Water transparency question

[Jordan8211]

Is there a possible way to make water transparent through the console?

[Grim]

Long ago, I seem to remember a r_wateralpha or gl_wateralpha

Add a 1 or 0 at the end of it. 1 = on, 0 = off.

Someone correct me. I think it was gl_wateralpha 0 to mak eit transparent. I'm sure I botched this up.

[Jordan8211]

Hm, is it supposed to make a confirmation after you hit enter?

[Grim]

No. But if your staring at the water, say in CTF1, the changes would be instant.

[R00k]

r_wateralpha 0.5 (value can be 0 to 0.9)
r_novis 1

[Jordan8211]

Does this work for all clients? I'm mainly using joequake.

[R00k]

ya, but u cant see items thru water unless the map is vis'ed.

[Jordan8211]

And how would I go about getting vis'ed maps?

[foq]

YOU don't need vissed maps if you're using r_novis 1. The server needs vissed maps. Don't worry about it.

[Jordan8211]

Thanks

[Canadian*Sniper]

YOU don't need vissed maps if you're using r_novis 1. The server needs vissed maps. Don't worry about it.

ugh let me correct these statements.

r_novis is a server reliant command. If it's 1 then any client on the server can use the r_wateralpha command to see through the water properly. The maps do not need to be vis'd. If the server doesn't use r_novis 1, then you won't be able to see mdls thru water

[ORL]

Unless you have powerful space-age NASA computer, its normally not a good idea to have r_novis 1 on. Because what it does is eliminate the vis calculations of a map, and therefore, the entire map will be drawn, even in areas you can't see. And this can have either a small, or very large impact on fps, depending on the map.

Besides, most maps now-a-days are vissed for transparent water, so using r_novis 1 isn't even necessary anymore.

[Jordan8211]

Does it matter if I'm just playing single player? Just type r_wateralpha 0.9 into the console and hit enter, right?

[PapaSmurf]

type r_wateralpha 0.5 and type r_novis 1

you need r_novis 1, and you can adjust r_wateralpha between 0 and 1 to set your taste.

[foq]

All of ID's maps should work fine, and most custom ones too.
*ORL's maps suck with r_novis 1