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Water

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:39 am
by cosmixy
So I believe the current system for water is height-map based. Can you possibly map a height-map onto a sphere and simulate a water planet? Use radial coordinates(angle A, angle B, dist from center) instead of XYZ? I guess there would be distortion near polar regions but you get the idea.

Re: Water

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:13 am
by Norbo
While this is technically possible, I don't think it would be applicable widely enough to be worth investing a large amount of time in. If someone approaches me with a dire need for such a feature, maybe :D

Re: Water

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:35 pm
by Zukarakox
How about a similar setup to force fields, allow water to be created using phys shapes n such?

Re: Water

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:24 pm
by Norbo
Though again technically possible (though it would be a few times slower than the fluid currently present, and would not include waves like a heightmap), I'd need someone to express a need for such a feature.