Better Large Body Water

I thought we needed some better looking water for lakes and oceans so I went hunting for water normal maps and ways to generate them. The results are kind of simple but effective. Scaling the water gives the impression of different size surface turbulence and this plays a pretty large part in how the water is percieved. Anyhow, lock the water and slide it so it intersects with your coast lines. Color tint to match the desired color(and then make it darker than you'd expect because the color comes out pretty bright). I'm sorry the surface doesn't move or that its not Transparent. Its all I could do. Also, I find that it looks more realistic when the lighting is a tiny bit more Yellow than default but that might depend on the needs of the rest of your scene. Update: Added some set pieces to show off the water a little better. Added Ships from Wojak The Wanderer. Added terrain from SocMonkey. Added Partical Effects from ???