Marianne Little Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I stand in the beautiful sim Zigana, and found out I should play with water settings and upload a new water texture.Default Linden water at the top, my custom water at the bottom.Maybe you have done like me, and adjusted the Windlight settings for the sky often, but the water has just been there? First, I search for a water texture that is free to use. I found this one, and saved it to my computer: http://www.bibliocad.com/library/water-texture_23735I then upload it to Second Life, it costs 10 L.Go to World > Enviroment Editor > Water presets > New preset. Call it "New water" or something you will remember. Click on the texture under "Normal Map" and then pick the texture you just uploaded. Now let's play with the sliders! You need to have your preferences at Ultra and shadows enabled to really see the changes. Save it and use it to take a bit different images. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 If you want very still water, like a mirror, you need a solid blue texture, feel free to use this one. You upload it and use it instead of the normal map texture. Now, you need to set the waves to zero, both the big and small ones. See how I placed the sliders, or do i as you find best. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charolotte Caxton Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Oh, Marianne! You make life so much better! Thanks!!! I had no idea about the water texture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamara Artis Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Great post Marianne! Would give you five Kudos;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Stern Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 It says to click 'Save' , yet after doing so and closing the editing options the water just reverts? Is there a trick to this and how is it handled per session. I agree though, Kudos for explaining it step by step. :smileyhappy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 If you don't click "make this preset my new water setting", it will revert to the default water. You have to select it again, and as soon as you close the window it reverts. This is annoying, I wish it stayed up at least until you logged off. I often just minimize the window, when I take pictures. That way i can open it quick and fiddle a bit more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Little Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Crossposting from the SyS thread. This is done with the mirror water effect. I obviously have done some job to even out the ugly shoulder mesh and add a fancy vignette and drop shadow, but the reflection is straight from SL. Bigger photo and credits of what I'm wearing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27764102@N02/7012233927/in/photostream 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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