Oceanlinks
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I cannot get blue water no matter how I try, I've read Forum suggestions and still no success. All I get is brown. Can someone please help.
Brown Water
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mezzoprezzo
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Hello Oceanlinks,
In Surveyor go into World.
Swing the clock dial around. Time of day can make a big difference.
Change the sky type. Water will reflect the selected sky and therefore also affect the result.
Finally, and probably most importantly, – textures!
In Surveyor select Paint and try squirting different texture into your sea/river bed. Try mixing them. With sea, the water closer to shore can often be “muckier” and shallower than offshore. In this shot I’ve used a bright blue for the deep water channel and rock for close to shore. Once the water is placed it can look quite good.
Cheers
Casper
PS – I’ve never tried, or had the need, to use the Water Colour option in World
In Surveyor go into World.
Swing the clock dial around. Time of day can make a big difference.
Change the sky type. Water will reflect the selected sky and therefore also affect the result.
Finally, and probably most importantly, – textures!
In Surveyor select Paint and try squirting different texture into your sea/river bed. Try mixing them. With sea, the water closer to shore can often be “muckier” and shallower than offshore. In this shot I’ve used a bright blue for the deep water channel and rock for close to shore. Once the water is placed it can look quite good.
Cheers
Casper
PS – I’ve never tried, or had the need, to use the Water Colour option in World
captainkman
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What Trainz version are you using? In some versions, the water colour also depends on the geographical region. For example, in the Australia region, the water is a brown/red colour. In the Britain region the water is blue.
Here in the U.S., high in the Appalachians, the perceived color of streams and bodies of water constantly changes. But most of the time, the water in the real-world (here, at least) is nearly colorless. But exceptions do occur. After a hard, day-long rain, a streams' flow often takes on a noticeable muddy-brown tint, but that only lasts a day or two. Being highly reflective, a few days later on a sunny, near-cloudless day the same stream looks very blue. In fall, when the foliage reaches its height of color change, the stream takes on the shades of red, brown, and yellow. And for a similar reason, during the summer months its waters often look very green.
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Oceanlinks
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Brown to blue success
Thanks fellas, have fixed the problem. Still experimenting.
Thanks fellas, have fixed the problem. Still experimenting.