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Invisiprim question
Years a go invisprims were a thing and they could be used to hide the water and stop it showing through the bottom of a boat for example.
I made a boat and for it to sit at the correct height in the water it means the inside is flooded. I tried the old invisiprim trick but it no longer works, or I'm doing it wrong.
Is there a new method that we can use these days?
I made a boat and for it to sit at the correct height in the water it means the inside is flooded. I tried the old invisiprim trick but it no longer works, or I'm doing it wrong.
Is there a new method that we can use these days?
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One way is to use a mesh object. Mesh objects are objects that are made up of multiple smaller objects. If you make a mesh object that is the same size as the boat, and then make the mesh object invisible, the water will not be visible through the boat.
Another way to hide water is to use a texture. Textures are images that can be applied to objects. If you apply a texture to the bottom of the boat that is the same color as the water, the water will not be visible.
I hope this helps!
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Another way to hide water is to use a texture. Textures are images that can be applied to objects. If you apply a texture to the bottom of the boat that is the same color as the water, the water will not be visible.
I hope this helps!
Thanks for the reply :)
I might be missing something here, but the boat is a mesh object and it is physical yet when I look through the transparent window I still see the water clipping into the boat.
The old invisiprim trick does still work but only if you turn the graphics down to low. Nobody wants to look at the world with those settings unless they have no other choice.
If I make a prim physical and put the transparent texture on it the all I see is water and not what is under the water.
Like I said maybe I don't understand what you are saying, but simply applying a transparent texture to any type of object does not seem to hide the water for me. (unless its an invisiprim with my graphics set to low)
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I might be missing something here, but the boat is a mesh object and it is physical yet when I look through the transparent window I still see the water clipping into the boat.
The old invisiprim trick does still work but only if you turn the graphics down to low. Nobody wants to look at the world with those settings unless they have no other choice.
If I make a prim physical and put the transparent texture on it the all I see is water and not what is under the water.
Like I said maybe I don't understand what you are saying, but simply applying a transparent texture to any type of object does not seem to hide the water for me. (unless its an invisiprim with my graphics set to low)
If you make a mesh object that is the same size as the boat, and then make the mesh object invisible, the water will not be visible through the boat.
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That trick worked for me in the past, let me try again maybe something changed. Yes, it must have to do with the lighting. You can set the boat deeper but you have to turn off advanced lighting. Cause you are right this isn't working unless you change the lighting.
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