I still don't understand the problem. I have two videos, of the exact same water scene in Maelstrom 64 bit DX9 and Storm 2.8 32 bit DX8. I see virtually no difference in the water. The gifs supplied in this thread are not a good comparison because they clearly do not compare the same sea2 values passed to the engine; the fact that foam and transparency are clearly different leads me to believe that all the sea2 values are probably different for those gifs. You must compare the same sea2 values in both Maelstrom and Storm 2.8...what is the difference here, because I am not understanding what you see?
COAS Maelstrom DX9