Source SDK - Fog

TUTORIAL STAGES
0:00 - Introduction
0:16 - env_fog_controller creation (Fog in the distance)
0:33 - env_fog_controller properties and what they do
1:30 - How to get fog working with a sky_camera entity (3D skybox)
1:48 - func_dustcloud (Fog in a certain area of your map)
2:34 - ???

http://www.3kliksphilip.co.uk/tutorials_sdk_full.html

Just a couple of points,
*Fluffy fog is NOT what it's technically called (obviously). I guess that 'volumetric' would be more correct.
*Making it spawn 300 a second WILL damage the framerates in your map, I just used it for tutorial purposes because I wanted it to look pretty.

I talk about env_fog_controller and func_dustcloud in this tutorial.

Captions are now added to this tutorial, so you can make sense of it, even with the volume off.

Please let me know if there are any horrible problems with this tutorial, I kind of got bored of the dull blue colour scheme and didn't analyse it as rigorously as usual.

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Gaming

Tags:

• fog
• source
• sdk
• hammer
• tutorial
• env_fog_controller
• func_dustcloud

[sup3rt0aster]

Hello good people of youtube :) My name is Oskar and I have just started my first serius mod, but i have a problem. I need more people on my modding team. i need someone who knows C++ and someone who is familliar with modeling and animating, and if there is someone out there who has had experience with sound and/or texture design that would be great :D pm me or contact me on Steam if you are interested, my steam user-name is sup3rt0aster :) (ps the mod is named metu caligine, its a horror mod :D

[3kliksphilip]

@sup3rt0aster And... what exactly are YOU doing on the mod?

[enilc]

Is there at tutorial for the coastline-type large body of water? I've seen the tuturials for small pools of water...but the coastline effect in this vid is cool.

[3kliksphilip]

@enilc It's all just a trap. Turn around and there's nothing there.

Try experimenting with displacements, it takes time, effort and experience to get cliffs and coastal areas looking right.

[3kliksphilip]

@SavvaMadar Oh that wasn't me, that was James Luke. He does EVERYTHING wrong. I wouldn't do such a silly mistake, since I'm clevere.

[drytaffin]

When I put some fog near water, even at 300 particles/second I have a big problem: No tree come out of the water :-(

[PizzarooThePizza]

Dude, what is it with you and evil trees?

[AwesomeRudi51]

@MetallicDoom16 no

[xweert711]

@sup3rt0aster Hey, I can make you music! Is that good enough? I'm also a skilled mapper now. (The ones on my channel are old.)

[Vordwann]

@sup3rt0aster exactly. nobody likes an idea person :P

[JOEGANAUT64]

@3kliksphilip maybe hes doing the level design? whaa.

[mahmahmahlol]

just have to say you have the perfect voice for this

[MetallicDoom16]

@MetallicDoom16 because i am making a wasteland type map

[MetallicDoom16]

can func_dustcloud be affected by an env_wind entity?

[GameReviewer1987]

I have a normal problem with fog (The one where it's done improperly). I need the color value for the fog to work. I have it on sky_day01_09. Help would be appreciated! Thanks, in advance if you help me.