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[Umbrella Secrets]

I was just wondering, how do EA games get there rivers so perfect, everytime I make a river it gets all messed up.

[Crazykenny]

You need to manipulate the waterpolygons a bit (They are the blue squared in surrounding a water perimeter). The Mapper Guild doesnt use rivers that often since we can make one look better without using the ''flow'' option EA has provided us. It is as you say ''messy''

My advice, learn how to make decent river banks and expirement with waves for a bit

[Umbrella Secrets]

Can you give me one of your maps to see how you did the rivers?

[Crazykenny]

I suggest you dowload our latest mappack over at Filefront and take a special look on the map Star Island, made by Hawkeye.

[Lord Atlantis]

If you want to see rivers that use the "flow" option, check out one of my earlier maps "The Core". It has two sets of flowing rivers that are quite good looking without any issues. I'll work on trying to locate it for a download link.

EDIT: Apparently, there is no download for it up, so I'll upload it ASAP.

Edited by Lord Atlantis, 17 March 2008 - 01:39.

[Umbrella Secrets]

Thanks guys for the help. :smile:

EDIT: Is the "flow option", the river button?

Edited by S.O.PAtomicarmy, 17 March 2008 - 01:52.

[Lord Atlantis]

Yeah, the flow option is the river button when you are using the water polygon.

Here is the download link: The Core

[Ðåñž Q]

The easiest way to create a flowing river is to use the River button and the create water polygon button and double click into the river bed.
->You get a messed up river.

To fix that you have to move some "waypoints" of the water area at one end of the river to the other river bank.


Though I recommend doing rivers without flowing water, too, because the river water texture looks bad and rivers always flow too fast.

[Crazykenny]

Danz Q, on 17 Mar 2008, 14:45, said:

The easiest way to create a flowing river is to use the River button and the create water polygon button and double click into the river bed.
->You get a messed up river.

To fix that you have to move some "waypoints" of the water area at one end of the river to the other river bank.


Though I recommend doing rivers without flowing water, too, because the river water texture looks bad and rivers always flow too fast.

Exactly my point. Your far better of creating your own rivers. I suggest you drop down the water enough so you can see the textures underneath, then use some good river-ish textures, add some waves here and there and voila.

Sure I would use the flow option if it didnt look so damn ugly.... Good job EA.... not!

[nip]

A little basic river tutorial.

[Umbrella Secrets]

Thanks, EA does suck, they had to make everything confusing for us.

[Zancloufer]

Flow texture only looks ugly on obsencly big rivers. Small ones look fine IMO.