Ocean Water

Create breathtaking oceans and glistening seas with OceanShaper - a games focused, highly customizable ocean water system for Unreal Engine!

Overview Video

With multiple tiers of customizable ocean waves, foam simulation, interactive water, underwater post process, a split view waterline effect, bioluminescence, animated caustics, buoyancy functions + a high degree of modularity, OceanShaper is ideal for those wanting to create a range of both stylized or realistic oceans and water.

Features:

• Craft anything from calm and gentle seas, to stormy oceans with enormous waves
• Fully customize water color with additional controls for wave crest and trough color
• Customize wall falloff towards the shore of your landscape
• Detailed and highly configurable water interaction for any number of actors
• Control wind influence on each tier of ocean waves individually
• Simulated wave foam and shoreline foam customization allow for a range of different oceans styles ranging from crystal clear waters to foamy chaotic waves
• Adjustable bioluminescence effects on the ocean shore, on wave crests, and when interacting with water add an extra level of immersion in night-time conditions
• Seamlessly tiling Gerstner waves generated in Niagara for optimal performance
• Modular system means you can pick and choose the effects you actually need for your project
• Create a variety of different water styles to suit various themes and settings - from vibrant tropical waters to chilling arctic seas - stylized or realistic, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, toxic waters etc
• Buoyancy functions included allow you to set up your own buoyancy system
• Control detail reduction in the distance to reduce noticeable tiling patterns
• Multiple example oceans included with different wave styles ranging from calm to stormy + material variations to demonstrate different types of water
• Underwater post-processing effects (fog, caustics, depth-based darkening) help create a range of aquatic atmospheres - from tropical shallows to thalassophobia inducing depths
• Multiple animated caustics patterns to choose from based on ocean water simulations under various conditions
• Demo island with trees, flowers, grass, and cliffs included
• Fully documented setup including description of blueprint and material parameters + in editor tooltips.

The system is easy to set up in just a few minutes - just follow the provided written documentation or follow the setup videos below. Join the discord or send an email for support - see info in documentation.

Setup Videos:

Main Setup | Interaction Setup | Underwater Setup | Buoyancy Setup

Note: Buoyancy functions are included, not a full buoyancy system - the implementation is up to the user - see documentation for more information.