Animated underwater caustics

[browndl]

UnrealGGecko requested this tutorial on Discord.
As pitiful as it is, here you go.

[UTPe]

nice tutorial. ok, now we want to see a new sniper map with "infinity pools" and underwater effects

[browndl]

nice tutorial. ok, now we want to see a new sniper map with "infinity pools" and underwater effects

LOL indeed we do.

[noccer]

yes i want this as a sniper map and the "background" playeble

[Man_With_No_Body]

I'm trying to duplicate your “Animated Underwater Caustic Effect”
using just UT original textures.

1. Texture browser
File/ New/New Texture

Package: MyLevel
Group: None
Name: cob-web2_shimmer
Class: Fire.WetTexture
Width: 256, Height: 256
OK

2. Texture Properties/ WaterPaint
SourceTexture : Texture'GenFX.Mask.cob-web2'
(notes: this original texture is masked, GenFX/Mask/cob-web2 (256x256) P8 (9Mips))

DropType: DROP_PhaseSpot
(notes: left mouse button and placing 15 drops here and there)

3. Texture Properties/Texture
MacroTexture: Texture'UTtech4.Concrete.conc15'
(notes: original UTtech4/Concrete/conc15 (256x256) P8 (9Mips))

4. UED 2.2, ut.exe v469d
(notes: my pool is not as nice as yours but still sufficient)
Selecting one of the surface
Opening and selecting Mylevel/ cob-web2_shimmer ((256x256) P8)

Alignment: Align to Floor + Wall Direction + Wall Pan
BUILD ALL + REALTIME preview + Dynamic Light
PLAY MAP

5. Result:
What I see:
+ custom texture: cob-web2_shimmer
+ animated effect: DROP_PhaseSpot

What I can't see:
- Macro texture: conc15

6. Any idea captain ?

7. YT video even at 720p quality got a blurry result, hard to read small characters so I missed something...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuc75gZ6kg UT99 - Animated Underwater Caustic Effect by David Brown


P.S. Should I abandoned the ship “Animated Underwater Caustic Effect”
and swim to the shores “Light Properties/ Lighting/LightEffect/LE_WateryShimmer” instead ?

A picture is worth a thousand words:

[browndl]

I'm trying to duplicate your “Animated Underwater Caustic Effect”
using just UT original textures.

1. Texture browser
File/ New/New Texture

Package: MyLevel
Group: None
Name: cob-web2_shimmer
Class: Fire.WetTexture
Width: 256, Height: 256
OK

2. Texture Properties/ WaterPaint
SourceTexture : Texture'GenFX.Mask.cob-web2'
(notes: this original texture is masked, GenFX/Mask/cob-web2 (256x256) P8 (9Mips))

DropType: DROP_PhaseSpot
(notes: left mouse button and placing 15 drops here and there)

3. Texture Properties/Texture
MacroTexture: Texture'UTtech4.Concrete.conc15'
(notes: original UTtech4/Concrete/conc15 (256x256) P8 (9Mips))

4. UED 2.2, ut.exe v469d
(notes: my pool is not as nice as yours but still sufficient)
Selecting one of the surface
Opening and selecting Mylevel/ cob-web2_shimmer ((256x256) P8)

Alignment: Align to Floor + Wall Direction + Wall Pan
BUILD ALL + REALTIME preview + Dynamic Light
PLAY MAP

5. Result:
What I see:
+ custom texture: cob-web2_shimmer
+ animated effect: DROP_PhaseSpot

What I can't see:
- Macro texture: conc15

6. Any idea captain ?

7. YT video even at 720p quality got a blurry result, hard to read small characters so I missed something...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuc75gZ6kg UT99 - Animated Underwater Caustic Effect by David Brown


P.S. Should I abandoned the ship “Animated Underwater Caustic Effect”
and swim to the shores “Light Properties/ Lighting/LightEffect/LE_WateryShimmer” instead ?

A picture is worth a thousand words:
Custom_anim_underwater_caustic_effect_1.jpg

Custom_anim_underwater_caustic_effect_2.jpg

Howdy.
I am sorry the video is blurry for you, I did record it and upload it at 1080p.
Addressing your problem, I am certainly not an expert with UEd 2.2 (or any other version of UEd), but I would think your issue is with the masked texture.
I used the textures you used and got the same result. Then I replaced the masked texture with my water caustic texture and it worked. So that would be my thought, the masked texture is the culprit.
I am attaching the file I made and used in the video, give it a try and see if it works.

WaterCaustic.png (85.28 KiB) Viewed 223 times

Appreciate your watching the videos. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have more questions.

[Man_With_No_Body]

[SOLVED]
Switching UED rendering from “Software” to “Direct3D9” fixed issue with missing MacroTexture.
Why did i have this setup? The Truth is Out There!

I actually did not dare to ask for your texture “WaterCaustic”, but you made my day . Blurred YT video is definitely not a your fault, lets say its a YT feature, some video are degrade to the 360p/720p.

Screenshot -how to use the original UT_texture as a “SourceTexture”.

[browndl]

[SOLVED]
Switching UED rendering from “Software” to “Direct3D9” fixed issue with missing MacroTexture.
Why did i have this setup? The Truth is Out There!

I actually did not dare to ask for your texture “WaterCaustic”, but you made my day . Blurred YT video is definitely not a your fault, lets say its a YT feature, some video are degrade to the 360p/720p.

Screenshot -how to use the original UT_texture as a “SourceTexture”.
original_UT_as_SourceTexture_for_shimmer.jpg

I did not even think to consider the rendering engine... shows my age, used to a time when we did not have so many options.

"You did not dare ask?" Ask away brother (or not), I am not one of those guys who thinks my stuff is precious (or even mine for that matter), I don't delete my brushes or try to hide my stuff, just so others have access to it. It's all UT, if you see something of mine in a map and want to use it feel free to do so. It's called COMMUNITY.

I left UT99 for 15 years and when I came back I was blown away by two things: 1. How crappy my brush work was back then. 2. How many remakes of my maps there were and how many other maps I see my stuff in. And you know what? I thought it was great!

I am glad you figured it out.

[jmartin]

nice tutorial. ok, now we want to see a new sniper map with "infinity pools" and underwater effects

Wow! That's one of the best looking sky lines I've ever seen. What map is that?

Thanks.

[UTPe]

Wow! That's one of the best looking sky lines I've ever seen. What map is that?

Thanks.

lol no map, it's just an image found on Google (write "infinity pool" and you'll find it)
https://lansonplace.com/mallofasia/tc/f ... nity-pool/

[Red_Fist]

Make the pool and use (small) warp zones at the ends somehow.

Those macro textures, is you can't scale the normal texture on the wall, so if you make a new macro texture (for a wall to see at a distance), scale down the macro texture to the size you scaled the walls, and will look good from far away.

There are animated TV texture TV screen snow, stock texture , try that for the effects with this underwater thing, see what happens.