Tuto : how to add ocean tide to your map

[mokauno]

Here is a tutorial to make the water move up and down in your map, like in my mod OceanTide Steam Workshop::☠ OceanTide - TheIsland ☠

The tuto is almost finished, I just have to add more details if needed.

Please have a look at the source here : [WIP] Ocean Tide - ARK: Survival Evolved - Unreal Engine Forums

1. Locate your PhysicsVolumes and get their Z location :

To do that, edit->copy a PhysicsVolume that is a part of the Ocean…

… and paste in a text editor.

Please note the Z value in the line RelativeLocation, it will be base offset for this Volumes.

/!\ Make sure all your PhysicsVolumes are MOVABLE in the detail panel, NOT STATIC, or they will never move. /!\

2. Do the same for WaterPlane

3. Do the same for PostProcessing Volume

4. Modify main blueprint code :

Here is the EventGraph : When the game begins, identify all Volumes and waterplane that compose your ocean, to store their reference, then set a timer that repetitively execute the function “Move_ocean”.

and the detail of its related functions

You will also need to add 4 variables : an array of strings to store the names of your PhysicsVolumes, waterPlaneActor, water_postprocessing_actor, and an array to store all your volumes reference for fast access.

Please have a look at the source here : [WIP] Ocean Tide - ARK: Survival Evolved - Unreal Engine Forums

[ComplexMinded]

I’m sure a lot of people will find this helpful! Thanks for sharing!

[duke54]

Wow, thanks, I love the tide mod and was wondering how this worked. I’m definitely gonna add it to my maps

BTW, whats the advantage/disadvantage to using this code in my map vs using your mod instead?

[mokauno]

You can only use my mod on TheIsland map, because your map uses certainly differents PhysicsVolumes. You have to adapt the string array with the names of your Volumes.