Realistic Water Textures and Terrain by isoku

The latest version of this mod can be found here: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=711
It can also be found on the Steam Workshop.

Note: If you uninstall this mod you may get invisible waterfalls. After uninstallation go inside a house or cave, open up the console and type in "pcb".

Please see troubleshooting section at the bottom of the page if you are experiencing problems.

Version History:
2.0 Name change; completely uninstall this mod before updating to 2.0, major changes listed below.
-----Every water type as been updated, remade almost all textures, waterfall LOD is now darker, Sovngarde now has the correct water
-----Improved current direction: rivers for the most part follow major curves, ocean waves flow south towards the coast
-----River and marsh water extended where appropriate (mainly locations where they transition to ocean water)
-----Waterfalls redesigned (if I missed any let me know), textures reduced in resolution to compensate for higher performance cost
-----Added more foam, rocks and debris to hide water seams caused by multiple current directions
-----Murky underwater scrapped, vanilla is default, crystal clear options will return soon
-----Water surface customization options removed due to LOD issues

Description:
-Oceans, lakes, rivers, marshes, and creeks each with a unique ebb and flow.
-Rivers that flow in the correct direction for the most part, ocean waves that flow towards the coast.
-Waterfalls redesigned to look less like giant slabs of water (vanilla waterfalls still available).
-Foam, rain and waterdrop ripples replaced with high resolution textures.
-More transparent shorelines during clear weather.
-Reduced excessive splashing of objects in water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF-RA9EDwAY&hd=1

Ultra = 2048x2048 uncompressed water surface normals, other textures are 4X the original resolutions, waterfalls only 2X.
High = 1024x1024 uncompressed water surface normals, other textures are 4X the original resolutions, waterfalls only 2X.
Medium = 512x512 uncompressed water surface normals, other textures are 2X the original resolutions, waterfalls only 1X.

Recommended Tweaks:
-Force 16x anisotropic filtering through your drivers whether you have ATI or Nvidia for more detailed water at long distances. Strongly recommended.
-Set iWaterReflectHeight and iWaterReflectWidth to at least 1024 in SkyrimPrefs.ini under [Water] for less pixelated reflections.

Customization (manual):
-"Vanilla Waterfalls" reverts waterfalls back to their vanilla design. Take the textures folder and esp here and place in your Data folder. Overwrite.

-"Reduce Object Splashing" reduces the excessive splashing of objects on the water surface. To install place the textures folder in your Data folder and overwrite.

-Screens for some options can be found in the fomod folder.

To Install (manual):
-Extract the textures folder and RealisticWaterTextures.esp from within the "00 Data - Required" folder and place in [...]\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data folder. This esp must be loaded after any other esps that modify cells!!

-Make sure you have bEnableFileSelection=1 in SkyrimPrefs.ini under [Launcher].

-Make sure RealisticWaterTextures.esp in the Skyrim launcher.

-If you don't see RealisticWaterTextures.esp there, go into C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Skyrim, open up plugins.txt and add RealisticWaterTextures.esp under Skyrim.esm.

-If you are still having problems, use a mod manager to install and make sure RealisticWaterTextures.esp is checked there as well.

To Update (manual):
Extract the textures folder and RealisticWaterTextures.esp from within the "00 Data - Required" folder and place in [...]\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data folder and overwrite everything.

To Uninstall delete the following (manual):
Look at the files in the "00 Data - Required" folder of the original archive, go into your Data\textures folder and delete the same files.

Troubleshooting:

>If you are crashing either downgrade to a lower res version or downgrade other high res textures you have installed.

>If you are getting a flickering water surface after fast travelling or square chunks of missing water:
This is a glitch that is present even without this mod installed.

>If you are getting slow moving, non light reflective water everywhere:
You need to follow the steps in the install instructions above to get RealisticWaterTextures.esp activated.

>If you are getting a glassy/mirror-like water surface:
1. Make sure Load Loose Files is checked in Data Files in the Skyrim launcher.
2. Make sure RealisticWaterTextures.esp is the only water .esp file installed.
3. Make sure defaultwater.dds, ocean.dds, creek.dds, lake.dds and river.dds are in data\textures\water.

>If you are getting a solid blue water surface in the distance:
Don't use the in-game anisotropic filtering. Google how to force it through your drivers and set it to x16.

Credits:
Frontsalat for getting me started on TESsnip.
SLuckyD for answering all my questions regarding the worldspace.
Everyone who has provided critiques and suggestions.