Lets say i want to create some nice looking water in a 2d game with some nice riples that will effect a sky texture, which resembles to reflection of the water. Ive seen java do water in applets, i want to use it in canvas, yes i may need to be careful, because the difficult part is having the ripples scroll along with my tile-map.
I don’t know anything about water effects in java2d, but what is your question?
Well i may want to use a transparent blue texture along with a ‘sky’ texture as the reflection for some water.
using an effect like on this site:
I must say that effect just rulz ! It looks great and it is not made with too much code 
im just afraid of implmenting it on my tile map, having ONLY the water tiles do it, while scrolling. And about the shore lines… lol.
Heh…well dont be afraid…try doing it…btw do u really need that kind of effect?Maybe the question isnt appropriate, but still…maybe to try some animated water?
Well no, I dont NEED that effect, I will try, i just wanted to know if it was possible. Orginally I was going to just have animated water, but after i saw this and thought about it, I just MUST try this effect for water. I am pretty busy with school now especially with finals and stuff comming up, so I probably wont be doing any serious coding (or any at all) for the next 2 weeks.