[Effects] River Rapids effect

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-12-09 20:44

Here is a effect I've been working on for a little river running down Qinling. Still very much WIP thou hope you like it, video is also a little old now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edOZuz9Kw7E[/youtube]

I've already fixed some bits, don't look so bad while swimming though the rapid now, and for any one who asks is it possible to sweep people down river, the answer is most likely not, but even if it is possible it is far too much work to make it worth it and it would be probaly very buggy at the end of it too. Also ignore the lag, my PC was running the editor before and recoding at full rez, needed a restart

EDIT: v2 of my River Rapids, also showing off a little white water rafting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNFwKdVd9Y[/youtube]

Sound Vol has been tweaked since the vid

Harrelson · Post by **Harrelson** » 2007-12-09 23:07

looks good, apart from that ive noticed the recoil behaves much better now

.:iGi:. Eggenberg4Ever · Post by **.:iGi:. Eggenberg4Ever** » 2007-12-09 23:57

Very nice effect

Waaah_Wah · Post by **Waaah_Wah** » 2007-12-10 01:36

I wanna make love to Rhino..

Tweaky · Post by **Tweaky** » 2007-12-10 03:23

Looks fantastic. Adds so much more depth (pun) to the water.

A shame you can't get a nice ride down the river, I would've thought it could be possible with some kind of friction setting... but I guess that would only apply if the soldier's feet were on the ground... and everywhere else on the map instead of water-specific.

Even then, I am still curious if you are able to make this affect on a curvy river instead of something straight? (eg, would the 'flowing' effect curve, instead of move in a straight path -- so if you had a curvy river, it would follow the curve, instead of going straight and seemingly 'underneath' the terrain).

Lieutenant-FPS-Bob · Post by **Lieutenant-FPS-Bob** » 2007-12-10 03:30

Nice water man. That is pretty awesome.

Also, love the more reasonable recoil.

Oldirti · Post by **Oldirti** » 2007-12-10 04:07

keep it up rhino, i wish PR had 13 of you.

DavidP · Post by **DavidP** » 2007-12-10 04:52

Oldirti wrote:keep it up rhino, i wish PR had 13 of you.

I wish we had a cloning machine that created clones with an hour long lifespan so they would'nt overtake the real rhino after they found out they were clones like in that one movie (i'm totally making up/Saw on sci-fi lastweek)

Biggaayal · Post by **Biggaayal** » 2007-12-10 07:03

Waaah_Wah wrote:I wanna make love to Rhino..

Peta has been notified and will be burning down your house or just your mailbox, depending on the age of the rhino in question.

NYgurkha · Post by **NYgurkha** » 2007-12-10 07:51

i'd like to water your river...

/that doesnt make sense

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-12-10 09:43

Waaah_Wah wrote:I wanna make love to Rhino..

if you are female, 16+ and hot, then come right ahead.

if you are not, you can get in the que over there

Post by **MAINERROR** » 2007-12-10 10:42

I'll queue up Rhin0! It's unbelievable!

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-12-10 13:37

Rafting here I come!

Waaah_Wah · Post by **Waaah_Wah** » 2007-12-10 15:13

Biggaayal wrote:Peta has been notified and will be burning down your house or just your mailbox, depending on the age of the rhino in question.

Even if the rhino likes it?

Waaah_Wah · Post by **Waaah_Wah** » 2007-12-10 15:14

[R-DEV]Rhino wrote:if you are female, 16+ and hot, then come right ahead.

if you are not, you can get in the que over there

2 out of 3 isnt so bad is it?

=HR=Drayu · Post by **=HR=Drayu** » 2007-12-10 15:16

absolutely amazing what you guys can do with this engine! Keep up the great work! Simply astounding.

Smuke · Post by **Smuke** » 2007-12-10 16:36

13 is unlucky number though, so maybe 13 Rhino isnt a great idea what about 14?

Keep up the good work.

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-12-10 16:39

where did 13 come from???

supahpingi · Post by **supahpingi** » 2007-12-10 17:08

HEHE,pretty realistic if u would see fully packed soldiers swimming upstream

oh and nice stream

Post by **Masaq** » 2007-12-10 19:11

That looks gorgeous, and sounds gorgeous too.

What I will say though Rhino is that it really should be on a bending, twisting river if it's possible to get the effect to travel "in curves" (if that makes any sense).

You rarely find that a fast-flowing river travels in a canal-straight path for very long; the speed of the flow means the river cuts its way through the landscape much quicker than a slowly flowing, larger, river. This means that they follow the seam of softest rock/ground down, which rarely has a dead-straight path to it.

It looks stunning, but at the same time it looks very artificial. If immersion is the goal, that river needs some twists and curves in it to feel like a naturally occuring flow.

Hope that's constructive and doesn't seem like I'm panning it, because I'm really not - it does look top-notch, from a technical/effects level.