Simviation Forum - Water. any good?

Oct 25^th, 2007 at 2:06am

B-JR Night Hawk. Offline
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I just want to know if there is good

water

effects for FS9(FS2004) I have looked a little but haven't found any good one, anybody know a good

water

reflecting effect? Roll Eyes

My water looks really bad. Cry

I won’t the freeware stuff.

Anybody can add their favorite water effects to this page.

FlamingBlue Studio is on the roll.

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Reply #1 - Oct 25^th, 2007 at 10:23am

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There are two things you should check before you get completely frustrated from hunting for new water add-ons. (believe me, I know from experience!) First, make certain your video card is capable of displaying the water reflections correctly. FS9 uses DirectX 9 to render it's eyecandy, if you card isn't DX9 compliant, you won't see any reflections no matter what you do. Second, make sure you are able to turn your water effects up to high in the FS9 display settings. If you can't, then the sim has picked up that you don't have the hardware for it and there may not be no point in looking fo better water.

Now you said your water looks bad.....how bad? Could you post a screenshot?

If you are looking for an add-on that will make FS9 water like it does in FSX, then you're out of luck, I'm afraid.
Also, which add-ons have you tried so far? (just so other members can point out ones you haven't tried yet)

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Reply #2 - Oct 25^th, 2007 at 3:11pm

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Bad, like murky lake water bad. The same with mine. I added water effects but nothing changed. Roll Eyes

I downloaded those grass textures. Improved my taxiing FPS by 5!!! AWESOME!!!

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Reply #3 - Oct 25^th, 2007 at 3:52pm

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I am using Ultimate Terrain and it does have some water improvements in it. But it is pay ware and only good in the Continental US. But if you search AVSIM you can find several water replacements there. Just remember to back up before you do anything. Cool

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Reply #4 - Oct 26^th, 2007 at 10:12am

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Give waterzone and/or morewatr (not a spelling error) a try. I combined the two and got a really good effect but I can't remember which section from each. They are both free.

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Reply #5 - Oct 26^th, 2007 at 10:35pm

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here's the pic of the water.

No I can't move the marker all the way, it just goes tho the middle.

Ok i'll try the waterzone & morewatr thanks.

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Reply #6 - Oct 26^th, 2007 at 10:38pm

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B-JR Night Hawk. wrote on Oct 26^th, 2007 at 10:35pm:

No I can't move the marker all the way, it just goes tho the middle.

Ok i'll try the waterzone & morewatr thanks.

If it stays in the middle, it means your graphics card is not DX9 compatible...You can try all the different water packages but I can assure you none of them will work... Undecided