Description
This mod adds complete customization for the way sound is played when the player is swimming in and under water as well as some smart visual tweaks to enhance immersion when underwater.
- adds tweakable interval between water footsteps
- adds tweakable duration randomization between footsteps
- adds step in and step out sounds
- adds bubble sounds that sometimes play when moving underwater
- adds configurable reduction in visibility
- adds configurable underwater fog coloring that dynamically interpolates between daytime and nighttime colors based on time of day
You may use /setwater command to open a GUI to customize the config to make changes to anything you don't like.
Ideally most games will be supported eventually. Current games tested and supported are minetest_game, Mineclonia, Voxelibre NodeCore. Please let me know if theres a game you want added in the attached luanti fourms topic, in a git issue, or in the comments down below.
Releases
2025-12-09 00:22 UTC
1.0.3 - Compatability Patch 1
Adds compatability for Mineclone based games like Mineclonia and Voxelibre
Adds compatability for NodeCore based games
If compatable/tested game already has underwater fog, that will be used and this mod only changes the sound adjustments.
2025-12-02 14:49 UTC
v1.0.2 - Optimization
- optimizes sound file sizes
- removes several redundant files unlikely to be used
- all water sound media assets are from a singular source and CC0
- LICENSE and ATTRIBUTION files updated to reflect this consolidation
- small cleanups in main init.lua code
- Total mod file size optimized from 293kb to 96kb (67% reduction)
2025-12-02 03:29 UTC
Water Overhaul v1.0.0
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- Required
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No required dependencies
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- Type
- Mod
- Technical Name
- water_overhaul
- Languages
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English
- License
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MIT
for code,
CC0-1.0
for media.
- Maintenance State
- Actively Developed
- Added
- 2025-12-02 03:24 UTC
- Maintainers
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TomCon
Very good mod with nice options
I love mods that enhance sound and the general atmosphere in MCL! This one does exactly that and even has options you can tweak on top. Just NEVER turn the (water) brightness higher than 1.0 (I was being stupid again). Doing so crashes your world, and you’ll need to unload the mod, rejoin the world, leave, and activate the mod again. This fixed it for my crash.
10/10 — gameplay-enhancing mod!
Much better immersion
I was just about to write code for this exact purpose, but now I don't have to. Finally some real underwater immersiom (pun intended).