hi i am going to learn to create the water in 3d max which i hope looks real water.  :) no idea how to do,!

thanks

Jonny

In Max 2009, you can use a Plane with either the Promaterials:Water or Arch & Design material with the water preset as the material.  Works pretty well, but sometimes needs a little tweaking depending on the scene. 

If this doesn’t work, maybe tell us a little more about the details of your scene.

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This question has come up a few times, try a search, Eg:-
http://area.autodesk.com/for...a8efdc9116f8fa9d3711248b/

thank you soo much i will read them tomorrow :)

Go check out or buy the book “Deconstructing the Elements” by Pete Draper. By far one of the best investments I have ever made. It will give you a step by step for creating both Stormy and Calm seas. Goes over everything from Modeling to texturing.

Also has a bunch of other great step by step guides in it for all sorts of Mother Nature’s Fury.

EDIT: You can even go to Google books and search for this book. It shows 4-5 pages from the tutorial for creating a rough sea. Just to give you an idea about the book.

Deconstructing The Elements

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hi, you can also try reactor water. It allows you to simulate some water effects

wow thank you Chris Medeck and other visitors i am soo glad that i find what i am wrong . hehe oh by the way i am trying to use Caustics Funciton to make it looks better and i use sunlight system as the generator of caustics and the plane with water material as the receiver of caustics, and also i put an object in the water and check both box generator and receiver of caustics,(till now i don’t know how to use i checked the help document , but it didn’t tell me how to use it ) and it give me error window as below

RCGI 0.4 error 361053: no photons stored after emitting 1000000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62): canceling emission job
RCGI 0.4 warn 362004: no photons stored after emitting 10000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62)
RCGI 0.3 error 361053: no photons stored after emitting 1000000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62): canceling emission job
RCGI 0.5 warn 362004: no photons stored after emitting 10000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62)
RCGI 0.4 error 361053: no photons stored after emitting 1000000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62): canceling emission job
RCGI 0.4 warn 362004: no photons stored after emitting 10000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62)
RCGI 0.5 error 361053: no photons stored after emitting 1000000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62): canceling emission job
RCGI 0.5 warn 362004: no photons stored after emitting 10000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62)
RCGI 0.4 error 361053: no photons stored after emitting 1000000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62): canceling emission job
RCGI 0.4 warn 362004: no photons stored after emitting 10000 photons from light “Sun02|Light” (tag b62)

hehe and i used to try reactor water, still dont know how to use it , it just a plane like object and can’t be render . thank you

:)

Jonny

If you are just planning to create a still image of the ocean, then I would not worry about Reactor Water. Reactor water is great if you are going to be creating an animation of an object interacting with the water, like a boat moving through the ocean.

As far as the error that you are getting, I don’t work with caustics a lot, so I will let someone else that is more experienced answer that part.

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by the way i am trying to use Caustics Funciton to make it looks better and i use sunlight system as the generator of caustics and the plane with water material as the receiver of caustics, and also i put an object in the water and check both box generator and receiver of caustics

The water should generate caustics and other objects recieve them. Try some tutorials:-
http://area.autodesk.com/for...60f7d7fa2b0bd9cdf0412bf5/

thank you Benjamin Utley and samab, i jut made it , the caustics wan’t hit anything , hehe i try and try and try , then got it , thank you samab , about the reactor water, could you tell me some tricks Benjamin Utley :)

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH

JONNY

PS by the way, people say alt+x will make the object translucent but in 3d max design 2009 it seams lost the funciton. is there any way to get it ?

The reactor water is a space warp, to render it you must make a plane and bind it to the water, you will need rigid bodies to interact with it.
Read up on the reactor help and tutorials.