Water Effects - Community Shaders
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #59 of 108 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
OVERVIEW
This Community Shaders addon simulates water caustic effects and adds optimized parallax support.
FEATURES
CAUSTICS
When underwater (exclusive to large water sources and rivers) you can see caustics which become larger and fade out as you get further underwater.
The shape of caustics change with the curvature of the surface, and are disabled at the bottom of objects.
Caustics are created by scrolling and overlapping this texture. It is a loose file which can be replaced by mods.
If replacing this texture, please save it as BC4 to maximize performance.
PARALLAX
Parallax adds depth to the water surface to simulate greater detail.
The height of each individual scrolling texture is added together and blended. This is a simpler parallax algorithm, specifically designed for water.
INSTALLATION & REQUIREMENTS
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[]Install Community Shaders and all it's requirements.
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]Install this mod below it.[]For parallax to be visible, a compatible water mod is required that provides displacement maps, such as Water For ENB or Simplicity of Seas.
CONTRIBUTORS
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[]doodlum
SOURCE
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[]doodlum
Water Effects is a Community Shaders add-on for Skyrim that simulates realistic water caustics and adds optimized parallax support. It's a must-have for players already using Community Shaders who want enhanced water visuals without heavy performance hits.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with nearly 7,000 endorsements and 1.6 million downloads.
- Enhances water visuals with caustics and parallax, making rivers and lakes pop.
- Optimized for performance, so you get better looks without tanking your FPS.
⚠️ Cons
- Only works if you have Community Shaders installed—no standalone version.
- Last updated in March 2025, so it might lag behind newer Skyrim updates or CS versions.
For Skyrim modders who already run Community Shaders and want to push water visuals further. Perfect for screenshot enthusiasts and anyone who loves immersive environments. Skip if you're not using Community Shaders or prefer gameplay over graphics.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure Community Shaders is installed and updated before adding this mod.
- Load order matters—place Water Effects after Community Shaders in your mod manager.
- Check the mod page for any compatibility notes with other water mods like Realistic Water Two.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- doodlez
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Downloads
- 1,631,315
- Endorsements
- 6,996
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 3/15/2024
- Updated
- 3/10/2025
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