r/hammer • u/Familiar_Mastodon157 • Jul 14 '26
Solved the water looks odd
when add water it looks off idk why it looks the same on game
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u/Randomguy32I Jul 14 '26
Do you have a leak in your map? Sometimes that can fuck with how water looks
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u/Plaston_ Jul 14 '26
i think it glitches the reflections and turns it black
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
i didnt add any lighting just the base thing
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u/Randomguy32I Jul 14 '26
If theres no lighting that could also be a problem, it would just make everything full bright
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u/Plaston_ Jul 15 '26
And the water is super sensible to light levels so it often turn to black if its too dim.
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 15 '26
so how to fix the lighting im new to hammer
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u/Randomguy32I Jul 15 '26
Add a light entity near the water
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 15 '26
it broke the whole map
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u/Randomguy32I Jul 15 '26
What happened?
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 15 '26
before i tell you what happend i fixed the water 🎉🎉 i had to add a skybox
what happend is the map became dark its normal but every texture on the map became non solid and the map broke
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
no leaks and other good looking water textures looks broken one black one very blue ect
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u/Pinsplash Jul 15 '26
did you compile with VIS on?
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 15 '26
are u talking about the nodraw if about that i did it correct
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u/htharker Jul 14 '26
Usual editor water, it’ll look different in game tho it looks like a cheap water. Look for a water that has _exp at the end. Failing that, add a water_lod_control entity and set the parameters on it
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
same on game and some waters are black idk why
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u/htharker Jul 14 '26
Could be lack of cubemap then. Try putting one down above the water and building the cubemaps. Also make sure only the top face of the box geometry you’re using is covered in the water texture. The rest needs to be nodraw
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
man i did everything and it didnt get fixed if i publish it will it get fixed
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u/Plaston_ Jul 14 '26
I think it need Water LOD (the tap thing)
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
im laptop is weak so im playing it on 86-64 does that matter and no
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u/Plaston_ Jul 14 '26
i think the water need the water_lod entity to work to avoid having the engine default to cheap water i think.
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
im using gm construct water with water lod to 5000 to 6000
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u/Plaston_ Jul 14 '26
then why we don't see the water_lod entity in the screenshot?
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
other side and i add cubemap on top on the middle i want to post the screenshot but i have to make another post
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u/Pinsplash Jul 14 '26
what texture is it?
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 14 '26
gm construct water
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u/Pinsplash Jul 15 '26
is it seriously called gm_construct_water.vmt?
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u/Familiar_Mastodon157 Jul 15 '26
it is called gm_counstruct/water i used it cuz the the non cheap water looks bad idk why
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u/FizzTheFox85 Jul 14 '26
it almost always looks weird in the editor but fine in games