water shaders

darkfox404 · Post by **darkfox404** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:51 am

is it possible for me to go into the HL2 (half life 2) source code...
hunt down the water shaders effect...
and add it to irrlicht???

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:25 am

first you will need to buy the half life 2 source code. so no, you can't.
for a water shader, look in project anouncements under "OE Shader Library"
fyi, this isn't an advanced help question either.

darkfox404 · Post by **darkfox404** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:43 am

the reason why i added the last 2 things under advanced is because i wasnt sure how the topic was going to (you answering with 2 sentences or this big Oo topic with all this codes and junk) but thanks for your help
(i do have the hl2 source code and just wanted to add that general look + the irrlicht water)

Xaron · Post by **Xaron** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:02 am

darkfox404 wrote:(i do have the hl2 source code...)

Well, you should not post that you have the hl2 source, as this is illegal.

The second point for me: I feel strange as a programmer if another programmer uses source code which was stolen...

Regards - Xaron

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:14 am

Jep, that's true. Just yesterday i read, that "Big F" again is watching guys with that damn leaked hl² sourcecode!

Rambus · Post by **Rambus** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:35 pm

The source code is very readily available with a simple torrent or google search. That being said, Yes it would be 'possible' to hack in half lifes shaders. Though if you succeeded in emulating the half life two engine enough to work with its shader code, writing advanced shaders wouldent be much of a problem for you.

Long story short- No, if you dont have a few houndred hours to spare I doubt you will succeed.

sudi · Post by **sudi** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:15 am

go here http://www.shadertech.com/cgi-bin/shade ... =-1&page=0
and try to find the shader u want.
or check the watershader realeased in the ProjectForum.