Imitating A Rainy Night

Ricebug on 9/3/2017 at 18:22

I've been toying with the idea of replicating rainy city streets at night. Sort of like this one:

Inline Image:

http://www.bogadocious.com/temp/nite.png

For the .MTL file, I chose an animated .GIF:

Inline Image:

http://www.bogadocious.com/temp/rain.gif

I don't know enough about MTL params to know if it can even be pulled off. Recommendations? Some samples would be nice.

Tannar on 9/3/2017 at 20:45

There were a couple of recent threads about the MTL textures, but I can't remember the specifics. One of them had a nice video preview. I think it was GORT, but I might be wrong. I'm sure someone will know. And ZB showed off some stuff he'd done, I thought, but it might not be related to what you want. My memory isn't what it used to be. But we used Necrobob's animated waterdrop texture in Waterfront Racket. Russ can give you the specifics.

Ricebug on 12/3/2017 at 00:52

Animated GIFs won't work. At least not as an environmental map. Has to be a static texture.

ZylonBane on 12/3/2017 at 01:18

You could probably use a static environment map for the base reflection, then an animated texture for the drop impacts.

Ricebug on 12/3/2017 at 01:52

How can I save that GIF into 16 individual frames? I've tried several paint apps but none offer that export ability.

EnYB0La on 12/3/2017 at 02:13

Quote Posted by Ricebug

How can I save that GIF into 16 individual frames? I've tried several paint apps but none offer that export ability.

You could use Jasc Animation Shop: (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Editors/Animation-Shop.shtml)
Or the GIF editor of ScreenToGif: (http://www.screentogif.com/)

Inline Image:

http://www.screentogif.com/screenshots/Editor-Empty.png