Interactive Water Shader Test

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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 :o

://www.mediafire/convkey/e836/61zdp2v0nicthmzzg.jpg?size_id=5

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Here is test #2:**

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Added buoyancy, faked caustics, normals, refraction etc.

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This is amazing!! I want it NOW :D!!

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dude! Any plan to release?

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That’s !! :smiley:

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Pure epicness.

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Thanks guys :wink:
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Here is test #2:**

v=1_qC788PPfI

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 :p:p.

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

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wow speechless …

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

https://imgflip/s/meme/Liam-Neeson-Taken.jpg

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

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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!!

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Good work so far!

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

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://media.creativebloq.futurecdn.net/sites/creativebloq/files/images/2013/12/webgl-water.jpg

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

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I do as well. :rolleyes:

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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. :slight_smile:

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updates? :smiley:

Or rather: Impressive. Please keep us updated :slight_smile:

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Looks really cool. I think higher frequency waves would help make it look more believable. Currently the disturbances disappear very quickly (I’m sure there are practical reasons for that).

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This looks TK-Master - do want!

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Dang, this is pretty expensive, right? I would like something similar to this but we are shooting for a mobile release so maybe not!

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Looking ,

When do we get to use it?

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That is correct, but you can use Blueprints or C++ to pass parameters into a dynamic material instance. That lets you create e.g. dynamic location-based effects!