Descripción
Complete multiplayer-replicated ocean framework GPU-accelerated FFT waves, per-shape buoyancy, drivable vessels, dynamic interactions (wakes, ripples, splashes, foam), surface masking, underwater caves, and pool/lake support, all driven by comprehensive data asset support.
OVERVIEW
Dynamic Real Water (DRW) is a high-performance, fully modular AAA quality C++ plugin for Unreal Engine 5, built to empower technical artists and developers with a physically accurate, realistic, 100% multiplayer replicated and deeply customizable water system for AAA games. Designed with performance and scalability in mind, DRW integrates compute shader–based FFT wave simulation, LOD-aware grid streaming, depth-aware rendering, and asynchronous physics into a single, unified system, giving you full creative control over water behavior, appearance, and interaction.
FEATURES
GPU-accelerated spectral wave generation using FFT.
Energy-preserving wave blending across Phillips, Pierson-Moskowitz, and JONSWAP spectra.
Runtime preset blending with easing curves and ready-state delegates.
Massive 256 × 256-tile coverage (approximately 16 km / 10 mi).
Dynamically customizable advanced grid management.
Discrete water bodies (pools and lakes) with per-body visuals and automatic buoyancy transitions.
Real-time specular lighting.
Physically based foam pipeline driven by Jacobian wave data.
Physically based caustics with chromatic aberration and interaction-coupled distortion.
Real-time water interaction layer for ripples, wakes, splashes, and physics coupling.
Dynamically responsive underwater system.
Async waterline system.
Per-actor water surface and buoyancy masking via SurfaceMaskComponent.
Custom physics body system with additive/subtractive collision shapes.
Physically accurate buoyancy simulation with per-shape force calculations.
Wake-driven coupling between floating actors, so a vessel’s wake pushes nearby objects.
Skeletal Mesh buoyancy.
Smooth landscape depth-map generation.
Modular vessel simulation with five hull types, four movement regimes, and four seat types.
Three shipped reference vessels (Dinghy, Runabout, TallShip).
Vessel-attached camera with horizon stabilization, speed-based FOV, and world collision.
Enhanced Input vessel input with quantized analog replication.
Niagara-driven spray system for strong wave impacts and object interactions (Experimental).
Full multiplayer support across waves, buoyancy, vessels, water interactions, and underwater effects, with no extra wiring.
Fixed-timestep buoyancy with configurable calculation rate (1–120 Hz) to match replication.
Client-side smooth replication for networked transforms without altering the authoritative simulation.
Replicated underwater masking.
Simple, drag-and-drop system.
Fully data-driven configuration through Data Assets for every tunable surface.
Modular actor setup.
BP_Drone default control pawn with built-in vessel possession and seat occupation.
Sequencer support.
One-node Blueprint Library for water-state queries and runtime control.
Categorized debug subsystem for force, velocity, and shape visualization.
Asynchronous GPU read-back.
Asynchronous task subsystem with distance prioritization and low-priority starvation prevention.
Multi-instance buoyant actor optimization for crowded scenes.
High quality optimization (Costs 2.7 ms on 3060ti in the editor).
Physically based AAA quality water.
A roadmap that will be continuously developed.
CURRENT LIMITATIONS (for now)
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.