I almost had something worth looking at...and Carrara froze up on me last night. 'Will start again tonight.

EnumaElish: I got through most of your advice with good results, but could not get the "Turbulence" to rough up the surface of the rect.prism that I was using for water. Is a bump map required?

gavotte: I like the idea of using a terrain as the water itself, but the 'Shader Ops" and 'Shoestring Shaders' are third-party plug-ins are they not?