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Note!<\/p>\nThis article is part of the, now deprecated, Demox development log. Demox was cancelled and is no longer in active development so this article can be somewhat out of context- however, I felt some information here could still be of use to someone, therefore it’ll remain for anyone to read.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

My previous projects have contained water however, I’ve never put any effort into making it behave like water would. In LBKR <\/em><\/strong>for instance the water was purely a decoration, it would not react to objects colliding with it’s surface nor would said objects be manipulated by the water in any way- this made it feel very artificial and, in lack of a better word, un-watery… ( Please excuse my word-slaughtering, keep in mind that english is not my native language ;P<\/span><\/em> )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water Interaction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For Demox <\/em><\/strong>I aim to make the water less of an illusion, and have it actually react to collisions and affect objects that enter the “water volume<\/span><\/em>“. This actually involves multiple object behaviours considering the code, and a whole lot of different particle effects among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what did I actually want to happend when something collides with the water? That depends on what type of object actually hit the water of course, but let’s have a look at the goals I had set in mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Volume Collision Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n– Corpses, limbs and some types of objects \/ items should float when in a water volume.<\/em>
– Character’s should have reduced movement speed when moving through water, to simulate a sort of resistance \/ drag. The speed reduction should depend on the depth of the current position.<\/em>
– Projectiles hitting the water should use water-impact effects instead of their default hit effect.<\/em>
– Everything that enter the volume should visualize it by playing ripple or splash effects.<\/em>
– Water should react to elemental damage effects, ie. extinguish fire, and become electrified by electricity attacks.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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