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White water (water rapids)

When water pours down a 45 or steeper slope it would turn into white water (water rapids) the steeper the slope the faster it would push entities. 45 degree slopes would push 2x as fast. Every 5 degrees added to 45 it would add 1 to the multiple of the speed. It would remain white water for 5 blocks afterward (if the slope ends) but each of the 5 blocks would be slightly less powerful than the last.

It would have a fair amount of white particles coming off, and would have a partially white texture that looks more jagged than the normal water texture.

If a salmon mob gets near the water rapids it could start jumping up the rapids, very slowly.

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    Sounds great, however ten times faster seems a little extreme because a forty-five degree angle isn’t that steep. It would also probably be a good idea not to have it go so far, because water would lose energy fast. Salmon jumping through it would be a great touch, good idea.

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    Thanks for the input! I will change the speed to depend on the angle and lower the length of the flow at the end.

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    The water texture should not be a full block when it is going down as it should be like a thick rain meaning it is more identifiable and looks more realistic. Water falls should be formed in different ways with different curves which gives the game a larger variety of water falls to use.

    This update should also include white water rapids where different rivers are different biomes which have different strengths in the white water (like in real life ) grades 1-5

    For the current, dependent on how narrow or wide the river is, it will determine the speed at which the current is.

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    It would be tough, but I'd like to see some update to liquid physics. Even moving bodies like rivers and waterfalls feel static and boring, right now.

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    Would be nice is sailing down rapids would cause dmg to your boat.

    Would also be cool if the white water blocks had a different sound, something matching the intensity more than the normal trickle

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    White plunge pool at the base of waterfalls and spray could be added

     

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    I don't like this idea it just make my world looks worse