SHADERSOURCE - Tropical Ocean Tool

A water shader with crashing waves around islands and underwater effects.

An easy to use Tropical Ocean Blueprint that has crashing waves that flow up onto the shoreline. Includes caustics, simple water motion and underwater effects.

1. Drop the BP_WaterShader into your level scale to the size you wish.
2. Toggle the spawning waves feature, add your islands and trace your islands with the splines.
3. Sit back and watch as your beach comes to life with waves!

Technical Details

[25 Apr 2024]: Version 2.4 - Versions UE5.4+

• Fixed missing collision mesh for ocean (Needed for Fluid Interaction Tool implementation)
• Replaced landscape height texture in favor of Runtime Virtual Texture Height for shoreline foam (Can be used instead of Distance Fields)
• Shoreline foam now defaults to Distance Fields option
• Moved asset into _SHADERSOURCE folder

Features:

• Bring your beach scene to life with the Tropical Ocean Shader!
• Toggle waves on and off with easy spline system to trace beaches and determine direction of waves
• Automatic tracing of islands with splines or option for adding a new wave spawner spline that can be modified manually
• Underwater post-processing effects and caustics