water problems

[stumpy]

I've followed the tutorial on the wiki on how to do water, but when I compile it with dmap I get the error 'node without a volume', on entering the water the player doesn't float or have a breath bar and sinks like a stone, theres also no sound of swimming, or walking through the water in the shallow section.

 

doom 3 is patched to 1304 and upto date, there are no leaks

 

it is a func_water, and liquid_water

[sk2k]

Dot not use func_water.

 

MfG

sk2k

[PinkDot]

on entering the water the player doesn't float or have a breath bar and sinks like a stone, theres also no sound of swimming, or walking through the water in the shallow section.

It used to happen to me as well. It was quite random - sometime my water entity worked, sometimes not, but after a while problem disappeared and now water works as it should always. I don't really know what has helped but try playing with brush dimension (extend it a little bit into solid brushes, or alter water surface level slightly and see if it works or not.)

You can change water entity brush by clicking TAB - this take you into brushe edit mode, rather than entity edit mode. TAB once again, when you're finished.

[Mortem Desino]

I've followed the tutorial on the wiki on how to do water, but when I compile it with dmap I get the error 'node without a volume'

Node without a volume is only a warning. It's not even a very important warning. I'll give 100,000 brownie points to anyone who can make a 3-room FM without "node without a volume" warnings.

 

...And follow PinkDot's instructions. Making it extend farther into solids is particularly important both visually and mechanically. Don't forget to dmap after moving entities or changing brushes!

[stumpy]

I had a look at some of the released maps with swimable water, apparently the walls around the water areas were very thick.

 

the thing I said about water only working when visportals are around is wrong.

 

I found out that only some water surface textures work, some just dont, and therefore no water is created.

 

You dont even have to stick the water volume in the wall a bit, its depending on what texture is on the top surface.

Edited December 7, 2009 by stumpy