It's a short clip on my "VOLCANO" map.  Check it out.

It always bothers me where the water is coming from on volcano maps.

[pieuponieu 70]

I've been working on a map of Yosemite Valley. Not sure if it's going to work out the way I hope yet, and it will be a challenging map for sure, but it has a pretty great waterfall. 

[Mr. Bones 14]

Amazing stuff, keep up the great work!

[SimCoug 5,972]

 

I hope this works okay. The video is actually inside another post here (not in this category). It's a short clip on my "VOLCANO" map.  Check it out.

It always bothers me where the water is coming from on volcano maps.

Well... obviously that is Dr. Evil's secret underground lair, so I'm guessing super compressed ionic volcanic hydraulic water pumps supply the water... the laser sharks are added separately. 

 

[boformer 3,169]

*Dr. Vu

[Neekoid 13]

Here's my attempt. All hand crafted. Looks great animated with different rocks popping in and of the water.

[Turjan 1,048]

What, water falls? There, in the background.

Anyway, I can't really take credit for the terrain, as I just added a few tiny water sources up there, and the rest basically came with the map.

From the lookout tower:

Overview:

[Huston 5,798]

I just gotta say, that first picture looks really amazing

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

I almost forgot about posting in here. I have these sitting in my screenshot folder so...........