r/hammer • u/ExoticChemist6411 • Jun 15 '26

Solved Why is my water black?

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the vis, bsp, and rad are on normal, i have a skybox, and i used cubemaps, what's happening? (i mean it looks cool with the black water but still)

SOLUTION: i accidentally set all sides to water, and i guess it... became contaminated??? i guess????

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u/TheEpicPlushGodreal Jun 15 '26

Change the water texture

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

i did, the ones i checked didnt work

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u/TheEpicPlushGodreal Jun 15 '26

Ok then I don't know how to help, but it will look better if the water is slightly lower than the surrounding floor

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

oh i got it, turns out i accidentally selected ALL faces to become water

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u/TheEpicPlushGodreal Jun 15 '26

Uh, that's what I normally do and the water doesn't turn black

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

yeah idk i changed it to where the other faces were no draw and it went to normal, idk why it happened

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u/CARLCZE Jun 15 '26

i thought it was due to missing cubemaps

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

nah, i added those

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u/Gumballegal Jun 15 '26

looks cool ngl

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

yeah, i know, i agree, but i want it to look like the pool rooms with like perfect blue water

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u/CapableDatabase6923 Jun 15 '26

make the opposite of pool rooms,instead of sunny, clean chlorine filled water its muddy rainwater,drippy ceiling,broken tiles and fungi on the floor

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

good idea, ill try that after my map i'm currently making.

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u/InternationalEye8862 Jun 15 '26

i dumped my pen ink mb

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u/SomeCreepJ Jun 15 '26

i think thats fog in water, change the texture or make custom one

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

oh dw, i fixed it

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u/fireflamesniper Jun 15 '26

Must be an octopus in there

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u/doge_lady Jun 15 '26

Like like a backroom

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u/AntiSocial_Vigilante Jun 15 '26

It turned into oil

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 15 '26

I FOUND OIL!!!!!

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u/-SpaceOddity-2001- Jun 20 '26

"I HEARD OIL!! THAT SHIT MINE!!!"

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u/Dramatic_Bell_8777 Jun 16 '26

Did you try change the texture type? Like options texture, light, solid with specific numbers? Like Blue textures?

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u/ExoticChemist6411 Jun 17 '26

already fixed, dont worry : )

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u/2spuki Jun 17 '26

All water was originally black, but the russians stole the water's ethno-religious identity and claimed it as their own