I tried to use the water plugin with path tracer but it doesn’t seem to work. So I made an animated water material in a pool and I can see moving reflections appearing on nearby walls (above water level) but I don’t see caustics on the pool floor.
Hey, i am having the same issu… do u managed to fix it ?
Hi @K0T_Schnueffler and @jarnosrt8!
To add caustics to your water material, you can use the WorldPositionBehindTranslucency node. Plugging this into the UVs of a caustics texture will make your caustics appear realistically underneath the water. Here is an awesome breakdown of how you can utilize this method to get great caustics: Cheap Water Caustics in UE4. Utilizing world position behind… | by Hristo Enchev | Hristo Enchev | Medium
If you are looking for a more complex, physically-based caustics system, here is a fantastic tutorial from the Tech Artists at Epic: https://youtu.be/QGIKrD7uHu8?si=rA4u_pQVw8Yvn5ta&t=2247
You arent wrong, but at that point why bother with anyting Epic has to offer?
They arent capable, and realistically unless they scalp developers off of Nvidia they will never be (proven by 10+ years of failed development and the engine being in the state its in).
Get the caustics branch of the Nvidia release.