[Question] waterplane?

[spacemanc]

On my map the lowest part is being used as a storage mine so the sealevel is set to a minus number. I want to have a river so it appears that I need to use a waterplane. There are already PR waterplanes from other maps, but Im not sure how they work and theres not much info on the forums.

Can I just create my river with the level tool and then "tile" one of the square PR waterplanes where I want my river ( area around river will be higher ) ?
If this is possible then I dont understand why people have created custom waterplanes that fit their river/terrain exactly.

[[R-CON]marcoelnk]

Originally Posted by spacemanc

On my map the lowest part is being used as a storage mine so the sealevel is set to a minus number. I want to have a river so it appears that I need to use a waterplane. There are already PR waterplanes from other maps, but Im not sure how they work and theres not much info on the forums.

Can I just create my river with the level tool and then "tile" one of the square PR waterplanes where I want my river ( area around river will be higher ) ?
If this is possible then I dont understand why people have created custom waterplanes that fit their river/terrain exactly.

i dont quite know how you imagine creating a river with the "level tool"...
there are two possibilities of creating water:
1. water sealevel (levelsettings) : this is the height of the water which "fills" the complete level .
2. waterplanes: its kind of a static which has a watertexture and waterphysics so you can place it wherever you want(leveleditor) in your map even up in the air but that will look weird of course... that explains why people create their waterplanes for their custom maps...
eg quinling: imagine making the river with 30 small planes...so rhino created a very long waterplane to make it simple

so if you want to have different water heights in your map , use the seawaterlevel for the lowest level and create all other waterfields with waterplanes or otherwise the seawater will just overflow your low waterplanes...
i hope that explains

[spacemanc]

Originally Posted by marcoelnk

i dont quite know how you imagine creating a river with the "level tool"...
there are two possibilities of creating water:
1. water sealevel (levelsettings) : this is the height of the water which "fills" the complete level .
2. waterplanes: its kind of a static which has a watertexture and waterphysics so you can place it wherever you want(leveleditor) in your map even up in the air but that will look weird of course... that explains why people create their waterplanes for their custom maps...
eg quinling: imagine making the river with 30 small planes...so rhino created a very long waterplane to make it simple

so if you want to have different water heights in your map , use the seawaterlevel for the lowest level and create all other waterfields with waterplanes or otherwise the seawater will just overflow your low waterplanes...
i hope that explains

I meant the platform tool That pretty much explains it. One more question - if I tile the water planes, are the joins apparent when the map is finished or will it act as one piece of water? ( I mean the "shimmer" effect - will there be a line in it?

[[R-CON]marcoelnk]

should look as one.
by the way...what does the platform tool do? im only using the level tool.when i choose the platform tool , nothing happens to my terrain beside nonsense

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

load qinling or anouther map into the editor and look how its done on there... also searching the editor forums dosen't hurt, the last question you PMed me you could have found the awanser for on the editor forums as well.

[spacemanc]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Rhino

load qinling or anouther map into the editor and look how its done on there... also searching the editor forums dosen't hurt, the last question you PMed me you could have found the awanser for on the editor forums as well.

I always search the forums first, but look up waterplanes, and youll see theres very little info apart from one tut on how to create custom waterplane - nothing on using the stock waterplanes.

Same with the "last" and only question I PMed you. Nothing on the forums using serveral search terms and at least 3 hours of searching - your 20 second reply was extremely useful - thanks again!

marcoelnk - the platform tool is very useful. It levels the selected area to a height of your choosing. Right click on a location on the grid to set the height ( or enter it manually in the editor window ) and then the tool will level everything to that height. I find it particually useful for manipulating single vertices with the smallest brush size, as its movement is not as "aggressive" as the other tools.

EDIT thanks for the tip on loading other maps Rhino - I didnt think it could be done for some reason withoug doing all the map audit stuff - if only Id known!!!

[[R-CON]marcoelnk]

bfeditor.org/forums

[spacemanc]

Originally Posted by marcoelnk

bfeditor.org/forums

I search that forum for any problems as well as several others - most of the time I can find the answer quite easily, but sometimes theres nothing. Even major topics such as statics, water and roads have only a bit of info.
I also find that theres very little info ( in fact almost no info ) on 4km maps ( hence my question to Rhino )
It has been very hard work getting to grips with the editor, but it does get easier. I still learn loads of stuff everyday, but theres so much more stuff Ill have to learn to finish my map that its quite daunting.

[Tomato_With_A_Rifle]

Aww man, i thought u were talking about planes that can land on water LOL

[[R-CON]marcoelnk]

Originally Posted by Tomato_With_A_Rifle

Aww man, i thought u were talking about planes that can land on water LOL

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@ spacemanc : the only info (afaik) for 4km maps is this : How To Make A Scale 4 Map - Official BF Editor Forums
and that topic is the first sticky topic in the terrain editor section...