Water Sounds
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #11 of 402 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Water Sound for MWSE-Lua
OAAB Data and TR fake water meshes break compatibility with mods using MWSE-Lua raytest to detect meshes.
You have to overwrite those meshes with the ones provided by this mod to have them work with this mod.
This mod should simulate water sound when colliding with generic fake animated water meshes having
_water or water_ or dg-wt_ strings in mesh name (e.g. the ones used for TR Akamora rivers)
It should work also with MAO
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Known glitches:
there may be a small delay before hearing the sound the first time you enter the water mesh,
a compromise to avoid using rayTest too often
Tweaks: you can tweak these settings on top of main.lua file
-- begin tweakables
local slowPlayerInFakeWater = 2 -- 0 = disable slowing player in fake water, 1 = slow while walking/running, 2 = slow also while flying
local includeActivators = true -- set it to false to disable detection of activators
local minDepth = 104 -- Minimum depth to trigger sounds
local waterLayerVolume = 0. 8 -- fake water layer sound volume. Default 0. 8 0 = disabled
local underwaterVolume = 0. 8 -- fake water dive sound volume. Default 0. 8 0 = disabled
local subBase = 128 -- base speed multiplier when wading water
-- end tweakables
Water Sounds is a small MWSE-Lua mod for Morrowind that adds water collision sounds to fake animated water meshes. It has 184 endorsements and was last updated in July 2025, making it a niche but recently maintained utility for modders and players using custom water meshes.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tiny but dedicated following (184 endorsements) — clearly fills a gap for water mesh users
- Solves a real annoyance: fake water being silent when you walk through it
- Lightweight and focused — does one thing and does it well
⚠️ Cons
- Requires MWSE-Lua, so it's not for vanilla purists
- Only affects fake animated water meshes — won't help with other water types
For Morrowind modders and players who use custom animated water meshes and want immersive audio feedback. Skip if you play with vanilla water or don't use MWSE.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure MWSE-Lua is installed and up to date before adding this mod, as it's a hard dependency.
- If you're using a mod manager like Wrye Mash or MO2, install this mod as a separate mod entry to keep track of it easily.
- Test the mod in an area with fake animated water (like a modded pool) to confirm the sound triggers correctly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- abot
- Version
- 1.12
- Downloads
- 3,804
- Endorsements
- 184
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 4/10/2020
- Updated
- 7/26/2025
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