Thanks!

Hey... Steempipe did you ever convert the pixel shader to HLSL? i have tried but i dont really get the theory here.. I know you have to use a higher PS version, at probably 1.4 or 2.0 becuase 1.1 doesnt support dependent reads..

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The water looks terrific. Is there any way to change the water's cubemap so it changes along with this day night script? I have a level with nice dawn, noon, dusk, and midnight cubemaps, with the following script. I would like to tie it to the water so the whole environment changes over time.



var ticks_u_minuti = .16; // 1 min ingame time = 1 sec = 16 ticks

var minuta = 0; // starting game minutes

var sat = 17; // starting game hour

var dan = 1; // starting game day

var mjesec = 1; // starting game month

var godina = 1000; // starting game year

var dan_u_tjednu = 1; // starting day of the week

var brojac = 0;

var vrijeme1 = 0;



font standard_font = <ackfont.pcx>, 6, 9; // uncomment this if you're not using the templates



// months in a year

string 1_mjesec = "January";

string 2_mjesec = "February";

string 3_mjesec = "March";

string 4_mjesec = "April";

string 5_mjesec = "May";

string 6_mjesec = "June";

string 7_mjesec = "July";

string 8_mjesec = "August";

string 9_mjesec = "September";

string 10_mjesec = "October";

string 11_mjesec = "November";

string 12_mjesec = "December";



// days in a week

string 1_dan = "Monday";

string 2_dan = "Tuesday";

string 3_dan = "Wednesday";

string 4_dan = "Thursday";

string 5_dan = "Friday";

string 6_dan = "Saturday";

string 7_dan = "Sunday";



// temp strings

string temp_sat_str[8];

string temp_min_str[2];

string temp_dan_str;

string temp_mjesec_str;

string temp_godina_str;

string temp_day_nmb;

string day_title[2];





// string array for months

text MjesecUGodini

{

strings = 12;

string = 1_mjesec, 2_mjesec, 3_mjesec, 4_mjesec, 5_mjesec, 6_mjesec, 7_mjesec, 8_mjesec, 9_mjesec, 10_mjesec, 11_mjesec, 12_mjesec;

}



//string array for days

text DanUTjednu

{

strings = 7;

string = 1_dan,2_dan,3_dan,4_dan,5_dan,6_dan,7_dan;

}



// display date text object

text PrikaziDatum

{

pos_x = 20;

pos_y = 40;

font = standard_font;

strings = 1;

string = temp_dan_str;

}



// display clock text object

text PrikaziSat

{

pos_x = 20;

pos_y = 80;

font = standard_font;

strings = 1;

string = temp_sat_str;

}



// put this function in Main() if you want the Time Manager only

function init_time()

{

pass_time();

get_datetime();

PrikaziSat.visible = on;

PrikaziDatum.visible = on;

}



// this is time calculation function

function pass_time()

{

while(1)

{

// wait for the given number of ticks (16 ticks = 1 second)

waitt(ticks_u_minuti);

// then increase minute counter by 1

minuta += 1;

IF (minuta > 59)

{ // if one hour has passed

minuta = 0;

sat += 1;

}

if (sat > 23)

{ // ome day has passed

sat = 0;

dan += 1;

dan_u_tjednu += 1;

}

if (dan_u_tjednu > 7)

{ // we check the day of the week, if the number is bigger than 7 then it's Monday again

dan_u_tjednu = 1;

}

// we check what month it is

if ((mjesec == 1) || (mjesec == 3) || (mjesec == 5) || (mjesec == 7) || (mjesec == 8) || (mjesec == 10) || (mjesec == 12))

{

brojac = 31;

}

if ((mjesec == 4) || (mjesec == 6) || (mjesec == 9) || (mjesec == 11))

{

brojac = 30;

}

// if it's February

if (mjesec == 2)

{

brojac = 28;

}

if (dan > brojac)

{ // one month has passed

dan = 1;

mjesec += 1;

}

if (mjesec > 12)

{ // one year has passed

godina += 1;

mjesec = 1;

}

// date check

if (dan == 1)

{

str_cpy(day_title, "st");

}

if (dan == 2)

{

str_cpy(day_title, "nd");

}

if (dan == 3)

{

str_cpy(day_title, "rd");

}

if (dan >= 4)

{

str_cpy(day_title, "th");

}

}

}



// this function creates the apropriate panels for time/date panels

function get_datetime()

{

while(1)

{

// date panel

str_cpy(temp_dan_str, DanUTjednu.string[dan - 1]);

str_cpy(temp_mjesec_str, MjesecUGodini.string[mjesec - 1]);

str_for_num(temp_godina_str,godina);

str_for_num(temp_day_nmb,dan);

str_cat(temp_dan_str, " ");

str_cat(temp_dan_str, temp_day_nmb);

str_cat(temp_dan_str, day_title);

str_cat(temp_dan_str, ", ");

str_cat(temp_dan_str, temp_mjesec_str);

str_cat(temp_dan_str, ", ");

str_cat(temp_dan_str, temp_godina_str);

str_cat(temp_dan_str, " NR");

// clock panel

str_for_num(temp_sat_str, sat);

str_cat(temp_sat_str, " : ");

str_for_num(temp_min_str,minuta);

str_cat(temp_sat_str, temp_min_str);

wait(1);

}

}



//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Day/Night change


sky jutro // this is the noon skycube
{
type = <Sky_MexicaNoon+6.tga>;
flags = cube,visible;
layer = 1;
flags = cube, visible, transparent;
alpha = 100;
layer = 2;
}

sky sumrak // this is the sunset skycube
{
type = <Sky_MexicaSunset+6.tga>;
flags = cube,visible;
layer = 1;
flags = cube, visible, transparent;
alpha = 100;
layer = 2;
}

sky noc // night skycube
{
type = <Sky_MexicaMidnight+6.tga>;
flags = cube,visible;
layer = 1;
flags = cube, visible, transparent;
alpha = 100;
layer = 2;
}

sky podne // morning skycube
{
type = <Sky_MexicaDawn+6.tga>;
flags = cube,visible;
layer = 1;
flags = cube, visible, transparent;
alpha = 100;
layer = 2;
}

// state vars

var dan_ili_noc = 1; // 0 - Night, 1 - Noon, 3 - Sunset, 4 - Morning, 0.5 - transition



// noon to sunset transition function

function podne_u_sumrak(duration)

{

var trans;

if(dan_ili_noc != 1) { return(-1); }

sumrak.visible = on;

if(duration > 0)

{

dan_ili_noc = 0.5;

trans = duration;

while(trans > 0)

{

jutro.alpha = 100*(trans/duration);

trans -= time;

wait(1);

}

dan_ili_noc = 3;

}

jutro.alpha = 0;

jutro.visible = off;

}



// sunset to night transition function

function sumrak_u_noc(duration)

{

var trans;

if(dan_ili_noc != 3) { return(-1); }

noc.visible = on;

if(duration > 0)

{

dan_ili_noc = 0.5;

trans = duration;

while(trans > 0)

{

sumrak.alpha = 100*(trans/duration);

trans -= time;

wait(1);

}

dan_ili_noc = 0;

}

sumrak.alpha = 0;

sumrak.visible = off;

}



//night to morning transition function

function noc_u_zoru(duration)

{

var trans;

if(dan_ili_noc != 0) { return(-1); }

podne.visible = on;

if(duration > 0)

{

dan_ili_noc = 0.5;

trans = duration;

while(trans > 0)

{

noc.alpha = 100*(trans/duration);

trans -= time;

wait(1);

}

dan_ili_noc = 4;

}

noc.alpha = 0;

noc.visible = off;

}



// morning to noon transition function

function zora_u_podne(duration)

{

var trans;

if(dan_ili_noc != 4) { return(-1); }

jutro.visible = on; //

if(duration > 0)

{

dan_ili_noc = 0.5; // transition flag

trans = 0;

while(trans < duration)

{

jutro.alpha = 100 * (trans/duration);

trans += time;

wait(1);

}

dan_ili_noc = 1; //

}

jutro.alpha = 100;

podne.visible = off;

}



// state changing function, put this into the Main() function if you want the Day/Night Manager only

function change_sky()

{

while(1)

{

if (sat == 5) // if it's 6 AM then change the sky from night to morning

{

noc_u_zoru(128 * ticks_u_minuti); // change the number 16 to a higher number if you want a longer transition

}

if (sat == 11) // if it's 12 PM then change the sky from morning to noon

{

zora_u_podne(128 * ticks_u_minuti);

}

if (sat == 17) // if it's 6 PM then change the sky from noon to sunset

{

podne_u_sumrak(128 * ticks_u_minuti);

}

if (sat == 19) // if it's 8 PM then change the sky from sunset to night

{

sumrak_u_noc(128 * ticks_u_minuti);

}

wait(1);

}

}


// put this function in your main() function if you want both features

function daytime_manager()

{

init_time();

change_sky();

}

I still want to make the environment map cycle through day and night but have to say thanks for the waves code -- got it to work on the first try and its very nice. Thanks!!

my pleasure... and hey, if you get that real time day night thing working... give a hooler, would ya

that would really be a nice effect...

i am looking at some ideas along this line of thought as well... seeing as this is using static bmps i'm not sure as which way to proceed initially, but modifying the color to coincide with the 'ambient' color might be the solution...

... unless there is a way to change the bmp that is being used in the cubemapping on the fly. to be honest, i don't know enough about 3DGS and cscripting to do that just yet.

gimme a lil time though...

--Mike

You can just use a differnt cubemap depending on what "time" it is.. this is easy enough. Make a function with a while loop like so:

function change_cubemap()
{
while(1)
{

if (timeofday==noon)
{
if (mat_water.skin1<>noon_cube)
{
mat_water.skin1=noon_cube;
}
}

//and so on
wait(10);
}

}

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in this shader it only relfects the skycube.. however if you own pro you can use render to texture to make it reflect everything.

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How can I do that? Can you give me a code example?
Thank you.

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Yes, now the code from ventilator works.
I used it to create a CubeMap from the position of my water (inside a room) and replaced the
sky cube map with the one from the script, and now i have a "real" environment reflection!

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old_bill,

Can you should me how to do that? Thanks

Can I somehow tile the normal-map to make the waves smaller to use this code for a huge ocean?