Terraining - Smooth Waterfall Tutorial

[Halo_king116]

Halo_king116's Smooth Waterfall Tutorial!


For starters I would just like to point out how old this is. If I could properly update it so the end product looks much better, then I would. But I can't at the moment, so bear with me, please. I'm sure your end product will be 400 times better than mine. It's the technique you should be learning from this, not tips from me

Okay, anyways... First off, for this to work you need to uncheck: "Advanced > Enforce Water Height Limits".

Then you do the first step of making a normal waterfall. You first make 2 or 3 levels of cliff. On the top level fill it will deep water, and surround the bottom with it too (Where you want the water, leave out the areas you want land).

You should have this:

Now, remove the cliff around the edges (Decrease Two) like so:

This is how it looks after you added some doodads, such as flowers as shrubs. Rocks look great on waterfalls. Bear with me, as I am not a master terraininer

Now, your end product is a unique style of waterfall. This is a hard type to master, though can become a very nice piece of terrain. Remember, the undo button can be your best friend!


Have a nice day, all! I hope this taught you something

 

[MeRcChRiS]

pictures are messed up in wrong order

 

[Halo_king116]

I fixed that as you were typing. Thanks for noticing though

 

[MeRcChRiS]

sure, no problem

 

[Sim]

nice Tut.

 

[ReVolver]

Just weird seeing this again. Nice Job

 

[Halo_king116]

Well, it had good reviews last time. And it wasn't on the WET site (Unless I'm blind ) It's simple, and has pretty pictures

By the way... Chuck Norris didn't invent TH.net... Mr. Rogers assigned told a bunch of kids to design it... As his last wish before he sadly died and was thrown into a hole and buried. So... Really it was Mr. Rogers who created TH.net.

 

[PVT_Morgan]

looks great! i just might have to use that sometime

 

[Halo_king116]

Well I guess I'll bump this.

No real reason, except that perhaps some more will learn from this. As I said above numerous times I didn't make it look good, but used properly it can be a great technique that can be mastered. If I could re-do the screenies I would, but I can't until around Wednesday.


Well anyways, enjoy. Hopefully someone will learn


Have a nice day!

 

[Void]

Now put further waterfalls with invisible tint on that and you get great effects

 

[Oninuva]

Adding Rocks to the Edges makes a good cover-up for rough edges.

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[PurgeandFire]

Adding Rocks to the Edges makes a good cover-up for rough edges.

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Doodads in general, can cover up those edges. (Well, some like flowers might require a lot of doodads)

 

[ICedigger]

Great tutorial. (;

 

[Anachron]

Really nice tut

 

[~GaLs~]

i do it as u said halo...but it comes out like nothing happens to the cliff...if something happens...the whole cliff got ''crashed'' or messed up...>.<

I wonder how u do that..

 

[Ghan]

Well, this tutorial is certainly informative, and I never knew you could do that in the first place, however; it is a bit short. Is there nothing else you can add to it to give some more body? I realize that there's not a whole lot to say here, but even so....

 

[Sevion]

When I do as the tut says my cliff just ends and I can see under the water. It looks like the water is just a large flat blanket that floats over the indention in the mountain/hill/cliff whatever you want to call it.

 

[Xapphire]

Man, this with the right amount of Doods and Trees and a backround would rule, very nice.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Well, this tutorial is certainly informative, and I never knew you could do that in the first place, however; it is a bit short. Is there nothing else you can add to it to give some more body? I realize that there's not a whole lot to say here, but even so....

I think the only thing that he could add is about the doodads or how to make them without cliffs. But there is already a tutorial for that, which is nicely explained here:

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=19738

 

[Halo_king116]

Sorry I have not replied lately. If you have read the thread in the WotE forum, you would know I have been absent for the previous two weeks, being as I was at camp.

Well, this tutorial is certainly informative, and I never knew you could do that in the first place, however; it is a bit short. Is there nothing else you can add to it to give some more body? I realize that there's not a whole lot to say here, but even so....

There is not too much I could add. I myself am not that good at the technique, I actually stumbled upon it one day, did some tests, and came out with this result.

I should make a new example with a prettier result. I could also try to fill it in a bit more, once I've got the time to do so.

And TheHelper, thanks for all the bumps. For a while I had forgoteen I had even written this.

When I do as the tut says my cliff just ends and I can see under the water. It looks like the water is just a large flat blanket that floats over the indention in the mountain/hill/cliff whatever you want to call it.

I am not sure what to say to this. Try from stratch on a test map, and see if that works. Posting a screenshot will help us help you, too.

Man, this with the right amount of Doods and Trees and a backround would rule, very nice.

Thanks.



All in all, I thank you all who have commented on the tutorial either here or over MSN. If you have further problems, or can supply further information and existing problems, make sure to post it.

Have a nice day.