This is how skyrim waters should have looked like : V

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:59 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d07mhCYZyW0

Looks much much more natural and better overall.

UPDATE: New version is out with 2 new variations to choose from. Should help those that didn't like the normal one

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:12 pm

looks nice but the water seems too still, even in the rivers and next to the waterfalls

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:57 pm

nvm.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:58 am

maybe provide a link to the mod?

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:16 pm

Skyrims water is phenominal. It's beautiful.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:11 pm

Well people erotically asphyxiate themselves in batman costumes so ninja turtles getup?

They both look great. The mod looks like the water is just calmer. :shrug:

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:21 pm

i like it...

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:17 pm

I prefer the Realistic Water mod.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:05 am

not really. matter of taste i guess

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:45 pm

You serious bro? the second water looks exactly like oblivion water.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:16 am

Skyrim water looks amazing, wouldn't want to change it, looks so real right now. That water looks too calm personally.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:10 pm

I actually like the normal one more.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:45 am

Imo both would be good for different area's.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:55 pm

Skyrim's water is shallow... the mod version looks like deep water (still waters run deep and all that). Both are right... also remember that Skyrim water is most likely ice runoff and that has minerals in it that make it glisten like the way it shows in the default vanilla.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:34 pm

One of the things I really like about the vanilla water is how it is set up to look like the water is actually roiling and babbling when really, all that's going on is two water planes are being cross-panned. That water texture is a masterpiece. Every water texture mod I've seen fails to accomplish that, and so the cross-panning Skyrim uses to animate the water is much more noticeable and the water animation looks forced.

The upside is this water mod makes it a lot easier to see the reflections. But I prefer vanilla to this one.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:05 pm

I like the vanilla one much better... It's gorgeous.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:44 am

I prefer vanilla, it looks rougher and faster. Also I don't like the little specks of reflection on the modded version.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:30 pm

Well it's a step in the right direction imo.

The vanilla water has little to no reflections on it aside from the sun.

Once the modders have it so it changes based on current it will look much better. It will definitely look better once the kit comes out though. It's just nice to see people working on this.

I prefer vanilla, it looks rougher and faster. Also I don't like the little specks of reflection on the modded version.

Water is supposed to reflect. Vanilla water looks great but all it had were sun reflections.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:25 am

There's a happy medium here somewhere. I agree that the vanilla is a tad too rough, but that mod's water is way too still.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:30 pm

No, because a lot of the rivers in Skyrim are rapids, so lots of foam makes sense.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:27 pm

The modded water looks kinda dull to me. I like the vivid feel of the Vanilla water even if it is overly animated. I don't require an over abundance of realism in this game. sometimes making it too realistic makes it too close to real life and I'm trying to get away from that when I'm playing this game, cause real life svcks. :thumbsdown:

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:57 am

Imo both would be good for different area's.

Agree here. It looks good, but makes the water look too still. Like with the water wheel, the moving water looked natural, and the still looked like crap around the wheel. However, the still water looked better around Solitide and the northern coast.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:31 pm

Agree here. It looks good, but makes the water look too still. Like with the water wheel, the moving water looked natural, and the still looked like crap around the wheel. However, the still water looked better around Solitide and the northern coast.

Agreed.

I'm sure the modder will improve that in later versions though. It was just released yesterday so give it time.

I'm personally going to keep my eye on it and continue using it. This is the same modder that made the awesome sun glare mod: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=116

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:37 pm

The water could be better but I'd rather have water walking.

» Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:34 pm

Both default water and that mods water have their places, some of those scenes looked much better with the vanilla water, the mill and the sea especially. A single look for water will never work for every area no matter how hard anyone tries. I'll stick to vanilla personally because the still waters clashed more heavily in the scenes where it should be turbulent then the vanilla water clashed with the calmer scenes.