Spring RTS Engine

after looking at your BA vid on you tube i noticed that the water ripples and waves looked very nice when the ships moved along, but when i turn up all the water setting to its highest the ripples and waves are of low quality and don't look 3d. Do i have to update spring? or change my water renderer?

Try /water 4 ( you can change 4 types of water shader 1-4 )

u mean the bump-mapped one that still dose not solve the water trail problem

you want the one called "reflective/refractive"

i prefer bumpwater because it takes less CPU load

there is also "dynamic" water:
ships and projectiles creating 3d waves.

basically try everything from /water 0 to /water 4
your hardware might not support all water types if its too old.

Dynamic water is as close to real water as you're ever going to get on a computer and it will beat your GPU senseless with a massive dildo, so before using it, make sure that your hardware can support it.

well i have run some good looking water on my GPU in my time. the Cry Engine water is amazing so my comp should be able to cope