How do I add water to my level?

[anon85243178]

Hi!
I’m trying to make a simple strategy game (using “blueprint visual scripting”), just to start off with something easy.
Now I have a question; How do I add a lake, sea or some other kind of water to my level?
Is there any easy way of doing that, like in CryEngine (played around a little with that before UE4) ?
I want it to be swimmable, so that I can use it in my future projects too.

Thankfull for help!

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[anonymous_user_923c79df]

Take a look at this tutorial: ?v=LHPAseF7ma4

You need:

-a water plane
-a water material
-a physic volume

[anonymous_user_ee0f3101]

I just applied water material to a BSP, but I guess that’s not how it’s supposed to be done.

[anonymous_user_923c79df]

Just follow the video

I have uploaded a waterplane for you:

fbx:
obj:

[anon85243178]

@;39252

Just follow the video

I have uploaded a waterplane for you:

fbx:
obj: https://drive.google/file/d/0Bx4rUIObSdNYOEZDQzhQUXcxM2s/edit?usp=sharing

Is it hard to make a own waterplane? If no; I would be happy if you could explain for me roughly how to do it?
That is because I would rather make my own, because I’m new and really want to understand everything and do it myself to learn, and custimoze it as I want
But thank you anyway

[anonymous_user_923c79df]

Just create/add a plane in your 3d program and then unwrap it. That’s it, then you have a water plane

[anon85243178]

@;43289

Just create/add a plane in your 3d program and then unwrap it. That’s it, then you have a water plane

So I just create a plane in any 3D-modeling program, for example blender and export it as a .obj or .fbx file?

[anonymous_user_923c79df]

@;43303

So I just create a plane in any 3D-modeling program, for example blender and export it as a .obj or .fbx file?

Yep, but you also have to unwrap it before you export the plane -> select the mesh - go into the edit mode - select everything - U - unwrap

[bcm27]

@;43310

Yep, but you also have to unwrap it before you export the plane -> select the mesh - go into the edit mode - select everything - U - unwrap

This has to do with the lighting, ://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Manual/Textures/Mapping/UV/Unwrapping for details

[anonymous_user_923c79df]

@Bjorn;44094

This has to do with the lighting, ://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Manual/Textures/Mapping/UV/Unwrapping for details

Just when you do it in your 2nd uv ;). It’s here so that the texture will show up correctly in the UE4

Here is a picture (left one is not unwrapped):

[anon85243178]

@;43310

Yep, but you also have to unwrap it before you export the plane -> select the mesh - go into the edit mode - select everything - U - unwrap

So I shall just unwrap the UV and then export it and then edit the exported material in UE4 and apply it to the plane?
Is there any quality difference or any advantages/disadvantages between .obj or .fbx or shall I just pick which I want?

[anonymous_user_923c79df]

Yes, just unwrap it -> export and import it -> adjust some stuff in the material (e.g size,…)

I would recommend you to import it as a fbx, but I don’t know if you are able to import a obj file (it could be that they have added that feature in the last relase, but I’m not sure ^^)

[anon85243178]

@;44806

Yes, just unwrap it -> export and import it -> adjust some stuff in the material (e.g size,…)

I would recommend you to import it as a fbx, but I don’t know if you are able to import a obj file (it could be that they have added that feature in the last relase, but I’m not sure ^^)

Okay, thanks!