Re: [Plib-devel] Q2: Water

[Owen C. <oc...@ec...>]

> Sam Stickland wrote:
> > 
> > > 1) You can look down into the water and see the bottom just as clearly
> > >    as the sides. But once you are in the water, you can't see as far
> > >    as you could from above.  It's hard to fix that - but fortunately,
> > >    nobody seems to notice!
> > 
> > Couldn't you apply another "grey" texture on top on the water, with some
> > half decent alpha values?
> 
> Yes - but there is nothing you can do to the surface of the water that
> allows you the effect of being able to see through (say) 5 feet of
> water - but not through 50 feet.

you could a series of planes perpendicular to the surface of the water
with a constant transparency set to somthing low. it would probably ook a
bit wierd around the edges, but you would get a similar effect to the
ground fog in Q3. 

probably not really worth it tho. 

owen