Striving for Photorealism in UE4

[unit23]

Thanks! For the water it’s a mix of

• Top flat plane layer which is a translucent material with some panning normals (4 way chaos), fresnel tinting and some caustics with uv distortion put into the color

• Bottom opaque layer which is with caustics also being uv distorted by a panning texture and the r g and b channels offset slightly for the colors. That coupled with the distortion that refraction adds and other tints based on depth and distance brings it all together!

Could you post a screenshot? Thanks Broin! Currently using the Ocean plugin which has literally hundreds of settings, so I rather use something more simple, easier if possible.