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Postby Spidious » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:25 pm

I am wondering who has the most realistic water effect on their computers. I have tried many different ones and combinations of different ones. But I still am not satisfied with the results.
I really wish it would have rolling wave effects instead of the way it looks now. But not rally sure if FS9 is even capable of doing that. Water like on Splinter Cell would be great....

So far I have tried waterzone, InstlWat, inlandwater and pwover15 (which had really bad looking white caps) So I used new_waves (smallwaves). Which so far has the best looking water using everything in the pwover15 except the oceanfield bmp
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby SaVas » Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:23 pm

The best ones are Lemoncat's waterzone, which are about the best I have seen in the flight sim
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Ridge_Runner_5 » Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:22 pm

Bill Lyons' fs9wat.zip :) Best by far!!!

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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Gixer » Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:25 am

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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Spidious » Fri Oct 29, 2004 7:23 am

I have the fs9wat.zip installed right now. Best so far. But why does it have the white little dots/lines ?

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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby commoner » Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:05 am

Spidious...
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Spidious » Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:44 pm

Not sure why the picture didn't work the first time. But now it works. The little dots lines look kinda strange ?
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Scottler » Fri Oct 29, 2004 11:26 pm

The water effects are generally best seen from higher altitudes.  If you get too close, that's about what it looks like.

Above like 100-200 feet, though...that's an entirely different animal.
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby commoner » Sat Oct 30, 2004 2:40 am

Hyperion....careful you don't fly too high now....might get a nose bleed ;)  200feet eh..WOW. ;D ;D ;D

See the pic now Spidious. Yes that's how it is and why I like Waterzone  ;)
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby igorradmilovic » Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:09 am

One day when we fly real plane if thats what you want I bet the water effects will be good ;D
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Spidious » Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:07 pm

Why can't we get water effects like in the 3D Mark2001SE Demo ?

Now those are water effects !
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby JBaymore » Sun Oct 31, 2004 6:05 pm

[quote]Why can't we get water evvects like in the 3D Mark2001SE Demo ?

Now those are water effects !
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby jordonj » Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:57 am

[quote]Why can't we get water effects like in the 3D Mark2001SE Demo ?

Now those are water effects !
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Spidious » Mon Nov 01, 2004 8:39 pm

I have Water Zone right now. Best so far. Is it Lemoncats ?
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Re: Most Realistic Water Effects ?

Postby Strat919 » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:44 pm

hey there...... where can I get water zone? I havent found it yet
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