Note 1: Water currently works on DirectX 10 cards (GeForce 8 series, Radeon HD 2000 series and higher) through vendor extensions on DirectX 9.
Note 2: Enabling this CVar with an old graphics driver causes the game screen to go black
This CVar enables the water reflection added in Cataclysm.
Default Setting[]
- 0
Possible Settings[]
- 0
- Old water (as in Wrath of the Lich King and previous)
- 1
- Screen space reflection
- 2
- Dynamic reflection
Changing this setting[]
In-game, type the following
/console waterdetail setting
Alternatively, you can exit WoW, open the Config.wtf file, and add the following line:
SET waterdetail setting
Patches[]
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added