Beaches

[brigantia]

Hi, new designer query...how are people creating great looking beaches as I'm trying to recreate a low tide estuary look?

[sroel908]

Mar 8, 2023 6:52:29 GMT -5 brigantia said:

Hi, new designer query...how are people creating great looking beaches as I'm trying to recreate a low tide estuary look?

This is a decent place to start, even though it's from 2K21: 

I think there's a double water plane trick that will remove that extra bit of land between the sand and water. Put a water plane up to the land, where it meets the water, and then drop another water plane slightly below the first one. That removes that extra bit of land that won't go away by just using bunkers or splines.

[bubbadave]

Mar 8, 2023 9:34:39 GMT -5 sroel908 said:

Mar 8, 2023 6:52:29 GMT -5 brigantia said:

Hi, new designer query...how are people creating great looking beaches as I'm trying to recreate a low tide estuary look?

This is a decent place to start, even though it's from 2K21: 

I think there's a double water plane trick that will remove that extra bit of land between the sand and water. Put a water plane up to the land, where it meets the water, and then drop another water plane slightly below the first one. That removes that extra bit of land that won't go away by just using bunkers or splines.

This is a good video on what Duff describes as "Bleeding Bunkers":

Here is my first take:

[sroel908]

Mar 8, 2023 13:24:02 GMT -5 bubbadave said:

Mar 8, 2023 9:34:39 GMT -5 sroel908 said:

This is a decent place to start, even though it's from 2K21: 

I think there's a double water plane trick that will remove that extra bit of land between the sand and water. Put a water plane up to the land, where it meets the water, and then drop another water plane slightly below the first one. That removes that extra bit of land that won't go away by just using bunkers or splines.

This is a good video on what Duff describes as "Bleeding Bunkers":

Here is my first take:

Yep, that's basically the double water plane trick I described above in action. You just place the water body below the existing one and that extra land goes away.

[ste814624]

Mar 8, 2023 13:38:07 GMT -5 sroel908 said:

Mar 8, 2023 13:24:02 GMT -5 bubbadave said:

This is a good video on what Duff describes as "Bleeding Bunkers":

Here is my first take:

Yep, that's basically the double water plane trick I described above in action. You just place the water body below the existing one and that extra land goes away.

So you just put a water body under the existing water?

[sroel908]

Mar 10, 2023 17:33:06 GMT -5 ste814624 said:

Mar 8, 2023 13:38:07 GMT -5 sroel908 said:

Yep, that's basically the double water plane trick I described above in action. You just place the water body below the existing one and that extra land goes away.

So you just put a water body under the existing water?

Yep, drop the water body just below it, like a couple feet or so. That should remove the extra land.

[BrendanOR123]

Note; this doesn’t work at sea level.
Top water plane has to be above it

[sroel908]

Mar 10, 2023 17:57:58 GMT -5 BrendanOR123 said:

Note; this doesn’t work at sea level.
Top water plane has to be above it

Yes, correct.

Sorry, I assumed the poster meant that the existing water was an already existing water plane.

It needs two water planes to work...hence it being called the "double water plane trick"!

:-)