Planetary Oceans Plugin

[script526]

Hey guys, I have finished and released my Planetary Oceans plugin - a solution for oceans on spherical worlds.

Features:

• Gerstner waves on a sphere
• Can be moved and rotated at runtime
• Any amount of oceans in the level
• Waves foam, beach foam
• Subsurface scattering
• Distance field based waves attenuation (to flatten the ocean on the shore)
• Texture based normals on top of wave normals

Planned features (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET):

• Ocean quadtree (LOD) system
• Buoyancy system
• Wave presets blending
• Custom physically based atmosphere (any amount in the level)
• Network replication

Marketplace link
Plugin’s Discord

[script526]

Some progress on the upcoming buoyancy update

[EvoPulseGaming]

Just for the record, @script526 asked to use the boat from the EnvironmentProject (Ocean Project). I’ve given him permission to use anything from the project. I wish him and his project the best, it is a really cool concept.

[script526]

Thank you Evo!

[script526]

Update 1.1.0 has been released, which includes:

New features:

• Buoyancy system
• Drivable boat (WIP)
• Voxel Plugin 2.0 buoyancy Integration
• Masking out water
• Ocean mesh generator (with different polygon density parameters)

Fixed:

• Consistent hash functions for waves randomization (fix for ocean ‘jittering’)
• New wave spread algorithm based on these hash functions

Visuals:

• Added volumetric clouds to the Buoyancy map
• Minor enhancements to the water material