Water distortion effect

Is there a way to make an object with the water distortion effect affect the objects it's overlapping?

I have a water sprite, and when the player (and anything else) enter the water, it get's the distortion effect. If it's only partially submerged, only a part is affected, etc

Did you try giving the player (or the family of submersibles) the effect, then dynamically changing a parameter whenever it's over the water?

sqiddster Yes, but this will make the effect on sprite entirely, even if it is only half on water

True, true. Hmm, you may have to write your own masking water shader, then! If you do, be sure to share it ;)

Using glass + tint + water could work.

Example:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9oixgq08wv70l8t/PartWaterDemo.capx

Edit -> This is a buggy example but could be used as a starting point.

sqiddster I wont, I'm too dumb

thehen That will do, didn't know glass did that

Hey,

how could i use the parameters for the water effect

ash1221

This is how I set it up: http://d.pr/i/80tD

(pixellate effect is optional)

The 'water' effect is a bit of a red herring. I found the best looking water to be made using some kind of complicated combinations of 'glass', 'lens' (for things creating waves in the water like a rock falling into a lake and creating a wave that dissipates outwards), and 'warp' and regular semi transparent layers, then its just a matter of layering objects properly. I'm currently working on trying to produce some decent looking water in a performance friendly way.