Hey guys,

I'm new to the creation kit and I'm designing my first dungeon. I want to add a pool of water for the player to land in after a long fall.
I've used the "Water1024_Blackreach" world object and scaled it to 10x its original size.

Now I want to change the colour of the water: I've duplicated the "BlackreachWater" WaterType and edited the colour and water properties of the new data. How do I apply this to the water object I've placed in my interior cell?
I mean, in the render window it has changed the appearance, but when I test it in-game it looks like the default "BlackreachWater".
Water isn't documented very much in the wiki or on these forums.


I originally intended to have the player fall really far and then land without any damage, though I feared this would be more difficult...

Any help would be great, thanks!

Do you need only to replace the color of water?

As far as I know. I'm satisfied with the size and depth of the water, just want the colour changed.
It just seems as if I don't know how to apply the WaterType to the water object?

I didn't see these function which makes it possible to changed color i know only that can replace the type of water

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1353300-my-water-is-glowing/ shows the panel of colour and water properties.
I just assumed changing colour would work - like I said, I think I need to apply the WaterType somehow.

Come on

Are WaterTypes only used for exterior cells? Just a thought.

for exterior and for interior

You can set the water type in the menu of the water activator base object itself. Duplicate (by renaming the Editor ID) the water activator you use and set the water type to your new water type. Then put it into your cell.

You may also need to set the water type of your interior cell to the water you intend to use, not sure about that.

I duplicated the water activator, gave it the WaterType I made earlier and replaced the previous activator in my cell with this new one.
It looked exactly the same as the other, so I thought that was good. Still no luck in-game, though.

In-game: http:// i.imgur. com/GWDY9.jpg

In the Creation Kit: http:// i.imgur. com/38Q8L.jpg
(I can't post links yet, unfortunately...)

Thanks for the responses so far

Did you change the water type of your cell to your new water type? That may be needed as well.

Oh, sorry. Yeah, in the "common data" tab, where it says "Water" under the "has water" tick box. Still no change.

I just tried and it works for me. Renamed one of the 1024 activators and added my own blood red water type to it. Showed up in game.

No idea what's wrong in your case. Maybe make a really different looking water type (like a saturated red) for testing to see whether it's not just a difference between the CK render and in game?

Hm... right, will get to that tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens.
If I may ask, have you changed any preview settings for your render window? AFAIK mine are still the default, and I view with lighting, sky and effects on. Everything else in my cell looks the same, just not the water.

Thanks again for your reply, good night for now and hopefully I'll hear from you tomorrow!

Okay, I found some time to try out your suggestion. You were right, and it does change:

In-game: http://i.imgur.com/wuTmH.jpg

In the Creation Kit: http://i.imgur.com/XnXFe.jpg

So it is changing the water. I just need to adjust the colour some more...
Besides that, I need to figure out how to make the colour underwater change, too.

Thanks for your help!