Fix broken pool caustics...

[jedi93]

Hey guys,
I would like to know if it is possible to fix the pool water caustics which are broken since Seasons. Has anyone done this yet? What do I have to do to fix it myself?

Some explanations: I have a bad integrated chipset as graphics card (Mobile Intel 945GM) so I can't use shaders, but I manipulated some files from Materials.package (from M&G) and so I managed to get a nicer water (RegularHLSLWaves) and to get the fish in tanks and ponds to show up without "useshaders"!!
So now I want to know what files I should change to get caustics...

Thx in advance

jedi93

P.S: please move this thread if it's in the wrong forum...

[jedi93]

noone can help? :(

[DasRabennest]

Hi jedi,

I don't even know what 'caustics' are, sorry.

DasRabennest

[jedi93]

it has to do with light effects, refraction, something like this (look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caustic_%28optics%29)

[julmoo]

Do you mean the waves that used to appear on pools and all that stuff?

I noticed on my laptop, when I was playing the base game only the pool was much more animated.
On my better system with all expansions I have been missing them.

I never build houses with pools anyway, they're kind of redundant to me.
How do you really use pools in the game?
They are too bad for skilling and for temperature regulation I just have my Sims take cold showers.

[simsample]

I'm pretty sure that if your card won't show caustics, it would be a bad idea to force it. You'll probably find it makes the game unplayable for any lot with a pool.

You could try these, but not sure which gameversions they work with:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=179725

[jedi93]

yeah, I've tried the caustic tiles few days ago, but they didn't work...