Realistic 3D water Ripples

Mohee · 08-31-2012, 04:33 PM

Where did this effect go?

You used to be able to turn on the option that actually created realistic 3D moving waves/ripples as you swam/walked through water. How come this is no longer in the game?

Deleroux · 09-04-2012, 09:29 PM

These have been missing for a long while now.

I don't know if it has anything to do with when they tried to implement the upgraded shader option with no success or what.

Here is an old forum link for when we definitely had the nice water effects as an option in game:

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...&topic_id=17133

Finora · 09-05-2012, 11:39 AM

Good question. I asked about it long while ago when I first noticed it was missing.

Even worse, the option is still listed under water in the settings. It just doesn't do anything anymore.

At least the splash particles still work, that's something.

My only guess is they removed it because if someone was very speedy the water effect started looking strange when they were swimming.

Barq Bandit · 09-05-2012, 12:44 PM

I notice this feature's absence quite frequently. It was one of the things I enjoyed most about the look of the game. Now water seems oddly placid. There aren't even ripple textures spreading outwards from where my character is like in other games, much less actual ripples.

Mohee · 09-13-2012, 08:49 AM

Example HERE between the links start time and until 45 seconds in.

Haohmaru · 09-16-2012, 03:00 AM

We've got this in our Q to look at. Not real sure why it up and borked like that... thanks for the posts all.

Sands · 09-16-2012, 10:29 AM

This seemed to disappear around the same time as the interactive flora option. (Which would be awesome to get back too!)

Mohee · 09-17-2012, 08:55 AM

Flora moving as you walk through it, and the ripples and 3d waves of the water...

i miss those days!

These options have been gone for a long time (i think a few years maybe more!)

Thanks for looking into it!

Finora · 09-17-2012, 11:14 AM

Sands@Antonia Bayle wrote:

This seemed to disappear around the same time as the interactive flora option. (Which would be awesome to get back too!)

Wow, I think you are correct.

Merodos · 11-05-2012, 01:58 PM

Hate to bump a thread, but I am curious as to how much progress has been made on getting this back in the game.

Mohee · 11-06-2012, 05:18 PM

Face it, I think they deleted this code and now its lost forever SMILEY

lol

08-31-2012, 04:33 PM	#1
Mohee Lord Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 502	Where did this effect go? You used to be able to turn on the option that actually created realistic 3D moving waves/ripples as you swam/walked through water. How come this is no longer in the game? __________________ EQ'ing since 1999

09-05-2012, 11:39 AM	#3
Finora Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,423	Good question. I asked about it long while ago when I first noticed it was missing. Even worse, the option is still listed under water in the settings. It just doesn't do anything anymore. At least the splash particles still work, that's something. My only guess is they removed it because if someone was very speedy the water effect started looking strange when they were swimming. __________________ Lady Finora Mystic of Prism Everfrost(Grobb) Finora of Valiant Knights Test Server

09-05-2012, 12:44 PM	#4
Barq Bandit Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 687	I notice this feature's absence quite frequently. It was one of the things I enjoyed most about the look of the game. Now water seems oddly placid. There aren't even ripple textures spreading outwards from where my character is like in other games, much less actual ripples. __________________

09-13-2012, 08:49 AM	#5
Mohee Lord Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 502	Example HERE between the links start time and until 45 seconds in. __________________ EQ'ing since 1999

09-16-2012, 10:29 AM	#7
Sands Server: Antonia Bayle Guild: Vermin Rank: Captain Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 67	This seemed to disappear around the same time as the interactive flora option. (Which would be awesome to get back too!) __________________

09-04-2012, 09:29 PM	#2
Deleroux Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 12	These have been missing for a long while now. I don't know if it has anything to do with when they tried to implement the upgraded shader option with no success or what. Here is an old forum link for when we definitely had the nice water effects as an option in game: http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...&topic_id=17133

09-16-2012, 03:00 AM	#6
Haohmaru Zombie Dev Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 118	We've got this in our Q to look at. Not real sure why it up and borked like that... thanks for the posts all.

09-17-2012, 08:55 AM	#8
Mohee Lord Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 502	Flora moving as you walk through it, and the ripples and 3d waves of the water... i miss those days! These options have been gone for a long time (i think a few years maybe more!) Thanks for looking into it! __________________ EQ'ing since 1999

09-17-2012, 11:14 AM	#9
Finora Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,423	Sands@Antonia Bayle wrote: This seemed to disappear around the same time as the interactive flora option. (Which would be awesome to get back too!) Wow, I think you are correct. __________________ Lady Finora Mystic of Prism Everfrost(Grobb) Finora of Valiant Knights Test Server

11-05-2012, 01:58 PM	#10
Merodos Journeyman Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 16	Hate to bump a thread, but I am curious as to how much progress has been made on getting this back in the game.

11-06-2012, 05:18 PM	#11
Mohee Lord Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 502	Face it, I think they deleted this code and now its lost forever lol __________________ EQ'ing since 1999