Colouring 3D floor water - how?

[Enjay]

OK, I'm probably missing something obvious here - but how do I make it so that when you are inside a swimable 3D floor, the player's view can have an "underwater colour" applied to it like you can with fake 3D water? My 3D floor is set up nicely - it's translucent and I can swim around in it but when my eyes go below the water surface I can see as clearly as normal. I've tried using Sector_SetFade and Sector_SetColor on the control/model sector but my swimable water is still colourless. Any clues plus any suggestions as to good values to use?

[Graf Zahl]

Sector_Setcolor and Sector_SetFade on the control sector should do the job. If not, there's something wrong.

[Paul]

Any clues plus any suggestions as to good values to use?

Use flag 2. It'll restrict the lighting of the 3d floor to between the 3d structure's floor and ceiling, and not cast lighting below it. Check out my map I linked to in the screenshots discussion thread. Translucent 3d swimmable water + underwater haze.

[Syfo-Dyas]

Alright, when you guys say,"Sector_Setcolor and Sector_SetFade " on the control sector.

What does that mean. I know what the control sector is of course, but don't understand how those options are applied. I was able to do colored lighting under water in Legacy, but that was a whole nother story.

[Phobus]

You set it through Open or Enter scripts (better being Open scripts). All you need to do is make a scripts lump, make a script that looks something like this:

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 1 open
{
    Sector_SetColor(Tag,RRR,GGG,BBB);
}

Compile it, and you're done

Sector_SetFade takes the same arguments, but makes a fog instead of merely colouring the light.

[chopkinsca]

Any clues plus any suggestions as to good values to use?

Use flag 2.

I don't use any flags for most of my coloured water and it works fine. Unless you have floating water, or a room below it, I suppose it doesn't matter.

Now if only sector_setwind worked on 3d sectors, it would complete a river.

[Enjay]

OK, I think it may be a bug. Reported.

http://forum.drdteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=13743