Water scenery help

[InK$l!n3r]

    I seem to always come across the want to add water to my maps but I never want to put it in because I want to make my own water rather then using someone elses but I can't add in my own. Mine are HORRIBLE. They just seem to come out as blue... lifeless water. If anyone could help by giving me some pointers or examples I would really appreciate that.

[The Geologist]

Try messing around with the tranparency of your water (if you're using polyworks).  I usually go for a white/gray scenery, and then add color to it, as opposed to using a blue scenery from the get go.  This can help make the water darker towards the bottom, and a bit lighter and more transparent towards the top.

[Keron Cyst]

What scenery are you using? blank.BMP is the old-skool, bland yet somewhat aesthetically nice style. There are a few random sceneries specifically catered towards realistic water floating about here, tho'. Somewhere.

[Eagles_Arrows]

I used blank.bmp's and fx_li_beam sceneries to make my water.

[InK$l!n3r]

O I never thought of that Geologist. Thanks for the pointer. I just realized that starting out with blue would mess up the color if I wanted to use a brighter or darker blue using the Polyworks Palette. I'll try that and I'm almost certain that that will work now. Thankyou.

[viggoloniggolo]

try this