oops, double post :whistling:

*triple post

OVER POST!!!






on topic- crysis water is the best for the game,although we need bigger/better waves. but that system involving thousands of particles as water isn't practical for skyrim.


i just hope that
A- water doesnt make me lag
B- water can have a different amount of noise (big waves on the coast, flatness on lakes, small ripples in large lakes
c- the water refracts right/well- possibly with some cool effects under/over the water

Which daedric ruin are you talking about in Morrowind?

You lie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1gummzdqOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olkj9AMBkYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COrt5KBbu3Y&feature=related

Hmm... yeah maybe you're right haha. It looks pretty, but I just found something that looks even prettier with rivers.
Look on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0cFQMoNjwQ&feature=related

Crysis's rivers are very nice, but I think they can be improved.
In any case, this water is literally 100 times better than Oblivion's flat blue soup.




I don't wanna spoil too much, but you can hear a rumour about it. It's on the somewhere on the western coast of Morrowind. It's a sunken daedric ruin, related to one of the most unique daedric quests I think.
I remember it being so awesome when I found it... hidden and forgotten things underwater that lead to great rewards later are pretty nice

If it's not better than http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/57416-1292843377.jpg http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/57416-1283518275.jpg http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/57416-1281636214.jpg http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/57416-1279661609.jpg http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/57416-1273230726.jpg I'd be disappointed.

I think we can safely hope or even assume that it will be better than that, most likely a lot better. Bethesda would be stabbing themselves in the ancle if they don't make the water pretty and realistic. With today's technology, it shouldn't make them sweat that much.

I wrote in another post that one of the reason(perhaps) Beth hasn't done Black Marsh yet is because they don't have the water physics technology. Anyways, since Skyrim is not a "Waterworld" as Black Marsh might be don't expect high-end water graphics anytime soon in ES.

The main thing I'm hoping for is that water actually has a Current to it and can move objects within it.

The recent XBLA game, Hydrophobia, had some AWESOME water based physics that made the water feel very life like, it'd move/push objects and react to things within it.
IE : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24yb8L_VEKo


As far as Graphics go, I always thought Silent Hunter 5 had some very very awesome water, you can see them good in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkl-5nZz9iw

Having water that look s like Silent Hunter 5 with the physics of Hydrophobia would be amazing imo.

One thing I do like about Oblivion's water better is that the surface reflections updated A LOT faster than MW.

Has Oblivion water always had real time reflections? I've only played Oblivion on the Xbox and I remember the water was really ugly.

One of the best ways to make water realistic is to make it http://growingupatkins.com/images/sparkly_water.jpg where the specular highlights would be, and use http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=225279 for the reflections.

Too often I see is really matte specular on water and it ends up looking like a big sheet of plastic.

yes the lakes and rivers will look awesome i could feel it! also, bethesda should change the name of fatigue potions, and name them "spring water" instead

This is more or less everything I was going to say, so, yeah, give me a reason to use that water breathing spell.

WereSharks

I want the water to go splish-splash splish-splash and that's really about it

Sea Drakes, not sure exactly how big they are but they're described as kind of a crocodile with fins instead of legs. They and sharks are both mentioned in 'The Infernal City' so, yeah, sharks are lore friendly and I think the drakes are supposed to be bigger.

The water is pretty awesome in Two worlds 2.. Well, all the environments are, but still.

Look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk5_kEwm6RY&feature=player_embedded#!

awesome ...

HOLY ....

I just hope the water looks "acceptable". Oblivion's water was atrocious, the reflections were jagged crap. Even early builds of Half Life 2 had better water reflections.

May, 2003
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/images/0/337/

April 2004
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2/images/0/305/

and monsters, and giant squids and dreugh and maybe some more monsters

GAHHHHHh :shocking:

wow, omg if they make water lame this time they should just stop making games forever.

I'm not impressed. Why? Because it's not real-time. But this is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU4vDIRcChE&feature=related

That has already been posted
But still amazing