Garry's Mod

Garry's Mod

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Water Editor (Visuals Only)
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Content Type: Addon
Addon Type: Tool
Addon Tags: Fun, Scenic, Water
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31 Aug, 2023 @ 12:29am
18 Nov, 2023 @ 3:59pm
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Water Editor (Visuals Only)

Description
A simple editor that allows you to modify some visual properties of water found on maps. If you're tired of having really low visibility underwater, or just want to get silly and fill a pool with jello, this addon can help!

How to use
Just like with the default editors, spawn it from "Entities > Editors" in the spawn menu. Then, open the context menu with C, right click the entity, and select "Edit properties" to start changing stuff.

Features
The main features are:
  • Water fog editing
  • Reducing underwater screen blur
  • Disabling those ugly dirt particles that float around in the water
(Note that the editor can't entirely get rid of blurring underwater - the engine forcibly renders at a lower resolution when your view is underwater. If you're primarily concerned with making posters, try instead placing a camera underwater and moving the player above water, which should eliminate it entirely.)
Details about water fog editing
These settings act very similar to the default Fog Editor, allowing you to change the start distance, end distance, and color of the water fog. (Changing the max opacity is unfortunately not supported by the engine.)

There are some quirks to mention, however:
  • These settings act on "water materials". The "above" materials are used when you're outside the water, and the "below" materials are used when you're underwater. This can be a bit unintuitive at first, but should hopefully make sense if you mess around with the settings. (Or you can just leave it at the default of "All" and not care too much :p)

  • If you ever find that the current state of the water doesn't match what you have set in your editor (e.g. if you're using multiple editors at once and they're overriding each other's settings), there's a "Force Apply Water Properties" button in the context menu that will reapply an editor's settings.

  • The effects of the "fog start" and "fog end" settings can act pretty strange for above-water materials. I'd recommend leaving "fog start" at 0 if you're primarily concerned with above-water visuals.

Console commands
As an alternative to the editor, you can also use console commands starting with "wateredit_" to achieve the same functionality. Remember that you can use the "help" command if you want to know what each command does.

Notes / credits
This addon should work fine in multiplayer, but I haven't actually tested it, so I don't know for certain. Please let me know how well it works!

The source code for the addon is available on GitHub[github.com].

The maps and models used in the preview images can be found here[gist.github.com].
82 Comments
[sbc] kaos_brand 20 Feb @ 5:14pm 
T50 gaming, i had 5000 mods before
you might not want to fin dout how much sppace it takes
FlexAir Fan Numba Oneeeee!! 24 Dec, 2024 @ 12:29pm 
anyone with over 300 addons is very evil
indeepj 27 Sep, 2024 @ 7:30am 
you should really clear out your modlist, im not sure you use most of those 3000 mods
Pururin 27 Sep, 2024 @ 6:26am 
Thank you this saved me. I had a addon that made my screen blurry underwater even after i left water it made my screen blurry and awful for 40seconds, as i have 3000 addons i CANNOT find the addon and disable it, i have tried over and over again but this has saved my life,, Thank you. Works like a charm and i have removed the stupid water filter. :missing::missing::hp_kyu::Yu_Qing_surprise:
20pogi17 17 Aug, 2024 @ 7:22am 
круто
indeepj 15 Aug, 2024 @ 8:04am 
epiksauce yes you can have blood filled waters, because it changes water colour
⑨lnsmall  [author] 14 Aug, 2024 @ 1:27am 
i was wrong, it did not make people stop asking this
Tom 14 Aug, 2024 @ 12:28am 
is it possible to add effects to water like making it radioactive or cause fire damage or even change the viscosity
neonfox1189 12 Aug, 2024 @ 8:14pm 
I can have blood-filled waters on D-Day.
⑨lnsmall  [author] 20 Jul, 2024 @ 11:59pm 
updated the title so hopefully people stop asking this