BETTER WATER 1.0 - RTW

**DAVIDE** · February 22, 2010, 08:31 AM

WIP

Well.. what can i say? Rtw engine's not the same technology of MedII, and it's difficult to work on this water considering there are not bumb maps, shaders which improve the finel result etc. etc.

Btw first result i had's to create dynamic sun ray reflections on the surface. What am i meaning with dynamic sun rays? that if during the battle i look at the sun, the water reflects the sun rays. And it's dynamic because not all the water is reflected at the same way, but just when i look at the sun as you can see in the screenshot below (view perfectly aligned with sun, while bridge's area shows no reflection)...

I m not sure about the final result of better water 1.0 for Rtw, but meh, i cant replicate the improvements had in the MedII version

Any questions?

**Ramashan** · February 22, 2010, 12:01 PM

Looks good to me. I know someone also figured out how to make the rivers turn to ice. But, I'm not sure if this is in the vanilla, but from the images I saw (I wish I could remember from whom) it looked really great. Seems there is a lot that can be done with the rivers that no one has really attempted yet.

**Killerbee** · February 22, 2010, 01:25 PM

I know quetzalcoatl has improved the rivers for Sparta: Total War

But it's great too see a stand-alone project !

**DAVIDE** · February 22, 2010, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ramashan

Looks good to me. I know someone also figured out how to make the rivers turn to ice. But, I'm not sure if this is in the vanilla, but from the images I saw (I wish I could remember from whom) it looked really great. Seems there is a lot that can be done with the rivers that no one has really attempted yet.

yea i tried something similar on medII on my tests. I turned rivers into mud eliminating the water so soldier could walk on the river's bed. Anyway you right. With rivers you can do a lot of things

Originally Posted by Mr.Blackadder

I know quetzalcoatl has improved the rivers for Sparta: Total War

But it's great too see a stand-alone project !

Do you have pics to show me about that? It's 4 years i dont mod rtw lol

**Salvor Hardin** · February 22, 2010, 01:44 PM

Well, I think that this is an excellent first attempt. I cannot but encourage you to keep on. I am sure that the results are going to be excellent!

**DAVIDE** · February 22, 2010, 02:18 PM

yep. Consider that i just worked 20 mins on that today. With accurate long tests i m sure the result will be better than the screenshot here

**Fireward77** · February 26, 2010, 11:47 PM

Wow! Please keep working on this and please release this when done! Just be sure to release instructions on how to put this in mods.

**Emperor Domitianus** · March 02, 2010, 04:18 AM

The image is removed. Could you manage to let me see it?

I am sure you are doing a great job as you have done on other things for Rome.

P.S. Is that Melita in your avatar?

**DAVIDE** · March 03, 2010, 06:50 AM

i can still see the screenshot! yes it is melita toniolo

**Emperor Domitianus** · March 03, 2010, 10:45 AM

Now it's visible. Yesterday I wasn't able to see it. Btw it's a good work and even the rest of the landscape. Will you release all together? And if not where may I grab all the other things?

P.S. Good choice. Melita is really fantastic. ;-)