GWater2 - Improved Visuals

Today I showcase way better looking visuals with fresnel phong reflection (credit to my friend Spanky), dot shading, and more optimized blurring code. I also fixed the weapon drawing under the water.
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[@AR2pulserifle178]

by each passing minute, we are close to npc_surface being a possibility in gmod

[@Pacman009]

What npc is that? Is that the blob npc?

[@diddoinarow8846]

This is seriously getting closer to the same quality of those "Water in Source Engine maps" Blender videos, great work considering the first iteration of Gwater .

[@JNJNRobin1337]

i didnt think their comment indicated they were trying to suggest this was the first? i thought they were in some way comparing this to its first iteration

[@ethanmantlo2868]

​@shangex4795 even if they were wrong you don't need to be so passive aggressive and rude, I don't think it gets your point across better and also jnjnrobin is right.

[@mstech-gamingandmore1827]

@shangex4795 They didn't say "Considering that this is the first iteration [...]", they said "considering the first iteration". As in, keeping in mind what the first iteration was, this is great in comparison. Side note: This is great in ANY comparison. Simply put, nothing like GWater exists out there so this is amazing regardless.

[@vivious_]

you guys get mad over a simple mistake cant we all just get along

[@mstech-gamingandmore1827]

@@vivious_ nice pfp

[@samuels1123]

this is now magic, my final concern is weird combinations of props, some props disappeared when behind gwater 1, and complex prop intersections created passages for water to leak through.

[@stanleybochenek1862]

True

[@Meetric1]

Complex prop interactions wont be fixed since that is out of my scope (complain to nvidia, they made the particle engine) And if you send me the model of a prop that disappears inside gwater 1 ill test it with V2

[@samuels1123]

@@Meetric1 I think it might be a combination of factors Plastic prop Debugwhite material Normal render mode Pasted with advanced duplicator 2 Try things like plastic 1x2 plate and 4x4x1 tube.

[@samuels1123]

@@Meetric1 I can probably record a video on my side with gwater1 if there's difficulty in replication, would be difficult to share though

[@Meetric1]

I tested those materials with gwater1 and gwater2, looks like gwater2 handles the materials fine vs gwater1 where they kind of just disappear

[@ItzaLukkeri]

I've been following your channel for over a year and though gwater was always impressive, it always kinda felt like "It's water! (but in gmod)". Whereas now it feels more like "It's water!". This is genuinely insane

[@yavuzhannnn]

I can't wait for this. A good suggestion I have is that GWater should detect the water on the map and work compatitible with it. For example collide with the water on the map and NOT get inside/below the water on the map.

[@revertfellpapyrusfandeunde4380]

That kinda sounds truly impossible

[@yavuzhannnn]

@@revertfellpapyrusfandeunde4380 Maybe it is? After all, he have done many imposibble things with Source, I hope he figures it out.

[@revertfellpapyrusfandeunde4380]

@@yavuzhannnn same

[@javierfito5077]

I think it should have a check toggle if you want gwater to disapear when it goes in map water

[@Meetric1]

rn it collides on the water like its solid which probably isnt what you asked for but its as close as I am going to get to built in water support

[@Y2K4Y]

The drop at 3:26 is amazing to see. Incredible work as always!

[@zureroomsoesheh8026]

Brah its soo satisfying

[@realalphas]

Looks unbelievable for gmod! Second part looks like a good mechanic for paint ball = )

[@lordmarum]

The goo physics are outstanding! And those reflections are looking awesome

[@weirdalchemy]

This looks phenomenal

[@p5ychodel]

Every time I think that it's gonna be hard for you to surprize me after what I already saw you doing - you manage to surpass all my expectations! It's amasing seing you improove even more with each new mod/update

[@zureroomsoesheh8026]

I didnt think you could make this even better 🤯

[@AverageMichaelJordans]

This is looking great! You're about at the same level as the water physics you'd find in some of those old GPU tech demos. And that GUI also looks great!

[@CaptainTak]

this is genuinely incredible.

[@brickjuice2129]

This is really impressive can't wait too see what you make next.

[@nokmiomi]

It's really worth the wait!

[@Noxedwin]

There is something very satisfying about just launching this stuff at the wall and watching it just _splat there like congealed porridge._ I maintain what I said in a comment in an earlier video - this is the "go back in time and show a Pilgrim your smartphone, and watch his head explode" meme, and the 'Pilgrim' in this case is 'everyone who grew up with the Source Engine'. Actual witchcraft. You will finish this project, and then you will be delivered to God on a burning pyre for your witchcraft.

[@TheFrizkyFrog]

insane

[@Ciretako]

Yay Mee and go Spanky ♥ Your work is really cool!

[@pockpock6382]

there we go!! nice normals ;) edit: holy crap that menu ist so useful!! and the non transparent version is cool!! amazing work!!

[@acres118]

This is just straight up the best thing I’ve ever seen in gmod

[@Pickelhaube808]

the cohesion is beautiful 🥲

[@RamenPoweredShitFactory]

Wow, that gel demonstration is incredible

[@ac-Lukesbiggestfan]

YOU ARE WITNESSING HISTORY

[@MissFazzington]

Literally revolutionary

[@codingidiot6754]

this is by far the most impressive thing ive seen on your channel thus far

[@steplayz]

OH MY GOD YOU ARE A MAGICIAN I REMEMBER THINKING GWATER 1 WAS SUPER REALISTIC AND NOW THIS??? REALTIME FLUID SIMULATIONS ARE INSANE THIS IS AWESOME

[@olegmoki]

Reminds me of jelly, but still you did a great job! I like how it shines and sticks to walls. Also reminds me of water in late 2000's - early 2010's games, well duh because gmod is also that old, but this water is really good for its age, it's even better than that. Big improvement

[@StiekemeHenk]

Hey nice, you fixed the viewmodel z-order :D

[@AndroChimera]

omg 100% better, this looks amazing now.

[@mono_si]

Lookin' pretty!

[@Thomas-8058]

This is incredible

[@destroy1440]

It's more and more like real water, very gorgeous

[@y2or873]

HOLY SHIT DUDE GREAT JOB

[@pennyjim5671]

That menu's looking pretty purty. I don't remember if we've seen it like that, but It caught my eye

[@janiowy2137]

I can't wait to see it in the workshop

[@Zeazy]

holy shit this is amazing

[@p31ot4]

This is insanely impressive

[@Lynx-rg4mh]

I want to see a gamemode where the player's goal is to just paint a building. Like Powerwash Simulator. But instead of cleaning, its making a mess with fun tools of varying sizes and complexity.

[@MCSteve_]

oh you fixed the view model draw order, awesome. everything is coming together quite nicely! amusing how a little bit of fancier phong lighting makes such a difference in selling the look. it would be crazy if there are different types of particles to simulate different types of effects like foam, sorta like the flip fluid model... this is prob crazy tho lmaooo

[@Meetric1]

dude I spent like 4 hours trying to fix the viewmodel only to realize I needed to use “PreDrawWeapons” instead of “PreDrawWeapon”

[@MCSteve_]

LMAOOOO, god forsake this api... i have not touched gmod dev in years and this sent a whiplash

[@hazard2463]

Looks amazing! Reminds me of the gel from Portal 2.

[@Meetric1]

That was the inspiration

[@LifeSucksAndWeAllKnowThat]

very watery looking nice

[@Cherrie_The_Furry]

I'm loving this so much, so far, hopefully the particles and stuff can go through and work with your portals mod, anyway GG :)

[@MalcolmReynoldsfromDarkSouls]

this is really nice

[@johnjohnson7500]

Just watched the previous video this morning and wondered how fast you will fix the visuals xD

[@atlas-40437]

Mathematical👍👍👍

[@TheZombersLMAO]

Holy shit the visuals are insane And the view model clipping seems to be fixed

[@Alexxalla]

can you make it so there is an option to bounce higher on the water because it really looks like the blue gel from portal

[@Meetric1]

maybe

[@Palexite]

This look so much better holy shit.

[@Chaxlotl]

it looks nice youre really good at making cool stuff in gmod

[@JohnIsPlaying]

this is the perfect mod to finally make my idea of crushing gman a reality!

[@MillywiggZ]

Looking good. With the size of those water droplets they could be a hazard for a first-person Pikmin mod. Or maybe even lava.

[@darkgamer7063]

idk how u managed to do it all, but im rlly impressed by it

[@carioceco2315]

You're a genius

[@billymays8864]

BEAUTIFUL

[@billymays8864]

dont know too much about sources shader capabilities, but the only thing i would suggest added to the visual aspect of this is for it to get darker the further down the water goes

[@Meetric1]

Not easy but ill try

[@wut7977]

perfect !!

[@ze_glitchy_gamer7629]

Oooooo nice!

[@scoobis7208]

Amazing

[@myssledissle]

Hey, Mee, daily reminder that the quote "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" exists for a reason. Though your reason is a good one

[@FrappuccinoAlfredo]

Wowzers

[@sonofmeh3182]

The goop is awesome

[@Stane_FR]

Holy shit that's impressive

[@aleksasimovic2985]

whatever black magic was used to make this, it looks really good

[@Chaxlotl]

HOT

[@HYPE7799]

now thats look phenomenal, i was thinking if you could change the spheres of water to like some random shapes for more realistic look, cuz like the blob thing looks with less 'balls'

[@Meetric1]

spheres are the easiest to calculate and are very cheep. other geometric shapes like ellipsoids are more difficult

[@TRUFANATIC]

wow! just wow

[@saplemyrup]

Mega cool.

[@thecat3428]

good job on the water

[@cndvdxyhjblbilg]

Holy shit bro that looks so good dude I was the guy that recommended the bottle that breaks and gwater comes out of it 👍

[@Meetric1]

lol nice

[@HankRichard]

And that was the moment that gparticles became gwater

[@crimester]

-you should make them slightly displace the image behind them based on the overall screen-space surface normal- edit : oop they already do do that, the compression makes it really hard to make out tho

[@schrimblo]

HEYY YOU FIXED IT!!

[@schrimblo]

plus added spec lighting, nice

[@shadow-me]

Mee is the future of water in video games

[@ac-Lukesbiggestfan]

YES YES YES YES YES

[@mOOse_25]

I’m going to show this to my kids when I’m 40 This is amazing Edit: 2:03 I just got to this part, my boi made whipped cream

[@krocon]

Holy fck this is so cool

[@olegmoki]

Wooooah

[@rsenjoyer7706]

He's becoming too powerful for us meer mortals to comprehend.

[@smugcat44]

ITS HAPPENING!

[@zing3647]

that is fukin amazing

[@judlex7300]

Bro the gel looks so good that i 💦

[@Kuronicle_]

This is incredible, I personally adore the goop physics. I wonder if someone could make a map of gm_construct that removes all the base water from the lake; making the lake empty, and you fill the entire lake with gwater, that would be awesome, though it would probably be too laggy.

[@Meetric1]

if the radius is big enough it probably works

[@themechbuilder6171]

its starting to look like water! i still see some orbeez.. so far so good!

[@xtrat_]

god damn it genuinely looks like water

[@PavltheRobot]

That's cool

[@gabrielnobrev]

"the perfect sequel doesn't exi-"

[@Wodgedev]

this looks so sick option/other compatible mod for characters to bleed with Gwater2 would be epic

[@Meetric1]

I played with damage detection + spawning particles and it didnt turn out that bad

[@Brongersmai]

Wow!!

[@NealjanYT]

thats impressive af! i guess the most realistic look would now be the smaller the "water balls" and higher the quantity the more itd look like water, maybe its possible to create a similar effect with these? like making them stick even more together and seemless somehow or having it change to some kind of droplet looking thingy when its in the air? or what about having individual balls bend?

[@johanbjorkman1914]

Yeah it would be nice if droplets with nothing above them split into smaller droplets.

[@Meetric1]

Its missing 3 things rn, diffuse particles, depth fog, and specular. once these are added it will look better

[@AshlyTheWolfy]

The Water Is now WATER

[@Ben_19M]

holy crap this is so legit

[@ChipboardDev]

bro is reinventing the nvidia flex demo in gmod

[@ravenmillieweikel3847]

To improve to effect, the particles could be skewed and stretched depending on the position of particles around it. This would give the illusion of surface tension while also making it look less like a bunch of balls.

[@vivious_]

dammn bro i cant wait to get my hands on this

[@vivious_]

do you reckon its possible to make weapon impacts cause the water to move? similar to nvidia physx in some games?

[@Meetric1]

Probably

[@ThatDumbYoutubeUser]

i hope we get to change the water color in-game, that would be fun

[@Meetric1]

Seems likely to be a thing

[@Dorpz]

goddamn that's amazing, you should make stuff for s&box

[@Meetric1]

I dont plan on it, community is too toxic + im banned from the game anyways

[@dingo-gorditas]

2:02 when the gloop go off!!!!!!! also will depth darkening be a thing? like depending on how deep the water is it gets darker/lighter

[@Meetric1]

Unlikely but ill try

[@Dichete]

you can even turn it in some kind of slime? so cool!

[@sword0115]

It looks so realistic now

[@-inputoutput]

finally, my mighty morphin power rangers ivan ooze mod will be complete

[@FluffyWolfLord]

You somehow made portal 2 gel that looks better then portal 2 gel that's amazing