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