First of all, Yes I have read the manual!

It says that I can choose mat_sanddry for beach, where the hell is mat_sandry?

Its certainly not in the list of available materials in "edit surface textures"!

In the Terrain Layers editor is has an option to change the water color. How do I do this currently when I click on it nothing happens.

Thanks.

ok i know the sand textureis there ive used it b4 cant find it atm sorry about that.

But the sea texture not a prob. Go to the terrain editor tab, click on the environment button under the shaders scetion of the drop down menu, higlight the water section under shaders by clicking on it, then click on the button that pops up then select a shader u wan. Ive found a couple to not work properly and sometimes crash sandbox so save before u play around with the shaders.

Thanks Ice for asking that ?..I was wondering where that mat_sanddry was too..Its not in my drop down list either?.......I've been using mat_default or whatever the heck it's called

If you had used the "Find" function to look for mat_sanddry, you would have found this. It's also in the FAQ that was just released.

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I'm sorry, but getting these materials into the list isn't a simple process. The only way I know is to select a brush, such as the GLM brushes, and this will automatically place any materials used in that brush into the Surface Types Settings list of Material Names. For example, if you double click the wooden3 type bridge brush, in the Bridge folder of the Outdoor brush directory, you will get the mat_wood_heavy and mat_wood_thin materials added to the list. If I find a better way, I will let you know, otherwise you will have to wait until there is a patch.

aka Tim Partlett

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you could also try downloading the .stf and .lay files from my website, I put together a little pack of SufaceMaterials and Layers 'exports' from some of the official singleplayer levels...

just download em, import em into sandbox and voila... mat_sand (and many others) will be available for you to use

cheers

Mike

www.madewithpixels.co.uk
www | multimedia | 3d | panorama

Thanks Mike I needed that! Go to the Ubisoft/Crytech page and contact one of them, I'll bet they'll host your file.

Why can't I select the water color?

Yeah, I've got the same problem. When I click on Set water color, nothing happens. Why? Why should I do? How do I change the water color?

Change it in "Environment" then apply...




@ Mickieluv... Do you have a link to those nice layer files, please?
I tried a site search and got...
"Your search - .lay site:www.madewithpixels.co.uk - did not match any documents"

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Thanks, I forgot to push the apply button

It's often the lil' things that make a difference...

is that sandbox hard to use and what can you do with it

"How difficult" depends upon intelligence & "what can it do" depends upon imagination...

If you know lua's &/or c++, SB can do pretty much anything you want...
If you don't... you can create large gaming environments, including any custom objects/characters/textures you desire!
Basically "what can you do?"

well if i play around with sandbox long enough ill pick it up.