WaterType

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Link to TES4 Construction Set Wiki: Water Type

WaterType Dialog

• ID: Editor ID for the water type.
• Causes n damage per second: Checkbox to activate water damage where n is the number of health points lost per second while in this water type. (Not used. Use the Spell effect drop box instead.)
• Name: Display name for the liquid.
• Spell effect: Editor ID for the Spell (if applicable). The 'Spell effects' are located in the Object window under Game Effects -> Actor Effects.
• Unlabeled dropdown list: Changes what is displayed in the first preview window.
• 2nd unlabeled dropdown list: Changes what is displayed in the second preview window.

Water Color Tab

• Shallow Color:
• Deep Color:
• Reflection Color:
• Displacement Simulator:
  • Force:
  • Velocity:
  • Falloff:
  • Dampner:
  • Starting Size:
• Rain Simulator:
  • Force:
  • Velocity:
  • Falloff:
  • Dampner:
  • Starting Size:
• Add Blend Texture: Not in use. (Removed?)

Water Properties Tab

• Open Sound:
• Material ID:
• Opacity:
• Reflectivity Amount:
• Distortion Amount:
• Fresnel Amount:
• Sun Power:
• Shininess:
• Reflection HDR Modifier:
• Light Radius:
• Light Brightness:

Noise Generator Tab

Sliders to effect the normals on the water surface. The seven provided sliders alter the noise waves in different ways to produce different noise-maps.

• Texture Select: Drop down at the top of the page to select which layer of noise you want to modify the properties on.
• Noise Type: Selects which noise function is to be used (Perlin, Fractal/fractional Brownian Motion, or Ridged Multifractal/Multifractional.
• X Frequency:
• Y Frequency:
• Octaves:
• Amplitude:
• Lacunarity:
• Bias:
• Gain:
• Random Seed: A number used with the Generate button to create different noise-maps.
• Generate: Used to create the noise texture for that layer.
• Export: Used to save out the noise-map to a .dds texture file.

Noise Properties Tab

Sliders for modifying noise properties.

• Texture Select: Drop down at the top of the page to select which layer of noise you want to modify the properties on.
• Wind Direction:
• Wind Speed:
• Amplitude Scale:
• UV Scale:
• Noise Scale: Determines how exaggerated the normals will be.
• Depth Falloff Start: Where the alpha fadeoff begins (used for edges of the water, to blend it smoothly with the land).
• Depth Falloff End: Where the alpha fadeoff ends.
• Select Noise: Noise texture filename (.dds). Click Select Noise to browse for the texture.

Fog Properties Tab

Sliders for modifying fog properties.

• Unlabeled dropdown list:
• Fog Amount:
• Fog Distance - Near Plane:
• Fog Distance - Far Plane: