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Xlaydos
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I want a worms armeggadon style water effect for a pseudo-3d game. Would using texture plains be an effiecient way to do this? (See example)

If so, could someone recommend a good 2d tool for drawing this (As you can see my paint skills arent too great )

Thanks
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RUCCUS
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Posted: 16th Jul 2006 16:31
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A textured plain would work perfectly, for something as cartoonish as a worms-esk game you should be able to get a decent placeholder using a drawing made from paint (you just need to practise your blending skills). Though if you're serious about programming/graphic creation and want to do all of the work yourself, you should spring for something like Adobe Photoshop/Corel Draw (photoshop for realism, corel for cartoonish stuff). I know there's a bunch of free graphic tools out there just not sure of their names, someone will come along and give you the info' (you might've gottem more replies if you posted in 2D Chat, but just leave it now).

Once the plains are in, you can easily check if a player's position is < the water plain's position + the water plain's y size / 2, if so you can kill them. You've got the right idea down.


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Xlaydos
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Thanks a lot, i'd prefer a free program I'll have a look around google. Btw what are 'blending skills'?
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TopGunSF
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Take a look at "The Gimp"
http://www.gimp.org/
To me it seems just as powerful as any commercial photoship program but it is completely free (open source I believe).

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RUCCUS
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In your water you made, you've got a dark blue outline and a white blue fill. Eventually when you get more experienced you'll learn to transition the colour from dark to light to add a better looking effect. You can do this in paint b slightly changing the colour you're using from one colour to another in the "More Colours" option when you choose a colour. This can however take a long time and still wont look perfect, whereas something like adobe photoshop can make perfect transition's between colour's using gradients, filters and brush styles. The difference between paint and photoshop is night and day, but yes if you need something free The Gimp is a good solution, it's just many people find it a bit complicated to get used to.


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Xlaydos
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I see, i got a bit better using paint, but i guess i'll have to try GIMP.

Thanks very much
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harggood
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Here's some graphics freeware that I like:

Eve - vector drawing
http://www.goosee.com/
Irfranview - viewing, converting, resizing.
http://www.irfanview.com/
Inkscape - vector drawing
http://www.inkscape.org/
Terragen - landscapes
http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
T2 - terrain textures
http://www.toymaker.info/html/texgen.html
Scribble - my painting program
http://www.awfuldarkforest.com/scribble.html

Awfuldark Forest
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