Asset Description
Bring Compelling Water Experiences to Your Game.
General Information
In today's competitive gaming landscape, delivering visually captivating and genuinely immersive environments is key. Oceanology Legacy offers a stable, high-quality ocean simulation engineered to perform smoothly on mid-range GPUs, allowing you to bring authentic, lifelike water experiences directly into your game projects without demanding high-end hardware.
Why Choose Oceanology Legacy for Your Game?
Built upon over seven years of dedicated development and support, Oceanology Legacy provides a reliable and efficient foundation for your game's water simulation. Focused specifically on game development needs, it delivers a balance of visual quality and performance. Its high-quality C++ codebase ensures stability and long-term scalability, making it a trusted choice for developers targeting a wide range of player hardware.
News & Updates!
Oceanology Legacy continues to be supported and refined! We are focused on ensuring stability and performance for game developers.
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Features
Get a robust and optimized feature set designed specifically for game development:
Core Simulation:
Optimized Ocean Surface Rendering: Achieve realistic ocean surfaces with efficient performance.
Infinite & Local Ocean Simulation: Seamlessly simulate both vast seas and localized water bodies.
Gerstner Waves: Proven wave modeling for nuanced, realistic ocean surfaces suitable for games.
Mathematical Wave Simulation: Precisely calculated fluid dynamics enhance immersion.
Basic Coastal Effects: Includes essential elements for shoreline interaction.
Performance & Integration:
Optimized GPU Performance: Clean, efficient implementation designed to minimize GPU load for smooth frame rates on Mid-Range GPUs.
Quadtree Tessellation: Dynamic spatial management helps optimize performance.
World Partition Compatibility: Integrate seamlessly into large open-world game environments.
Support for Multiple Water Bodies: Easily manage different water instances (oceans, lakes).
Optimized Lake Simulation: Efficiently handle multiple lake environments.
Basic Network Replication: Foundational support for synchronized multiplayer gameplay.
RVT Landscape Integration: Supports baking static landscape textures for interaction.
Interaction & Effects:
Basic Water Physics: Control over wave direction, depth, and basic object interactions.
Basic Swimming System: Functional swimming mechanics with bubble effects and surface/underwater transitions.
Dynamic Audio Analyzer: Synchronize audio effects for a more immersive experience.
Underwater Effects: Includes essential volumetric and post-process underwater visuals.
Underwater God Rays (Volumetric): Adds realistic light shafts for enhanced underwater atmosphere.
Day/Night Underwater Effects: Simulate underwater ambiance based on the time of day.
Wetness Effects: Visual representation of wet surfaces for added realism.
Customization & Control:
Easy Configuration: Intuitive interface for creating performant water bodies.
Surface Appearance Customization: Control scattering, color palettes, roughness, and reflections.
Basic Shoreline Control: Manage essential foam, wave height, and coastline design elements.
Custom Wave Profiles: Configure Gerstner wave profiles for desired ocean realism.
Multi-Color Water Customization: Adjust colors for different water bodies.
Dynamic Masking Effects: Tools for creating custom visual effects.
Extended Compatibility
Oceanology Legacy integrates with tools beneficial for game development. Compatibility details may differ from NextGen; please consult Legacy documentation or Discord for specifics. (Assume compatibility with assets needs verification for Legacy)
Limitations
Target Focus: Optimized primarily for Mid-Range GPUs and Game Development. May lack some advanced visual features found in high-end cinematic solutions.
Feature Set: Offers a robust but potentially more streamlined feature set compared to solutions targeting high-end cinematography.
Outstanding Features that Stand Out
Oceanology Legacy provides exceptional value for game developers through:
Optimized Mid-Range GPU Performance: Specifically engineered to run smoothly on common gaming hardware, maximizing reach and ensuring stable frame rates.
Stable & Proven C++ Core: Rely on a robust, efficient foundation built over 7+ years, ensuring reliability for game production.
Game Development Focus: Feature set tailored to provide the essential water simulation needs for game environments efficiently.
Reliable Gerstner Waves: Implements the well-understood Gerstner wave model, offering a good balance between realism and performance for games.
Ease of Integration: Designed for straightforward implementation into game projects, including World Partition support.
Technical details
Warranty and Long Term Commitment
Proven History & Extended Future Support: Building on over 7 years of continuous support, we are now extending free technical support and product updates for another guaranteed minimum of 3 years from the Fab store publication date (this period may extend further based on community/evaluation). Protects your investment.
Ongoing Support and Community
Join an active, evolving ecosystem:
Guaranteed Annual Discounts: Exclusive discounts at least 1x/year (timed with Fab events).
Technical details
Code Modules:OceanologyManager, OceanologyInfiniteOcean, OceanologyLake
Blueprints: 13 / C++ Classes: 33
Network Replicated: Yes
Supported Development Platforms: Windows
Documentation: https://galidar.com
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