GWater2 - Improved Visuals
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2023
- Today I showcase way better looking visuals with fresnel phong reflection (credit to my friend Spanky), dot shading, and more optimized blurring code. I also fixed the weapon drawing under the water.
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by each passing minute, we are close to npc_surface being a possibility in gmod
What npc is that? Is that the blob npc?
This is seriously getting closer to the same quality of those "Water in Source Engine maps" Blender videos, great work considering the first iteration of Gwater .
i didnt think their comment indicated they were trying to suggest this was the first? i thought they were in some way comparing this to its first iteration
@shangex4795 even if they were wrong you don't need to be so passive aggressive and rude, I don't think it gets your point across better and also jnjnrobin is right.
@shangex4795 They didn't say "Considering that this is the first iteration [...]", they said "considering the first iteration". As in, keeping in mind what the first iteration was, this is great in comparison.
Side note: This is great in ANY comparison. Simply put, nothing like GWater exists out there so this is amazing regardless.
you guys get mad over a simple mistake cant we all just get along
@@vivious_ nice pfp
this is now magic, my final concern is weird combinations of props, some props disappeared when behind gwater 1, and complex prop intersections created passages for water to leak through.
True
Complex prop interactions wont be fixed since that is out of my scope (complain to nvidia, they made the particle engine)
And if you send me the model of a prop that disappears inside gwater 1 ill test it with V2
@@Meetric1 I think it might be a combination of factors
Plastic prop
Debugwhite material
Normal render mode
Pasted with advanced duplicator 2
Try things like plastic 1x2 plate and 4x4x1 tube.
@@Meetric1 I can probably record a video on my side with gwater1 if there's difficulty in replication, would be difficult to share though
I tested those materials with gwater1 and gwater2, looks like gwater2 handles the materials fine vs gwater1 where they kind of just disappear
I can't wait for this. A good suggestion I have is that GWater should detect the water on the map and work compatitible with it. For example collide with the water on the map and NOT get inside/below the water on the map.
That kinda sounds truly impossible
@@revertfellpapyrusfandeunde4380 Maybe it is? After all, he have done many imposibble things with Source, I hope he figures it out.
@@yavuzhannnn same
I think it should have a check toggle if you want gwater to disapear when it goes in map water
rn it collides on the water like its solid which probably isnt what you asked for but its as close as I am going to get to built in water support
There is something very satisfying about just launching this stuff at the wall and watching it just _splat there like congealed porridge._
I maintain what I said in a comment in an earlier video - this is the "go back in time and show a Pilgrim your smartphone, and watch his head explode" meme, and the 'Pilgrim' in this case is 'everyone who grew up with the Source Engine'.
Actual witchcraft. You will finish this project, and then you will be delivered to God on a burning pyre for your witchcraft.
The drop at 3:26 is amazing to see.
Incredible work as always!
Brah its soo satisfying
I've been following your channel for over a year and though gwater was always impressive, it always kinda felt like "It's water! (but in gmod)". Whereas now it feels more like "It's water!". This is genuinely insane
OH MY GOD YOU ARE A MAGICIAN I REMEMBER THINKING GWATER 1 WAS SUPER REALISTIC AND NOW THIS??? REALTIME FLUID SIMULATIONS ARE INSANE THIS IS AWESOME
The goo physics are outstanding! And those reflections are looking awesome
That menu's looking pretty purty. I don't remember if we've seen it like that, but It caught my eye
Every time I think that it's gonna be hard for you to surprize me after what I already saw you doing - you manage to surpass all my expectations! It's amasing seing you improove even more with each new mod/update
Looks unbelievable for gmod! Second part looks like a good mechanic for paint ball = )
This is looking great! You're about at the same level as the water physics you'd find in some of those old GPU tech demos. And that GUI also looks great!
Hey, Mee, daily reminder that the quote "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" exists for a reason. Though your reason is a good one
Literally revolutionary
Wow, that gel demonstration is incredible
Yay Mee and go Spanky ♥
Your work is really cool!
This looks phenomenal
I didnt think you could make this even better 🤯
He's becoming too powerful for us meer mortals to comprehend.
Hey nice, you fixed the viewmodel z-order :D
the cohesion is beautiful 🥲
oh you fixed the view model draw order, awesome.
everything is coming together quite nicely! amusing how a little bit of fancier phong lighting makes such a difference in selling the look.
it would be crazy if there are different types of particles to simulate different types of effects like foam, sorta like the flip fluid model... this is prob crazy tho lmaooo
dude I spent like 4 hours trying to fix the viewmodel only to realize I needed to use “PreDrawWeapons” instead of “PreDrawWeapon”
LMAOOOO, god forsake this api... i have not touched gmod dev in years and this sent a whiplash
Reminds me of jelly, but still you did a great job! I like how it shines and sticks to walls. Also reminds me of water in late 2000's - early 2010's games, well duh because gmod is also that old, but this water is really good for its age, it's even better than that. Big improvement
YOU ARE WITNESSING HISTORY
Mathematical👍👍👍
I want to see a gamemode where the player's goal is to just paint a building.
Like Powerwash Simulator. But instead of cleaning, its making a mess with fun tools of varying sizes and complexity.
And that was the moment that gparticles became gwater
there we go!! nice normals ;)
edit: holy crap that menu ist so useful!! and the non transparent version is cool!! amazing work!!
This is just straight up the best thing I’ve ever seen in gmod
This is really impressive can't wait too see what you make next.
can you make it so there is an option to bounce higher on the water because it really looks like the blue gel from portal
maybe
It's really worth the wait!
this is genuinely incredible.
this is the perfect mod to finally make my idea of crushing gman a reality!
It's more and more like real water, very gorgeous
HOLY SHIT DUDE GREAT JOB
this is by far the most impressive thing ive seen on your channel thus far
Looking good.
With the size of those water droplets they could be a hazard for a first-person Pikmin mod. Or maybe even lava.
holy shit this is amazing
Looks amazing!
Reminds me of the gel from Portal 2.
That was the inspiration
I can't wait to see it in the workshop
I'm loving this so much, so far, hopefully the particles and stuff can go through and work with your portals mod, anyway GG :)
Lookin' pretty!
Just watched the previous video this morning and wondered how fast you will fix the visuals xD
omg 100% better, this looks amazing now.
Holy shit the visuals are insane
And the view model clipping seems to be fixed
This is incredible
now thats look phenomenal, i was thinking if you could change the spheres of water to like some random shapes for more realistic look, cuz like the blob thing looks with less 'balls'
spheres are the easiest to calculate and are very cheep. other geometric shapes like ellipsoids are more difficult
whatever black magic was used to make this, it looks really good
very watery looking nice
This is insanely impressive
perfect !!
You're a genius
idk how u managed to do it all, but im rlly impressed by it
-you should make them slightly displace the image behind them based on the overall screen-space surface normal-
edit : oop they already do do that, the compression makes it really hard to make out tho
insane
this is really nice
god damn it genuinely looks like water
it looks nice youre really good at making cool stuff in gmod
Amazing
Wowzers
This look so much better holy shit.
This is incredible, I personally adore the goop physics. I wonder if someone could make a map of gm_construct that removes all the base water from the lake; making the lake empty, and you fill the entire lake with gwater, that would be awesome, though it would probably be too laggy.
if the radius is big enough it probably works
The Water Is now WATER
Holy shit bro that looks so good dude I was the guy that recommended the bottle that breaks and gwater comes out of it 👍
lol nice
YES YES YES YES YES
I’m going to show this to my kids when I’m 40
This is amazing
Edit: 2:03 I just got to this part, my boi made whipped cream
BEAUTIFUL
dont know too much about sources shader capabilities, but the only thing i would suggest added to the visual aspect of this is for it to get darker the further down the water goes
Not easy but ill try
wow! just wow
Wooooah
Glad to see you're still working on this. The shaders here look a lot better than in the previous video, which looked more like Dipping Dots mush than actual water. However, I feel that you're approaching an upper limit with your current version of GWater.
Simply put, I don't see better shaders being the method that makes GWater2 look convincing. I think you should seriously consider adding some kind of at-rest deformation, where the individual water particles "squash" and settle into wide, rather flat domes/discs when they stop moving. This could probably be achieved via animated sprites, although naturally, this will increase the memory cost by having these extra anim frames, but the results might be better enough to make the endeavor worth it.
Just my 2 cents. Keep it up, looking forward to the next video.
Nah theres still improvements yet to be shown such as cubemap reflections, better phong calculation, and compression error fixes
When you make the GWater sticky, what does it look like if you try to "paint" with different colours? Do they mix or do they come out in layers?
Unfortunately different particle coloring broke when I started playing with shaders :(
Im trying to fix it but at the moment source just isnt sending me any vertex data
Oooooo nice!
"the perfect sequel doesn't exi-"
The goop is awesome
ITS HAPPENING!
Mee is the future of water in video games
waow
Mega cool.
2:02 when the gloop go off!!!!!!!
also will depth darkening be a thing? like depending on how deep the water is it gets darker/lighter
Unlikely but ill try
HOT
Wow!!
Is the 'swimming' functionality from the original Gwater going to be present? If so, is there any way it could be improved upon? It blew me away when I found out about it in the v1 build.
Seems likely
Holy shit that's impressive
I wonder about optimization techniques, are you able to detect and skip particles blocked by other particles?
Depth checking is done internally by source before sending shader instruction to the GPU
Looking good. By the looks of it, you fixed the water overlaying the v model, and made the water look like actual water, not beads stacked ontop of eachother. I have a question: Will there be a function to actually replace water in maps with gwater2? Or perhaps replace normal water WITH gwater2 inside of hammer. Either way though, I can't wait to play around with this when it's finished. :D
Probably not but I can do emitters / boxes of water and stuff
Either way, I'm really excited. The real question is, will it have infmap support🥸 @@Meetric1
HEYY YOU FIXED IT!!
plus added spec lighting, nice
That's cool
that is fukin amazing
good job on the water
Holy fck this is so cool
Bro the gel looks so good that i 💦
is the water clipping with terrain brushes gonna be a issue like in the first one?
No
@@Meetric1 aight bet
amazing.... question: will you also remake the cloth from the first gwater?
seems likely
:)
Wow this looks a lot better than gwater 1, and it seems like you fixed the viewmodel stuff. Though I have a quick question: Is depth still impossible? Like utilizing source's water fog effect or something similar, I think that and twopass reflections are the big things that made source water look so realistic in the first place.
difficult thing is identifying uninterrupted lines through water, and it gets very complex if you have transparent objects falling through the water. Ray marching would be so expensive or complex to manage with constant distance checks.
fog is hard. I will maybe try using the depth buffer but it wont look perfect
Any way/plans to deform the particles? Squishing, elongating, etc.?
Not right now but you can make it extremely goopy with the settings
I sort of reminds me of the gels from Portal 2.
To improve to effect, the particles could be skewed and stretched depending on the position of particles around it. This would give the illusion of surface tension while also making it look less like a bunch of balls.
thats impressive af!
i guess the most realistic look would now be the smaller the "water balls" and higher the quantity the more itd look like water, maybe its possible to create a similar effect with these? like making them stick even more together and seemless somehow or having it change to some kind of droplet looking thingy when its in the air? or what about having individual balls bend?
Yeah it would be nice if droplets with nothing above them split into smaller droplets.
Its missing 3 things rn, diffuse particles, depth fog, and specular. once these are added it will look better