[Release] Water

[Vidooo]

Hey guys does anyone know how I can get my water looking like this? :/







Well... what if I told you I know how? :)

Working over the past few days to improve the basic Vanilla water, this mod aims to be a texture (not shader) replacement that brings the flat texture a little closer to how retail is. Without reflections/refractions it doesn't look exact but I hope some people will still find it to their taste.

There are 2 versions available as an option to use, one includes only the textures while the other includes the textures and dbc files for cata water color + water visibility. Both are compatible with HD mod and Darker Nights and even just as standalone.


Darker Nights



Release:

DBC edited: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10zxEnR ... sp=sharing
Texture only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nrFd4G ... sp=sharing

Notice

I have decided to post the wip of what would've been the next version of this mod here. It is unfinished and anyone who would like to modify it and release it as they will has full permission to do so.

[Luke]

Looks very nice, are you the author? Thank you for sharing this.

[Vidooo]

I am indeed, tyvm and you're welcome!

[Huma]

it looks rly good my friend, nice mod

[Yuritsuki]

700MB just for water?

[Yuritsuki]

I've reoptimized the mpq and it's real size is 10MB.

[Theexpell]

Thank you, you don't know how many hours I have spent looking for a mod just like this. Good job it looks great!

[Vidooo]

Sorry, reuploaded the mpq and you're right it's meant to be only 10mb, no clue why it was so much larger

[Neiloe]

Hello, awesome work, thanks a lot !

[Huma]

can we have the 10mb version link? 700 for a water replace seems to much xD

[Vidooo]

I updated the links, they lead to the way way way smaller downloads now

[Vidooo]

Fixed an issue regarding entering zones such as Desolace. I've reuploaded the MPQ and advise people to redownload it (also cut the mpq down to 10mb so it should be a nearly instant download for everyone now)

[Takinsur]

huge!

[Breadskix]

This is fantastic. highly recommend.

How to install:
Just add Patch-W.MPQ into your Data folder.

[Huma]

to much glow effect on snowy areas with your patch, can you fix it?

[Vanga]

Hey thank you for the work you put into it ! Will definitly try it out

[Allwynd01]

This image makes the water look really unnatural. Like it's not water at all, but some missing texture asset. I don't know how many other places will be encountered where the water will look just as unnatural.

I think the default water texture really does the job, the lack of DX11 for a better water is a problem, but the new water in Activision Classic looks weird when combined with the Vanilla graphics of everything else.

I'm sorry, it's a nice effort, some may appreciate it, but I've tried such modifications, I went OCD crazy at some point about WoW, other games, Windows customization and more and in the end I realized it's just an useless waste of time and have been enjoying things in their base appearance and it feels much more liberating to not give a fuck about so many useless things.

[Zacrifice00]

This image makes the water look really unnatural. Like it's not water at all, but some missing texture asset. I don't know how many other places will be encountered where the water will look just as unnatural.

I think the default water texture really does the job, the lack of DX11 for a better water is a problem, but the new water in Activision Classic looks weird when combined with the Vanilla graphics of everything else.

I'm sorry, it's a nice effort, some may appreciate it, but I've tried such modifications, I went OCD crazy at some point about WoW, other games, Windows customization and more and in the end I realized it's just an useless waste of time and have been enjoying things in their base appearance and it feels much more liberating to not give a fuck about so many useless things.

lot of words for someone that didn't have to say anything, much like the rest of the active forum here. if YOU don't like it, cool bro. i think it looks much better than this picture in-game, but i'm not going to go find your post and shit all over it.

[Allwynd01]

lot of words for someone that didn't have to say anything, much like the rest of the active forum here. if YOU don't like it, cool bro. i think it looks much better than this picture in-game, but i'm not going to go find your post and shit all over it.

If you consider this "shitting all over", you have a very fragile ego and feelings, wait till you step into the real world and find out people have opinions... and they are not always going to align with yours. This is one of those, get over yourself. Cancel culture got too much into your head, now you think everything that isn't praise is automatically hate speech. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

[Samus]

Thanks for this! It makes enemies under the water much easier to see and target - very useful considering how fierce the competition for mobs is on this server!

[Vidooo]

Thank you all for the kind words, I am glad many of you are enjoying this mod. As for any future/updates...

At my wit's end, I made a much (imo) nicer looking water texture that's nearly ready to go yet while it's so close it's so far too. Can't get it looking seamless and there is another mod I would like to work on which is a decently sized overhaul of the grass/flowers etc. This was initially the texture for the mod that I wished to post upon first release.

I will leave the unfinished water mod here in a zip file in case anyone would like a go at it, if you don't focus too hard you don't see the seams really, if someone does end up getting it to look right it does not bother me if they want to take full credit for it. There is a separate lake and ocean texture. It is playable by default, just unfinished.





And, as a teaser, the other mod I am working on right now...

[Gee3]

Thank you :)

[Manateufel]

Love it.

[Astrallizard]

Great work!

I wonder how a version that is less transparent would look like. Maybe a mix of your modded water and traces of the original texture could improve the look and feel and fit better into vanilla WoW.