A Comparison of Water Mods

[TechAngel85]

Haha! Ask and you shall receive! ...though it might take me a while and in separate videos. YouTube has a 2GB size limit on videos I believe. Oh and just for the info, the resolution these video are captured on is 1600x900 because that is as high as my laptop will go. Without the ENB, it still runs pretty smooth at that resolution though. :D

[TechAngel85]

Just wanted to give you guys a quick update. RL has been very busy for me. I received a promotion at work which means increased hours (but increased pay too!) and haven't had a lot of time for this side project. With that said, I have today off and will be working on this all day. I currently have 40 saves in different locations for compares. That's a LOT of compares! I have the vanilla shots captured and will be working the rest of the day to capture the WATER and Pure Waters shots. Then if time permits, I'll move on to capturing the WATER options and the Pure Waters textures. This is going to be a massive compare so don't be surprised if the video is 10-15mins long! But Z asked for comprehensive so comprehensive is what I'm giving! :D

[z929669]

Thanks Tech, looking forward to it!

[TechAngel85]

I started making the video. Currently it's 8:27 long, but I still have to add the rest of the texture compares and then capture and add the WATER optionals so it's going to be as long as I predicted. Unfortunately, I will not be adding any waterfall compares because in this process I discovered that PW has no textures for waterfalls; thus, they are the same as vanilla. WATER does; however, and it's textures for waterfalls is better than vanilla, though not by any leaps and bounds...it's mainly just more "foamy".

 

That's it for today though. Must get to bed if I'm going to function for work tomorrow!

[TechAngel85]

I WILL finish this! I promise! Work has been crazy as of late so I've had very little down time. This should change over the next month or so, but I'm planning on completing this project before then! ....hopefully.

[z929669]

Bump

[TechAngel85]

Haha! I've been debating whether or not to give up on this project. It would seem that everyone is geared towards WATER. Myself, I can't decide which I like better. WATER look better in some locations while Pure Water looks best in others. I know STEP has used WATER forever and Golpher promotes Pure Waters as his water mod or choice. I see merit in both and I think in the end it's going to come down to personal choice.

[rootsrat]

I'm sold to WATER due to the flow direction. Quality-wise, they're comparable and as you said, both look good/bad/better/worse in various locations, so matter of preference really.

[statmonster]

Pure Water looks like nice but it's too pure/clear for my taste - except in exceptional cases natural bodies of water are not that clear.  So I stick with WATER - plus it has some cool optionals.

[phazer11]

I like WATER but mainly because of the extras otherwise it's a toss up for me.

[Neovalen]

I like WATER because of the optionals AND the water is rougher. I imagine Skyrim as a rough and harsh place where the Nords have hardened their battle skills and resistance to the elements... slow moving / calm water just doesn't instill that feeling in me.

[EssArrBee]

I think the newest update to WATER removed some of the optionals, like waves. Don't know if SP is gonna release it separately or not, hard to guess what a graphic artist is thinking. Bit nutty, the whole lot.

[Eliian]

He said that he would not be adding waves back in. Also that it was the "final" version of WATER. Not sure how true that is. May decide to come back never know *shrug*

 

It was suggested to use this mod if you wanted to bring back the waves outside of Solstheim.

 

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[TechAngel85]

Waves optional is still present in 1.75 FINAL.

[Neovalen]

It was removed then readded but there to stay now.