Big Water Mod FAQ

The mod activates automatically once installed—you'll see stretched fluid textures across your water and lava immediately. If textures still look repetitive, check that a resource pack is selected in your settings menu.

Vanilla stretches the default Minecraft fluid textures, Rekindled applies fire-themed textures to both water and lava, and Stylized provides cleaner, more minimalist liquid visuals. All three spread textures across 4×4 block grids to break up repetition.

Yes, the mod works with shader packs and supports animated normal maps for shaders that read normal and specular map data. Make sure your shader pack is compatible with custom resource packs.

Open the mod settings menu and adjust the texture scale slider directly—you don't need a separate resource pack to customize this. Changes apply immediately to your world.

Yes, the mod reads custom liquid scales and textures from any resource pack you load, so you can create or use community packs alongside the built-in options.

Make sure a resource pack is actually selected in your mod settings—the mod needs a pack loaded to apply stretched textures. Also verify the mod is installed for your current Minecraft version.

The mod has minimal performance impact since it only changes how textures are displayed, not how fluids behave or simulate. It works smoothly even in large oceans and lava lakes.

Yes, you can create custom resource packs with your own liquid textures and scales—the mod will read and apply them when loaded.

The mod is client-side only, so it works in multiplayer without requiring the server to have it installed. Other players will see vanilla textures unless they also have the mod.

Check the mod's download page for the full list of supported versions. The mod is regularly updated to work with current Minecraft releases.