Interesting. To me at least the effect on the ground reminds me of an underwater effect.

hi, i found something that may work for you. look here to see it work

this is the pixelshader i am using. the alpha-effect appeared after i placed the dp3 instruction.
just try it out

Code:

---

 
				PixelShader =
				asm {
					ps.1.1 ; painter pixel shader
					tex t0                 
					texcoord t1
					tex t2
					                 
					add r0,t0,t1
					add r1,r0,t2
					add r0,r0,r1
					mad r0,r0,r0,t2
					dp3 r0,r0,t0
					//add r0,r0,r2
					
				};

 

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The effect could just as easily be used to create a nice water effect, and if I set the bright flag on you get some real cool wierd effects as they layer up.

Is the stuff I am doing here a different way of achieving whats going on in this thread

What are the differences? I am using a view and mapping it to a model, where as this material is only reflection of the env_cube? or am I way off. Could someone explain.. I think I might need to combine a little of both....

I will take a look at ello's post now

i think its the calculation of the viewing angle for the mirror. i didnt work it out properly in the ultimate camera fx. so it wont look like real water. there lies the problem i think. using environment mapping should work better.

Thats only if you use the view based on the camera position. I create a view using the models position, and by altering the camera's arc to get a wider reflection.... Im I right in thinking the mapping you talk about is the thread I posted, and can you tell me, does this material mapping reflect everything? sprites, MDLs etc? or just the env_cube?

This is all well and good if you want displacement effects for the entire camera view, but think about effects like exhaust heat distortion or a Predators cloaking armor which has a refractive property.
These can be done using a nice little shader effect called Dispersion.

The script is quite long, but I can post the source (NOT GS compatible...) if people want to try to convert to GS.