Section Rules - Halo 3 Modding Q&A

shade45 · Post by **shade45** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:21 pm

Sick.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:22 pm

Dissolution241 wrote:.rmw relates to waves only or does it have other qualities? What can you do with it so far?

Regardless, really neat.

It's water in general.
*Most* all properties pertaining to water(not plane) is denoted in the .rmw(Raw Mesh Water? I'm sure Korn could correct this) tag.

Shade, get on MSN. I have good news.

Dissolution241 · Post by **Dissolution241** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:24 pm

Can you change the 'force' that the waves have? Like, they by default can push objects around but it might be cool to make them powerful....and large?

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:27 pm

Yeah, adding onto his question, did objects(corpses, weapons, etc.) react differently when they came into contact with the new water?

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:28 pm

Dissolution241 wrote:Can you change the 'force' that the waves have? Like, they by default can push objects around but it might be cool to make them powerful....and large?

Lots of speed settings are in it.
Though I don't know if they're anything more than aesthetic.

Float values are universal throughout the properties block.
You pretty much have to find the correct tag block then modify the scale of the effect etc.

The property tag blocks that are decently established are as follows:

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0. Flow(?)
1. Cubemap Scale
2: Wave Dispersion Amount
4. Wave Scale
10. Glow bright?
11. Specularity
13. Reflection Properties
13. Fog
14. Cubemap Scale
17. Cubemap Scale
19. Glow Bright?
20. Blue
21. Red
22. Speed
25. Wave intensity/size (wave break?)(X)
26. Wave intensity/size (Y)
27. Wave intensity/size (Z)
29. Wave amount
30. Speed
36: Poly Tessellation

Eaton · Post by **Eaton** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:29 pm

Dissolution241 wrote:Can you change the 'force' that the waves have? Like, they by default can push objects around but it might be cool to make them powerful....and large?

Now that would be cool!

Is it possible to raise the water level?

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:34 pm

Eaton wrote:
Dissolution241 wrote:Can you change the 'force' that the waves have? Like, they by default can push objects around but it might be cool to make them powerful....and large?
Now that would be cool!

Is it possible to raise the water level?

I have been looking for it for ages, mostly results in me freezing my xbox, I think the plugin isn't mapped out completely so the value isn't in mine

Dissolution241 · Post by **Dissolution241** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:38 pm

Thanks for the quick and thorough responses.

Edit: Wow, that list is actually really cool.

haxalot88 · Post by **haxalot88** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:35 pm

latinomodder wrote:
Eaton wrote:
Dissolution241 wrote:Can you change the 'force' that the waves have? Like, they by default can push objects around but it might be cool to make them powerful....and large?
Now that would be cool!

Is it possible to raise the water level?
I have been looking for it for ages, mostly results in me freezing my xbox, I think the plugin isn't mapped out completely so the value isn't in mine

Isn't water still just a mesh plane in halo 3?

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:58 pm

Those exist still, yes.
Any water you can interact with is not, though.
But you're a genius, so I shouldn't have to remind you.

kornman00 · Post by **kornman00** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:06 pm

'rmw ' = shader_water

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:17 pm

kornman00 wrote:'rmw ' = shader_water

korn have you been able to raise the water level?

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:21 pm

Put "proper" water in blackout and raise it up to just below the lowest platform...

I doubt that could happen but would be orsm

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:25 pm

ScottyGEE wrote:Put "proper" water in blackout and raise it up to just below the lowest platform...

I doubt that could happen but would be orsm

Good idea

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:49 pm

I figured as such. Good thing the values I mapped out held.
Apparently Blackout has its own .sefc dedicated towards making the map a tad(0.2) darker.

JDMFSeanP · Post by **JDMFSeanP** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:46 pm

Can you guys edit the choppiness of water like they show in the legendary edition DVD?

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:56 pm

JDMFSeanP wrote:Can you guys edit the choppiness of water like they show in the legendary edition DVD?

That was in the list.

neodos · Post by **neodos** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:23 pm

Can you change the density of the water so when an object moves on the water it makes giant waves?

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:00 am

That would not occur if it was more dense.

kornman00 · Post by **kornman00** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:11 am

neodos wrote:Can you change the density of the water so when an object moves on the water it makes giant waves?

you'd have to edit the related 'rwrd' (render_water_ripple) definition