animate water

[Guest nazcaLine]

how do i animate water?

 

i make a pool, make a plane to serve as water. make the basic water material, , raytrace reflection with bump map (basically) .

 

now what do i do?

[lambros]

one option is to put a noise map in the bump slot and animate the map. You could also try to use a mix of noise and wave maps.

Another option is to use displace on the plane (it should have sufficient number of polugons though). Put a noise/wave map in the displace modifier and animate that. Should be more believable (better interaction with the environment), but heavier in polygons/memory/render time.

[Guest nazcaLine]

thanks, ok but...how do i animate the noise map? what's the parameter to be animated?

 

heeeeeeelp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lambros]

assume you talk about max/viz. You will animate the phase parameter of a noise map.

[Guest nazcaLine]

oh, thanks!!!!!! i'll try right away!!!

 

yes i'm talking about max/viz

 

thanks!!!

[quizzy]

it is really a difference if you're talking about max OR viz, in max its possible to animate the phase parameter but in viz its NOT

 

but since you posted in the max forum i'll assume its max then...