S2. Moi_matShad_Terrain_Water_Wavy002

This is a series I transplanted, renamed and altered some of the functions, parameters and values into the terrain shader for modding the terrain water.

This series has no pool reflection and it's made solely for users whose video cards don't support pool reflection or users who just want only wavy pond surfaces...

The water colour is somewhat altered to be darker in this series. But for those who want the original pool water colour, suggest it with some applicable usages.

Copyright and Installation is the same as Series 1.
Compatibility is the same as part "1." of Series 1 Compatibility.

Thank you niol to share this change on the ponds look

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing your creativity here This is a very nice addition to our games.

Stupid question but...does this mean that my sims can now swim in lakes? If not, it's still very cool. Thanks for the upload!

It will bring more variety in landscaping ! Thank you Niol !

Does this change the look of ALL of the ponds in my game, or can I specify that it will affect only certain areas?

I don't really understand this.

I have Seasons and my pool-water has reflections - do my ponds also get reflections if I install this or what does this mean?

Thanks Niol!

Thank you Niol! I would also like to know if simmies can swim in this :lovestruc
xo

This was a fabulous idea, but I guess it doesnt work in my game

I don't get it either....unless it means they can swim in it?? Are the fishies in the pic decoration? I normally don't see them under the water only bubbles....(the reason I ask is I heard you should see them and some graphics cards don't cooperate...)

i dont get it ethere in my game unless im that stupid but mine looks like that also

1. Lol, this mod is to make the terrain water surface wavy like the swim-pool but not to make it swimmable. For the latter, may read the updated infos above... sorry for my lateness to give out.

2. My video card is not the latest high-end video card, so I've no pool mirror reflection in my game, so I can't know what it's like for EP5 users with latest high-end video cards. So, feedbacks on that possibility is highly welcome. Thanks in advance If you're EP5 or EP-higher users with latest high-end video cards and the mod doesn't work well, may wait for the next addition to this series which should work for most users as many as EP3 swim-pool for most users.

3. This is a global mod, so all terrain ponds will get the same changes.

4. As for the fish:
4a. If a video card does not support VS1.1 or simply the fish rendering, no fish.
4b. If the pond is not deep enough, no fish.
4c. If interfering mods exist, fish can be graphically silented or routinely disabled.
4d. If the pond water gets too opaque or dark, fish can be graphically covered.

Thanks for your feedbacks

I have tested it with EP5 and all graphic options on highest level with a really good video card.

Unfortunately this mod doesn't make the ponds have reflections.

This is what it looks like with high graphic options:

First I would like to say thank you so much for this mod! Its my new favorite! Second, I tested in game and when a pool is present on a lot reflections are enabled. I took a picture so you could see.





*Edit*

It seems sometimes the reflections "catch" on the water and stay there. After zooming the camera in and out the "catching" reflections seem to disappear. This could be related to my graphics card though.

*Edit For Picture*

This is what I'm talking about with the "catching" reflections. Otherwise everything is great!




*Yet Again Edit*

After several hours of testing I noticed that when I increase the size to an average sized pool the "catching" stops. I think this has something to do with the pond being smaller then the pool? Hopefully this will be my last edit lol

rubytuesday, maskeysims, shalee699,

Sorry, I was too busy that I could only give out general responses yesterday.
1. Can you report the video card specs, so I can warn other users of such precaution.? please, thanks in advance
2. Have you installed gunmod's pool shader mod included in Chocolate Pi 's Gunmod's Radiance Light System 2.2 BETA RC1 http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=133383 ?
3. It can also be the result of video-card-shader conflicts. Please report game version run. Thank you again...

But, I'm definitely appreciated for your feedbacks... Thanks with a "typed" basket of fruit".

RealGanacampo,

Thanks with a verbal "smile" for showing me the mod used for a terrain water pond without swim-pool... So, I can compare it with the latter post.


starman4016,

:jumping: Now, I'm stunned by the pix...! Something I estimated that may be a case to happen to EP5 users with a compatible video card for pool reflection when the mod is used with swim-pool built around the pond :D... But, according to your description, it's not running smoothly as the swim-pool... (Hopefully, some works can solve it?) I'd been waiting for >3 months for an answer...

Thus, it seems the mod is great for photo-shooting at least ...

Thank you very much with a virtual cup of tea of your likes...


All,
there'll be variations on colouration and probably transparency and more.

After monkeying around I figured out how to trick the game into not making the reflections "catch"

It seems that if you put 4 small pool blocks on the furthest side of the lot and don't allow the pond water to pass the 4 blocks. It then tricks the game into thinking the pond is part of the pool, thus the elimination of "catching" reflections. Here is a picture to illustrate what I mean.




P.S. Thanks for the tea, I really enjoyed it! *gives tea and a cookie to Niol for all his amazing work*

starman4016,

Oh thanks for your further reporting :dances for you:, so the swim-pool reflection is like the caustics animation, the activating codes are called when a pool product is on screen...
I'll see if I can I get yet another recolour-mod done for this cause...

But one may try Numenor(MTS2)_SphereMatte_Moi_sphere_023-CausticsGeneratorMaterial.rar and probably with
Numenor(MTS2)_SphereMatte_Moi_stand_GS-nil.rar
along with their meshes
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=36604
to see this recolour-mod can do the same job as the swim-pool blocks...

http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=179725


All,
Recolour-mods are basically graphical mods with graphical codes altering how the game presents the graphics. They may need a host such as a meshful object as in the case of Matte Sphere which I used as the host for my first recolour-mod. The effect is due to the recolour but not the object itself so that it's not an object mod. The influencing boundary will be on the screen boundary. So, use such recolour-mod(s) in this case the same way to use swim-pool blocks...

Hey Niol, I tested the recolor mod that you suggested. Sadly it didn't work =[. I will continue to test and hopefully try and figure out an alternative method instead of the using the pool blocks. I will continue posting further results if I find some.

starman4016,

Lol, there's a very high possibility that the graphical activating codes is only associated with the pool tool and/or its corresponding shader where I borrow the material from... So, "if" (not "unless") you feel like to join me to fool around the shader codes... , then pm me... ( Sorry I rushed too fast, I used a wrong word to express my thinking duh...)

Also, are you gonna try to make extra pool tools for trials... esp... the a diagonal version of the curved product? I only found its mesh ....

Omg this is the best mod I have gotten. My pond is so beautiful. The reflection is awesome.... It is running great on all my lots )))

Thank You so very much !!!!

Niol this is absolutely beautiful!! Thank you SO much!

Inge,

My pleasure.

Will this change the ocean water in BV? I had one of your water mods in a couple of days ago, and I I had to remove it because while my ponds were GORGEOUS, my ocean water looked awful. It could have been the neighborhood water mod. I will check myself and report back.