CVar waterdetail

Note 1: Water currently works on DirectX 10 cards (GeForce 8 series, Radeon HD 2000 series and higher) through vendor extensions on DirectX 9.

Note 2: Enabling this CVar with an old graphics driver causes the game screen to go black

This CVar enables the water reflection added in Cataclysm.

Default Setting

 * 0

Possible Settings

 * 0:Old water (as in Wrath of the Lich King and previous)
 * 1:Screen space reflection
 * 2:Dynamic reflection

Changing this setting
In-game, type the following /console waterdetail setting

Alternatively, you can exit WoW, open the Config.wtf file, and add the following line: SET waterdetail setting