Topic: Water Question

[SketchLA]

Why did the water material change from sp2 to sp7?  My old water used to have really smooth ripples and waves, and the new water is a lot flatter, the caustics are different, the tiling is different...etc.

Im not sure which is better, but I kind of liked the old water material from sp2.  I tried messing around with every single parameter in the water material properties but I cant replicate what I use to have in sp2.

Why? (currently running sp7).

[Morten]

I assume you mean SP2 Build 2 vs SP2 Build 7?

I'd be happy to answer that question - if I knew the answer - but I can't test it as I no longer have SP2 Build 2 installed.

[Morten]

Do you mean how to assign the Waterfall material to one of your objects? (Edit materials -> Custom -> Waterfall)

Or are you asking what the individual sliders in the Waterfall material do?

[SketchLA]

I assume you mean SP2 Build 2 vs SP2 Build 7?

I'd be happy to answer that question - if I knew the answer - but I can't test it as I no longer have SP2 Build 2 installed.

Ok i'll put together a water test and I'll post two images showing the difference between build2 and build7. 

[SketchLA]

Hi Morten,

Here are the results of the water test.  Exact same scene, exact same water settings for both.

And when I said sp2 I actually meant Lumion Update 1.  I got the versions mixed up.


Lumion 1 SP2, Build 7 Water:


Lumion 1, Update 1 Water:


Settings for both:

[Gaieus]

what material would i use, please ?

The Waterfall material. Simply start painting your imported object (now I have a pile of sacks in my scene) and there should be a Waterfall material (with the environment pack I think but you ar on ultimate so you have it anyway).

If the water surface is horizontal, you won't see too much difference but the more slanting/vertical it is, the more dynamic the waterfall will be.

[Morten]

and where abouts is this Waterfall material please ?

How to assign the Waterfall material to a surface
1) Select a model that you want to assign the Waterfall material to
2) Edit materials -> [ + ] -> Click on the desired surface of the object -> Custom material tab -> Waterfall (as per Gaieus' screenshot above)

if i make the object a PNG , can i make it invisible ?

How to make a surface invisible
1) Select a model that you want to make (partly or wholly) invisible
2) Edit materials -> [ + ] -> Click on the desired surface of the object -> Custom material tab -> Invisible

[Gaieus]

...and where abouts is this Waterfall material please ?

See my screenshot above..

As for the sacks: that was the first model in my library when added an object.

I could've modelled a waterfall too.

[Morten]

Sorry, Daz - you lost me...

Can you describe what you want to achieve by hiding the object with the Waterfall material?

[SketchLA]

Sorry, Daz - you lost me...

Can you describe what you want to achieve by hiding the object with the Waterfall material?

Morten...Any thoughts on the original topic/question?   

[Morten]

Sorry, your original post was hijacked

Anyway, I have no problems making the water look like your SP1 screenshot - in fact it looks a bit better with the specular highlights in SP2...

I'm guessing the Fresnel slider changed in SP2...

Try these settings, and let me know how you get on...

[Architectural Innovation]

Daz, i think you are thinking of the waterfall as an "effect" but i think it is a "material" that gets applied to something. i think....

[Aaron]

The fountains are a  single particle emitter (with a bunch of presets) with a material/shader assigned to it. Think of the particle emitter as the object.

The Waterfall material is a material/shader to be assigned to just about anything you desire.
No particles here but if you model a nice waterfall-mesh, you can create really nice results.

I guess they could have added some basic waterfall meshes (presets so to speak) but as presets go most of those are totally useless anyways so I'm glad they didn't.

Hope this helps...kinda...or a bit, or both, or whatever  

[Aaron]

if i created a material in PS, using real waterfall.....as in the photo....would the lumion waterfall fx recognize the png , with transparency ?

As it doesn't come with custom texture options, unfortunately no.
I've done a bit of experimenting and below are some shots of what I got from a simple donut
with some noise added to it. Oh and the water material. I didn't use the waterfall one but instead I just animated the donut so it loops around. Imagine what you'll get from a properly modeled mesh (like an even better donut!) 

[ekius37]

I used to love "water from lumion 1.0" than the "water from lumion 2.0 sp7" ?
I am still confused, and wanna change version back.