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0005483DarkRadiantGUIpublic05.01.2021 15:51
ReporterDragofer Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status acknowledgedResolutionopen 
Product Version2.10.0 
Summary0005483: Visual representation for .liquid models
DescriptionStgatilov has recently (re-)introduced an interesting feature: .liquid models. These are rectangular planes that simulate the liquid physics of invisible "drops" falling into them, allowing to create unique new effects such as "living rock" that bulges unnaturally. A .liquid file is all that's needed, setting the parameters of the simulation. I've attached a test FM (description in Additional Information), and a link to the dev forum thread is here:

https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/20273-liquid-models-idrendermodelliquid/&tab=comments#comment-444228

The problem currently is that they have no visual representation in DR, only showing up as a "shader not found" cube. It'd be much easier to place and orientate them if DR could generate a patch-like plane for them.

The plane is generated to the north and east of the origin, unless rotated. These parameters in the .liquid are of further interest for DR:
"size_x" "size_y" - the dimensions of the plane
"tile_y" "tile_y" - the dimensions of each texture tile, so larger values increase the scale of the texture
"verts_x" "verts_y" - the number of subdivisions. This can generate a huge amount of tris, so for performance it'd probably be better to ignore this in DR and just create a plain plane with 2 tris
"shader" - the material that the plane is textured with
Additional InformationThe test FM contains test_liquid.map with 2 .liquid models:
1) test_liquid_lava: an unrotated lava sea whose origin lies in the bottom left of the room
2) test_liquid_portal: a rotated "living stone" portal at the end of the pier

(Would also be nice if .liquids were listed in the Model Chooser, but not too necessary since it's a rare & highly specific asset)
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Attached Files
test_liquid.pk4 (53,185 bytes)

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Dragofer

03.01.2021 22:36

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03.01.2021 22:20 Dragofer New Issue
03.01.2021 22:20 Dragofer File Added: test_liquid.pk4
03.01.2021 22:27 Dragofer Additional Information Updated
03.01.2021 22:28 Dragofer Additional Information Updated
03.01.2021 22:32 Dragofer Description Updated
03.01.2021 22:36 Dragofer Note Added: 0013354
03.01.2021 22:36 Dragofer File Added: test_liquid_2021-01-03_23.30.44.jpg
05.01.2021 15:51 greebo Status new => acknowledged