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Water is missing from MS Water Plane

Cat_DancingCat_Dancing Posts: 534
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hello. Can anyone help with this problem please? I am using Moutainscapes Backdrops MS01 Large and the accompanying Water Plane but the water plain appears only as a pale blue plane, no water. I've even tried to 'light' the scene with the outdoor lighting cube at 200% but no luck.

Anyone tell me how to use this water pane please?

Thank you

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  • DrunkMonkeyProductionsDrunkMonkeyProductions Posts: 1,193

    Looks like normal viewport.

    Unless you are in Nvidia Iray preview mode, the water won't look like water.

    Try hitting the render button and you'll see the difference.

    Also, unless i miss my guess, it appears your viewport is in cartoon shaded.

    You can change view mode with the drop down next to the View selection box in the upper right of the Viewport.

     

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  • Cat_DancingCat_Dancing Posts: 534
    edited April 2020

    Thanks DMP, certainly gives me something to consider. I'll have a go. How the h*** I got into cartoon mode I have no idea, what should it be? but thanks for the heads up.

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  • Cat_DancingCat_Dancing Posts: 534
    edited April 2020

    Hi again DMP. Did as you suggested and I'm now in the correct view, I also loaded the water plane and hit render, almost like rendering blind, the result is a bit weird. Any comments you have would be of excellent value.

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  • DrunkMonkeyProductionsDrunkMonkeyProductions Posts: 1,193
    Cat_Dancing said:

    Thanks DMP, certainly gives me something to consider. I'll have a go. How the h*** I got into cartoon mode I have no idea, what should it be? but thanks for the heads up.

    Textured shaded is the "default".

    I switch between the different styles depending on what i'm doing.

     

    Cat_Dancing said:

    Hi again DMP. Did as you suggested and I'm now in the correct view, I also loaded the water plane and hit render, almost like rendering blind, the result is a bit weird. Any comments you have would be of excellent value.

    Try changing the tiling, Horizontal/Vertical tiles under shader settings.

    You can also try adjusting the normal map strength.

    it'll also might look better at different angles or with other stuff in the image.

    The first image is default, the second is cutting the normal map down and increasing tiling.

    The brown in the first water is due to a plane i put under the water with a brown shader.

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  • Cat_DancingCat_Dancing Posts: 534

    Hi again DMP - Once again, thanks for your input. Seems I have some learning and experimenting to do. Thank you for your support.

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