Vibrant Water Visuals
Updating terrain water in most worlds to bring back that 2014 vibrance.
Download: CurseForge / SFS
Patch Breakage: Low
This mod aims to bring back the glossiness and vibrance of water from before the Seasons EP era, when Maxis updated the water shaders to add ice features. However, most water was also updated to be highly reflective, which washes out its color, while the normal mapping was made very faint, exacerbating the flat look of the water.
While I can't bring back the old shader technology, I attempted to recreate the look by adjusting various settings.
I also adjusted the water model structure at Magnolia Blossom Park (Base Game) to make it look more faded and less harsh. I had plans to do this for more water areas in the game, but life happened.
I also edited the water in Olde Platz (Get Together) to fix a harsh corner, although I'm not entirely sure I like the edit and plan to redo it again.
My settings also fix shadows not being rendered on water, which is an issue affecting water worlds released after Island Living.
Worlds edited:
Willow Creek (Base Game)
Oasis Springs (Base Game)
Newcrest (Base Game)
Granite Falls (Outdoor Retreat)
Windenburg (Get Together)
San Myshuno (City Living)
Forgotten Hollow (Vampires)
Brindleton Bay (Cats & Dogs)
Glimmerbrook (Realm of Magic)
Britechester (Discover University)
Evergreen Harbor (Eco Lifestyle)
Henford-on-Bagley (Cottage Living)
Tartosa (My Wedding Stories)
Moonwood Mill (Werewolves)
Copperdale (High School Years)
San Sequoia (Growing Together)
Chestnut Ridge (Horse Ranch)
Tomarang (For Rent)
Ciudad Enamorada (Lovestruck)
Ravenwood (Life & Death)
Nordhaven (Businesses & Hobbies)
Innisgreen (Enchanted by Nature)
Gibbi Point (Adventure Awaits)
Ondarion (Royalty & Legacy)
Worlds not included in the list haven't been finished yet. If I missed any, feel free to let me know!
All of the mods I create would not exist without Lot51's Tuning Builder & Core Library, Sims 4 Studio, and Maxis.
Comments (23)
thank you thank you! The old water textures are so ugly and look icy, this is beautiful!
I was browsing around StrangerVille and noticed that someone at EA made the executive decision to allocate the budget for StrangerVille's river reflections to just the river on Shady Acres. Shady Acres' fishing spot and the river on StrangerVille Plaza don't get any reflections at all. I posted photos on Twitter: https://x.com/JChau95/status/2104170449177383287 Also, do you think you can post a changelog on the Patreon pages whenever each of the mods gets a new update?
Just curious if this is known to clash with any other mods at all? It looks amazing!
Thank you, no conflicts!
I love love your visual mods! Would you ever consider adding swimming/kayaking functionality to the water in the worlds that don't have it?
hii there! i was wondering if you were the person who made the experimental delete worlds mod? and if so, why did you take it down? ):
Oh! I'm so sorry, I think when moving onto patreon I entirely forgot about that mod, I'll try to get it up asap!
Love it. Will be adding to my game as soon as I close it. I do have a question though. Will you be reposting you delete world mod. I love it for keeping occults out of my game and keeping everything else that comes with these expensive packs. lol
love your mods sm, tty !!!
Will the Vibrant Water Visuals be part of the next version of your Seasons Master Fix when it comes out? I saw you took it down along with all your other mods on ModTheSims.
does your difficulty mod no longer exist? the one that was on mod the sims D:
thank you
i love you
sulani?
Thank you for making our worlds so beautiful. I can't wait to see the jungle, too—I stopped by there yesterday, and it's incredibly sad. Thank you again for sharing this with us.flower 🌼
Wow, the difference is amazing!
Thanksssssssss, slaying again
oh hell yeah
WOW! Thank you
The curse link is dead.
Its under review
LUNAARRR OMGGG
another phenomenal visual mod: tysm!! 🩷