[Runtime Bug]: Water Rendering bugged in Source Engine games (VTM:B)

Describe the bug

Certain materials are not registered or selectable by the runtime or the tool. Most often this is some kind of water with special refraction shaders that are not supported by modern hardware properly.

How do you reproduce the bug?

Open Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Open the console ` and type map sm_pier_1
Observe the ocean

Alternatively

Open Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
Open the console ` and type map sm_hub_1
noclip down below the map or enter a sewer grate, observe the sewer water.

What is the expected behavior?

There are some interesting fixes in the DGVoodoo .dll that emulates the functionality. However this can't be used since it overwrites the Remix .dll's.

One potential solution is to implement some of these DGVoodoo fixes.

Another solution is to find a way to make them selectable and replaceable regardless.

The goal is to avoid having to do custom modding of materials to switch them, so that the base game can be as unmodded as possible, but the water and other fx like this be remastered.

Version

1.0.0

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Start by reproducing the issue in Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines on sm_pier_1 and sm_hub_1, then trace how the runtime and tool register and select the affected water materials and refraction shaders. Compare the behavior with the mentioned DGVoodoo fixes. Done means the water and similar effects render correctly without custom material modding or overwriting the Remix DLLs.