not sure if this is just how water works or what.. certainly not how it works irl. complete reflection instead of partial.
#AMD visual bug with seeing out of water's surface
lyric plank
ivory flicker
are you referring to snell's window?
we simulate proper refraction angles, irl when underwater they call it snell's window.
It's realistic, but no other game does it realistically because it requires to be fully ray-traced (like this game is).. so I understand the confusion.
lyric plank
the second I go bellow the surface I can't see anything in the sky at all - is this too fancy
is this a "my whole life is a lie" moment.. haha
ivory flicker
yeah it's the snell's window... you only see a certain angle above you, then it's just reflection of whatever is underwater
ivory flicker
is this a "my whole life is a lie" moment.. haha
haha maybe!
lyric plank
I need to go outside more thats crazy
ivory flicker
Welcome to Archean!
will flag this as "not a bug" then
Apparently, fish use that phenomenon to hunt for other fish, they can see them even if hidden beind something
lyric plank
but like
if there are like 10mm of water between me and the sky
this still happens
ivory flicker
yes, and even more so
your snell's window is a specific angle, so a smaller window when closer to the surface
it's not a opacity thing, it's really an refraction thing
light changes direction as soon as it changes medium (from air to water and vice versa)
lyric plank
that's so weird
when I'm underwater I'm generally not looking up I'm diving for things
I am getting some irl footage of this
thats so cool
ivory flicker
I bet you wanna go take a swim irl now to try and experience this for real
lyric plank
yea
ivory flicker
report back on here once you did that 🙂