Before we get in depth, lets start with what we have currently in Reloaded



We have a Water Plane and that one is surrounding the whole mapping area,

the downside of water planes is that it is a performance killer.

It is of course useful when it comes to creation of islands and big outdoor areas

with a sea of water but thats it.



Now Water Blocks would be the perfect adition to water planes as you can

simulate water in indoor areas and create small lakes, sewers and place them on different heights and much more.



A suggestion would be to make predefined water blocks

in small/ medium and large scales

i believe this would be the best way for reloaded to handle multiple water blocks and even a water plane on the same map.



The Water Blocks would be a simple box model with shaders

and the functions such as color and fresnel++ could be controlled via lua and triggers.

That was also my idea, so i am glad that someone else has got same opinion. Water blocks are best choice i think. But also, what we need is to enable scaling right inside editor. That feature can save a lot of time. So I am definately for waterblocks!

Great idea!

Yes I do hope the current setup will only be a place holder and something like this will be implemented in the future.