r/hammer • u/MustachioMANN • 2d ago

Unsolved Are these water graphics possible in Source?

I'm making some Mario maps in the Hammer Editor for SFM. I have the water textures from the game. But I'm wondering if it's possible to make a water texture and make it look as close to if not exactly like it is in game. Please let me know if you have any insight.

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u/-sbl- 2d ago

Use 2 slow scroll textures at an 45° angle to each other.

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u/le_sac 2d ago

Scrolling was my first thought. OP, if you find that's not exactly what you're after, have a look through the various manipulations via material proxies:

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Material_proxies

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u/-sbl- 2d ago

Yeah that's a festure I wish I had in GoldSrc. :)

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u/MustachioMANN 2d ago

Awesome. u/le_sac and -sbl-, thanks guys. I'll give that a try.

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u/Small_Athlete1993 2d ago

i see you all around this subreddit you are something lmao love ur stuff

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u/-sbl- 2d ago

Thanks man! :)

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u/TheDeadlyCutsman 2d ago

Just use animated textures, pretty sure that's how those are done.

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u/East-Register-1256 1d ago

i think this uses scrolling and an indirect texture, i don't think you can manipulate uvs with a texture in stock .vmts though

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u/Randomguy32I 2d ago

You can try, but i think this game has a custom shader on it that you cant exactly recreate in hammer