i dont know that its “dead” i think they are working on something for the marketplace
really it depends on if you need travel or not for
the overhead (assuming your NOT using it for an game) just isnt worth it.
Using for an game (travel or whatever) its not that bad.
With that said, there are plenty of planes that can simulate same effect and even have spline based lines for the breaks on a beach … the one i am using to replace is the one from the Tripical Islands on marketplace. The has like 0 loss to my project, and, the beach line actually looks like … a beach line.
Again, if your not making a based project (sea travel, tons of underwater game play, needing water physics for waves and such) then will be one of the biggest “wastes” of time and over head you can use. Its like building an “outerspace” to your map when you will never have outerspace travel.
Not trying to down , as i think the community has done an outstanding job, but, its you dont need , its not worth the trouble.