Nearly a year later, I have the game installed and running, framerates are good, but there's something strange with the way the game renders areas of water, and indeed some areas of land. At first, it's clear to see where the land ends and the water begins, but it gets progressively worse to the point that the only way to see if an area is water or land is to crash.
While I absolutely appreciate your efforts to improve the look of the game (I used your trick in game settings to increase framerates on max settings), I'm not so fussed myself, and I'd be more than satisfied if I can play with 'stock' effects, as long as this pixellated mess is cleared up.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1024612983856431176/1159422183953674320/IMG_1652.jpg?ex=6530f70d&is=651e820d&hm=4f63baec42881cbe8254fe5bdd55d9bd6c94cf42f76d2e17071bb6233bf9de44&=&width=893&height=670
This is the issue over land
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1024612983856431176/1159422184410845184/IMG_1653.jpg?ex=6530f70d&is=651e820d&hm=b96402769077e6e2b287789ce80cdd6a45214fce8b7765793c432c113b4d09ac&=&width=893&height=670
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1024612983856431176/1159422184922546176/IMG_1654.jpg?ex=6530f70d&is=651e820d&hm=1bef0ab0279856fe22fb8df5e3ae77ab262452ed732e78b03745128560c3ee3e&=&width=893&height=670
These two show how the map quality rapidly deteriorates when flying over a body of water.