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	== Creating water ==		== Creating water ==
	# Choose '''Functional > Create Water'''.		# Choose '''Functional > Create Water'''.
	# Drag a rectangle on the ground: the surface is created at the height you clicked. Or just click for an 8 by 8 m surface ~~centred~~ there.		# Drag a rectangle on the ground: the surface is created at the height you clicked. Or just click for an 8 by 8 m surface centerd there.
	# Shape it with '''Paint Water Surface''' (below).		# Shape it with '''Paint Water Surface''' (below).

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	== Water surface inspector ==		== Water surface inspector ==
	{{Property table start}}		{{Property table start}}
	{{Property row\|name=Shallow Color\|type=~~Colour~~\|default=teal\|desc=The ~~colour~~ of shallow water.}}		{{Property row\|name=Shallow Color\|type=Color\|default=teal\|desc=The color of shallow water.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Deep Color\|type=~~Colour~~\|default=dark blue\|desc=The ~~colour~~ it deepens to.}}		{{Property row\|name=Deep Color\|type=Color\|default=dark blue\|desc=The color it deepens to.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Water Tint\|type=~~Colour~~\|default=White\|desc=A tint over the whole surface.}}		{{Property row\|name=Water Tint\|type=Color\|default=White\|desc=A tint over the whole surface.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Depth Distance\|type=~~Metres~~, 0.1 to 50\|default=6\|desc=How deep the water must be to reach the Deep Color.}}		{{Property row\|name=Depth Distance\|type=Meters, 0.1 to 50\|default=6\|desc=How deep the water must be to reach the Deep Color.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Flow Speed\|type=0 to 2\|default=0.15\|desc=How fast the surface pattern moves.}}		{{Property row\|name=Flow Speed\|type=0 to 2\|default=0.15\|desc=How fast the surface pattern moves.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Grid Size\|type=~~Metres~~ (X, Z)\|default=10 by 10\|desc=The size of the surface.}}		{{Property row\|name=Grid Size\|type=Meters (X, Z)\|default=10 by 10\|desc=The size of the surface.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Resolution\|type=2 to 129\|default=33\|desc=How finely the surface is divided for painting.}}		{{Property row\|name=Resolution\|type=2 to 129\|default=33\|desc=How finely the surface is divided for painting.}}
	{{Property table end}}		{{Property table end}}
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	== Water volume inspector ==		== Water volume inspector ==
	{{Property table start}}		{{Property table start}}
	{{Property row\|name=Size\|type=~~Metres~~ (X, Y, Z)\|default=10, 4, 10\|desc=The box's size.}}		{{Property row\|name=Size\|type=Meters (X, Y, Z)\|default=10, 4, 10\|desc=The box's size.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Exclude\|type=Check box\|default=Off\|desc=Off: the box is water. On: the box is kept dry, whatever surfaces or other volumes say.}}		{{Property row\|name=Exclude\|type=Check box\|default=Off\|desc=Off: the box is water. On: the box is kept dry, whatever surfaces or other volumes say.}}
	{{Property row\|name=Shallow Color, Deep Color, Water Tint, Depth Distance\|type=\|default=as for surfaces\|desc=The look of the surface drawn on its top.}}		{{Property row\|name=Shallow Color, Deep Color, Water Tint, Depth Distance\|type=\|default=as for surfaces\|desc=The look of the surface drawn on its top.}}

TeamSpecBot: Level Editor: Water surfaces and water volumes page

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Level Editor: Water surfaces and water volumes page

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{{Entity infobox
| name = Water
| menu = Functional > Create Water, Add Water Volume (override), Paint Water Surface
| what = Water surfaces you paint into shape, and boxes that add or remove water
| exported = yes
}}
Water in a map is made of two things:
* A '''water surface''': the water you see. You create it, then paint where it covers and how high it sits. The space between the surface and the ground below it is water that players swim in.
* A '''water volume''': a box that adds water exactly where it is (a tank, a stacked pool), or with '''Exclude''' on, keeps a space dry (an air pocket or cave under a lake). An exclude volume wins over everything else.

== Creating water ==
# Choose '''Functional > Create Water'''.
# Drag a rectangle on the ground: the surface is created at the height you clicked. Or just click for an 8 by 8 m surface centred there.
# Shape it with '''Paint Water Surface''' (below).

== Painting a water surface ==
# Select a water surface and choose '''Functional > Paint Water Surface''' (''Tool: Water Paint'').
# Drag on the surface. The keys are the same as the sculpt brushes:
#* {{Key|1}} Raise, {{Key|2}} Lower, {{Key|3}} Smooth, {{Key|4}} Flatten: change the water's height (a creek bed that drops, a level pond).
#* {{Key|9}} removes water coverage and {{Key|0}} adds it back: paint where there is water and where there is not.
#* {{Key|[}} / {{Key|]}} change the brush size, {{Key|Shift}}+{{Key|[}} / {{Key|]}} its strength.

Select one water surface with the Move tool to get arrows on its edges: drag one to extend or trim that side.

== Adding a water volume ==
# Choose '''Functional > Add Water Volume (override)'''.
# Drag a box. It is water, with a water surface drawn on its top face.
# Tick '''Exclude''' to make it a dry pocket instead.

Resize it with its handles or the Scale tool. '''View > Show Water Volumes''' shows or hides the boxes.

== Water surface inspector ==
{{Property table start}}
{{Property row|name=Shallow Color|type=Colour|default=teal|desc=The colour of shallow water.}}
{{Property row|name=Deep Color|type=Colour|default=dark blue|desc=The colour it deepens to.}}
{{Property row|name=Water Tint|type=Colour|default=White|desc=A tint over the whole surface.}}
{{Property row|name=Depth Distance|type=Metres, 0.1 to 50|default=6|desc=How deep the water must be to reach the Deep Color.}}
{{Property row|name=Flow Speed|type=0 to 2|default=0.15|desc=How fast the surface pattern moves.}}
{{Property row|name=Grid Size|type=Metres (X, Z)|default=10 by 10|desc=The size of the surface.}}
{{Property row|name=Resolution|type=2 to 129|default=33|desc=How finely the surface is divided for painting.}}
{{Property table end}}

== Water volume inspector ==
{{Property table start}}
{{Property row|name=Size|type=Metres (X, Y, Z)|default=10, 4, 10|desc=The box's size.}}
{{Property row|name=Exclude|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=Off: the box is water. On: the box is kept dry, whatever surfaces or other volumes say.}}
{{Property row|name=Shallow Color, Deep Color, Water Tint, Depth Distance|type=|default=as for surfaces|desc=The look of the surface drawn on its top.}}
{{Property table end}}

== Tips ==
* Water in the [[Level Editor/Entities/3D Skybox|3D skybox]] miniature shows as water in the skybox, but nothing can swim in it.
* A water surface is visual and swimmable but has no collision of its own: put a floor (brush, terrain or displacement) under it.

== Related pages ==
* [[Level Editor/Tools/Terrain|Terrain]]
* [[Level Editor/Menus/Functional|Functional menu]]

{{Level Editor nav}}

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[[Category:Level Editor entities]]

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