water too clear

Racer1 · November 2014

Regarding the water in general, it appears to be too clear. I'm not talking about distance fog or anything like that. I'm talking about specs of tiny organisms and debris. Even in the clearest of ocean water, there are always bits of stuff floating around.

Certain areas could have more or less debris, depending on terrain, conditions, etc.

This could be done via procedural, non-physical entities - similar to the schools of fish, but spread out more. Use of these could be limited to the area 5-10 meters around the player, as the debris would tend to be too small to perceive past that distance, and the fog takes over too.

slayer.faith · November 2014

Interesting idea for a fish action 'sand cloud' (for prey fish to escape or for a predator fish that does not use eyes to hunt).

Squeal_Like_A_Pig · November 2014

There is floating particulate in the water, though I forget if there is less if you are running the game in recommended or minimal as opposed to experimental. Additionally, there was also a task to add density controls for the level designers to be able to adjust the amount, based on the various locations - for example an area like Kelp Forest would have a lot more bits of algae and plant particles floating in the water then the clearer waters of Safe Shallows.

Here's the trello card for that task https://trello.com/c/b2tk0dnt/2008-ambiant-fx-bubbles-dust-algas-with-density-controls-for-ld-atmosphere-manager

MycroftCanadaNS · November 2014

Squeal_Like_A_Pig wrote: »

There is floating particulate in the water, though I forget if there is less if you are running the game in recommended or minimal as opposed to experimental. Additionally, there was also a task to add density controls for the level designers to be able to adjust the amount, based on the various locations - for example an area like Kelp Forest would have a lot more bits of algae and plant particles floating in the water then the clearer waters of Safe Shallows.

Here's the trello card for that task https://trello.com/c/b2tk0dnt/2008-ambiant-fx-bubbles-dust-algas-with-density-controls-for-ld-atmosphere-manager

Hi.

Are there settings in the panel(s) when you press "F1" or "F3" to make the adjustments?

water too clear

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