Interactive Water Shader Test

[TK-Master]

Hey everyone,

I made an interactive water shader test to see if it is doable without C++.

The goals of this test were the following:

-Create an interactive water material entirely within the material editor.
-Must be fast enough to be used in a game and not just a tech demo.
-Blueprint driven (no C++ involved).
-Pack it into a single material function so it can be applied to any water material.

I can't say I'm super satisfied with the performance, it's over 600 instructions already just for the displacement (there should be room for improvement theoretically though) but the fact I was able to achieve this within a couple of hours is good enough for me

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Here is test #2:

Added buoyancy, faked caustics, normals, refraction etc.

[BaekIronFist]

This is amazing!! I want it NOW !!

[vinz243]

Awesome dude! Any plan to release?

[fighter5347]

That's awesome!!

[Achilleon]

Pure epicness.

[TK-Master]

Thanks guys

Here is test #2:

Added buoyancy, faked caustics, normals, refraction etc.

And yes I do plan to share eventually.
I should mention however that the performance is not really good enough.. after the normals calculations got added it got to over 800 instructions.. so yeah, keep your expectations super low .

[halobungie]

Hello,
where can i download a demo from this fantastic Scene?
Greetings,
halobungie

[stucki]

wow speechless ...

[Filly_The_Owl]

THAT IS A FAKE!!! There is no scene with liam neeson in it! And the water has no reflections and depth?


Who ever made this... he has certain skills... very ccertain... i will find him... and he will be my MASTER

[Danii_Dev]

Dude that would be really amazing! I believe that water is UE4's biggest weakness! Cryengine has amazing water and UE4 has them beat on almost everything else. Hope this gets released! Amazing work!!

[Errvald]

Good work so far!

The water looks like plastic though, compare an identical setting with real-time caustics in WebGL
http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/

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[unit23]

If you need a beta tester, i sign up . . .

[KoldKam]

If you need a beta tester, i sign up . . .

I do as well.

[_cDub]

I thought materials didn't use neither blueprints nor c++, but used some form of visual shader language. If not, it might be worthwhile to switch it over c++. Can't wait to see more.

[gbsr]

updates?

Or rather: Impressive. Please keep us updated