What to do with SWATERx flats?

Despite being limited by the vanilla target, we actually have room for one more animated set of flats. The engine supports SWATER1-4.

If we get an extra animation, what should it be? Preferably something other than water.

Maybe bubbling mud or something like a floor light?
Hell. Why not Quicksand? We do have Egyptian themed textures for plutonia or so, no?

Some choices.

Mystical teleport pads (like heretic).
Monitors.
Animated lights.
Enginerys.
Ice/Glass whit animated water below.
Some TNT like switchs animated to floor. (like in Epic)

Protox said:

Some TNT like switchs animated to floor. (like in Epic)

They don't have to be animated to resemble switches though.

Also we've got the Aquatex texture pack now, so the following options are available:
Lava
Nukage
Green water
Blue water
Dirty(?) water
Electricity/whatever it is

I'd say the Lava from aquatex then.


Wait.. shit. you're right. we already have lava.

No, we already have lava flats. If we take anything from Aquatex, my suggestion is the electricity.

I'm also leaning towards electricity, cause its different and unique from Doom.
So, is that final?

Protox said:

Ice/Glass whit animated water below.

I'd like to see this made.

Voros said:

I'm also leaning towards electricity, cause its different and unique from Doom.
So, is that final?

Sure, why not?

BTW, please check your private messages.

Alright then, AQELEC it is.

Is SWATER Doom 2 specific, Doom 1 specific, or both?

Short answer: Both.

Long answer: Animated textures and flats are hardcoded into the engine and work with both games, no restrictions (unlike actors, where Doom 2 stuff is specifically blacklisted from being in Doom 1 in vanilla). In fact, the SWATER flats are from the Doom 1 beta.

Blastfrog said:

Short answer: Both.

That's all I need to hear.

But will they actually animate? Or will they fall under the same realm of vanilla Doom 2's waterfall issue?

SuperSomariDX said:

But will they actually animate? Or will they fall under the same realm of vanilla Doom 2's waterfall issue?

What issue? I haven't tested it but I thought the waterfall worked just fine. At least, it did in Final Doom.

Sorry. Misinformation on my end. Lack of sleep. ^^;

Maybe you should test it out. See if the SWATER flats really work in vanilla Doom, at least properly that is.

Why woudn't they? They're no different from other animated flats.

Just to be on the safe side.

Of course they work, and there wasn't really a need to question it, but here is a test wad anyway.

Alright thanks. Added SWATER to my branch along with many Aquatex textures.

I couldn't help myself, but I had to see how this thing would look like: