Creating an Ocean

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 03-05-2007 , 11:29 PM

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Ive been wanting to create a fierce ocean, and am not sure how to go in doing this. In the maya help section it says that maya comes with an coean plane and shader, but it just says to go to fluid effects. In dynamics all I can find are Fire effects, smoke, fireworks, lightning, shatter, curve flow, and surface flow. Where do I go in getting the Ocean plane and shader?

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# 2 04-05-2007 , 02:12 AM

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hope this helps, post if you still need help user added image

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# 3 04-05-2007 , 02:18 AM

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I figured it should be that easy, but im currently using maya 8.5 and the fluid effects tab isnt there!?

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# 4 04-05-2007 , 02:26 AM

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Originally posted by kinddoggofwar
I figured it should be that easy, but im currently using maya 8.5 and the fluid effects tab isnt there!?

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just hit f5 in you maya window and the menu should change to the dynamics tab.

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# 5 04-05-2007 , 02:36 AM

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Im at the dynamics tab, but fluid effects isnt listed. I dont know what to go under to access it.

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# 6 04-05-2007 , 04:05 AM

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# 7 04-05-2007 , 10:54 AM

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no, just maya complete 8.5

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# 8 04-05-2007 , 11:09 AM

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Originally posted by kinddoggofwar
no, just maya complete 8.5

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You must have Maya Unlimited to create Fluid Effects.
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# 9 04-05-2007 , 11:36 AM

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Well that kinda sucks.... Is there any way I can make an ocean without using fluid effects?

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# 10 04-05-2007 , 11:39 AM

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Originally posted by kinddoggofwar
Well that kinda sucks.... Is there any way I can make an ocean without using fluid effects?

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You could possibly make a texture of an Ocean, but that would only be 2D.