Dynamic Real Water

This is a realistic, easy-to-use, GPU-accelerated FFT water simulation with physically accurate asynchronous CPU buoyancy physics.

General Information

Dynamic Real Water is a GPU-accelerated FFT water simulation plugin for Unreal Engine 5. It features compute shader-based FFT wave generation, multi-LOD grid streaming, a modular physics body system, asynchronous buoyancy physics via GPU readback, analytical foam, semi-analytical caustics, depth map generation, and dynamic underwater effects.

It's suitable for a wide range of applications, including games, cinematics, interactive experiences, and simulations where visual fidelity, wave dynamics, and responsive buoyancy are important. Designed for flexibility and scalability, DRW fits both small-scale scenes and large open environments.

FEATURES

• GPU-accelerated FFT waves

• %100 Replicated

• Simple, drag-and-drop system

• Real-time specular lighting, analytical foam, and caustics generation

• Predictive force smoothing

• Physically based AAA quality water

• Replicated water masking for underwater caves

• Asynchronous waterline capture

• Asynchronous GPU read-back

• Custom physics body system with additive/subtractive collision shapes

• Skeletal mesh support

• Physically accurate buoyancy force calculations

• Automatic center of mass computation from collision shapes

• Smooth landscape depth-map generation

• Dynamically responsive underwater system

• Massive 256 × 256-tile coverage (approximately 16 km / 10 mi)

• Dynamically customizable advanced grid management

• High quality optimization (Costs 2.7 ms on 3060ti in the editor)

• Extremely modular, easy to read, clean code

• Low disk space

• Asynchronous task subsystem

• Sequencer support

• Self sufficient system

• A roadmap that will be continuously developed

CURRENT LIMITATIONS (for now)

• Only one water body is supported per level.

• There is no integration with the Water Plugin

• The mobile platforms are not supported

• All platforms besides Windows are not tested for compatibility.

• Water quality settings are not yet available. FFT resolution is currently fixed at 256×256.

Technical details

Number of Blueprints: 17

Number of C++ Classes: 17

Number of Meshes: 13

Number of Materials: 24

Number of Material Functions: 33

Number of Textures: 28

Number of Shaders: 15

Network Replicated: Yes

Supported Target Build Platforms: Windows

Important Notes: I'm actively supporting Dynamic Real Water and will respond to questions, bug reports, and feature requests as quickly as possible. If you find the plugin useful, a positive review would be greatly appreciated, it helps support continued development and future updates.

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