Vanilla Inspired Water for OpenMW

1. 1 Update Note

This mod is now maintained by johnnyhostile, huge thanks to PoodleSandwich for allowing me to update it! The former description of this mod is preserved below, at the bottom.

This is a more vanilla-looking water shader for OpenMW.

Credits

Authors:

• []DassiD

  []Vtastek

  []Left4No aka Ingram

  Updated for OpenMW 0. 48. 0 and 0. 49. 0 by:

  • []Qlonever (shader edits, packaging)

    []johnnyhostile (packaging)

    Special Thanks:

    Poodlesandwich for letting me update the Nexus page

    Qlonever for sharing their edits and packaging

    The OpenMW team, including every contributor (for making OpenMW and OpenMW-CS)

    All the users in the `modding-openmw-dot-com` Discord channel on the OpenMW server for their dilligent testing <3

    Bethesda for making Morrowind

    And a big thanks to the entire OpenMW and Morrowind modding communities! I wouldn't be doing this without all of you.

    Installation

    • []Download the mod

      []Extract it to a location of your choosing e.g., `C:\games\OpenMWMods\Shaders\VanillaInspiredWaterforOpenMW`

      []Add the following to your `openmw.cfg` file:

    # If you're using OpenMW 0. 48. 0 (the latest release) do this:

    resources="C:\games\OpenMWMods\Shaders\VanillaInspiredWaterforOpenMW\0. 48. 0\resources"

    # If you're using OpenMW 0. 49. 0 (dev build) do this:

    resources="C:\games\OpenMWMods\Shaders\VanillaInspiredWaterforOpenMW\0. 49. 0\resources"

    Please note that the 0. 49. 0 dev build variants may go out of date quickly so use them at your own risk. If they are out of date please let us know at the Discord or GitLab links below!

    Connect

    • []Discord

      []File an issue on GitLab for bug reports or feature requests

      []Email: johnnyhostile at modding-openmw dot com

      []Leave a comment!

      Old Description below, see above for current info!

      One of the things I found most beautiful about Morrowind as a kid (and still to this day) was the look of the water with "Pixel Shading'' turned on. I want OpenMW in my life for a number of reasons; it doesn't trigger my motion sickness, I can recommend Morrowind to my Mac-using friends, I don't get stuck in things as much and it's nice to think it will help MW live on further into the future.

      But I don't half miss that vanilla water shader! :'(

      So, with the help of people who actually know things about shaders, I cobbled