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How to make a texture suck towards the middle? [message #327185]

Mon, 21 April 2008 22:41

Blazea58
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Registered: May 2003

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Ok well i have tried just about everything i can think of to get a lava texture to move correctly and all towards the center seamlessly. I am sure i have seen it done before in pools of water and such, i have tried mapping the uvw different ways, and i have messed with all the settings within the Vertex Material tutorial.

My mesh is just a plane extruded and welded around to the other side, and i want the texture to start from the top and move down to the very center on all sides.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/Blaze558/LevelEdit2008-04-2102-46-16-67.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/Blaze558/gmax2008-04-2123-09-14-92.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/Blaze558/Wireframedirections.jpg

If anyone can help that would be appreciated , i just want it to look like the picture above, any texture could be used for a demonstration with the gmax of the lava i included.

Attachment: Lavapeice.gmax
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w125/Blaze558/ECW_WebBanner1.jpg

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Re: How to make a texture suck towards the middle? [message #327217 is a reply to message #327185]

Tue, 22 April 2008 04:56

Slave
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Registered: December 2006

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Really quite simple.
Use a spherical uvw map, and drag the gizmo above or below the actual mesh. Center it where you want your texture to flow to.

Play a bith with the gizmo's lenght, width and height to get the texture right. After that, use a linear scrolling texture with values like these.
UPerSec=0.01
VPerSec=0.03

Add some red glowing bumpmapping with glow in the dark settings, and your lava is a winner.

A while ago I uploaded a sample to these forums, when someone asked the same for water. When required I could dig it up.

Disclaimer: The above is based on what I can remember, not an actual sample I had at hand or made. Might cause death.

[Updated on: Tue, 22 April 2008 04:58]

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