Nvidia WaveWorks into UE4. Any future plans?

[anonymous_user_e792ca45]

I am not sure that we will be getting official waveworks support, Check out github pull request

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/pull/879#issuecomment-85022307

@;7813

Hello there!

is my first post in the new forum! I’m loving it already. Every day I find something new and exciting !
I have been going completely crazy since UE4 was announced :eek: Honestly, I was expecting UE4 to come out at 2015 or so :rolleyes: especially since UDK version 03-2014 was released only about 20 days before the UE4 release.

Anyways… I would like to bring to your attention Nvidia WaveWorks, a technology that I personally have been dreaming of since I got my hands into ue2 back in the ut 2003 days when I pretty much started getting into game developing.

I believe it was originally announced about a year ago during the GTC 2013 Keynotes.

(Watch about 8 mins in.)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=A84v7lbdcYg
You can probably imagine my reaction when I first saw that!

A few weeks ago nvidia uploaded video which explains things in more detail.

Now the question I want to ask is: are there any future plans of integrating something like into UE4?
IMHO it is such a wasted opportunity, there is literally like only one game that has something close to , ACIV Black Flag (and we all know that game is awesome). I’m surprised that WaveWorks doesn’t seem to get that much attention.

What are your thoughts on ?
I’m curious, would you use something like if it was available or is an ocean shader with perhaps some clever animations enough for your needs? (assuming you need an ocean in your game).