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Kathmandu Gilman
Fearful Symmetry Baby!
Join date: 21 May 2004
Posts: 1,418
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12-03-2005 18:09
Ok, here is the deal, it seems the waves look great on my machine for maybe two minutes then they suddenly become almost invisable, only the sun reflecting on the water. I am curious if this is happening to anyone else or is it just me?
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Lex Neva
wears dorky glasses
Join date: 27 Nov 2004
Posts: 1,361
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12-04-2005 10:13
Have you submitted a bug-report?
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Selador Cellardoor
Registered User
Join date: 16 Nov 2003
Posts: 3,082
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12-04-2005 11:16
I noticed this morning that the wave effect seemed to diminish. I was with someone who had a less advanced video card, and when we took photos, her wave effects were much better than mine. I wonder whether this was the reason.
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Nathan Stewart
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Join date: 2 Feb 2005
Posts: 1,039
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12-04-2005 11:24
I noticed they seemed to lessen over time, although i have no idea if they get stronger/weaker with the sun cycle or if its a bug, i've reported it. but other people should too incase
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Sean Gorham
Stopped making sense
Join date: 5 Mar 2005
Posts: 229
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12-04-2005 15:50
I've seen this happen in preview as well. Turning ripple water off and on again in preferences also restores the effect.
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Nathan Stewart
Registered User
Join date: 2 Feb 2005
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12-04-2005 15:54
Yea there are still some bugs with it, like if you switch to and from fullscreen and turn on/off anistropic filtering you loose the water, needing a restart of sl to restore it
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Nathan Stewart
Registered User
Join date: 2 Feb 2005
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12-07-2005 18:51
Give that ago now, latest version has a different wave type doesnt look like an oil slick, also should detect if your card isnt supported, which i think is 1.4 or below pixel shaders so only support for 2.0 and above, the moon is now reflected, also the water doesnt dissapear when you switch to fullscreen or anistropic filtering.
So if you have a water ripple tickbox and cant see water try updating your drivers as it should work. _____________________
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Kathmandu Gilman
Fearful Symmetry Baby!
Join date: 21 May 2004
Posts: 1,418
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12-08-2005 01:03
Wow, much better now. The waves look far more realistic.
 They are persistant as well.Things to really help SL water: 1. Turn underwater voids black again, the effect now is awful. 2. Caustics and god rays (the rays of light you see underwater and the scattered light on the bottom. 3. Floating particles (bits of floatsum that make you feel you are underwater) http://gameprog.it/hosted/typhoon/water.htm This is what underwater in SL should look like at the very least at any rate. _____________________
It may be true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease but it is also true that the squeaky wheel gets replaced at the first critical maintenance opportunity.
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Moss Talamasca
Serpent & Thistle
Join date: 20 Aug 2005
Posts: 367
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12-08-2005 13:16
Say "wave anomoly" and i immediately think of Geordi and Data.
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Kathmandu Gilman
Fearful Symmetry Baby!
Join date: 21 May 2004
Posts: 1,418
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12-09-2005 03:43
Yeah, reversing the polarity would definitly work... Make it so!
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Dyne Talamasca
Noneuclidean Love Polygon
Join date: 9 Oct 2005
Posts: 436
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12-09-2005 04:16
And I said "Bounce a Graviton particle beam off the main deflector dish..."
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