Title: Oceans and water shaders
Post by: Balletdude on August 03, 2021, 12:20:02 PM
Post by: Balletdude on August 03, 2021, 12:20:02 PM
I'm trying to create an ocean scene, does anyone have any tips or tutorials to make large waves look more transparent. I can get the look of a choppy sea withe the lake/water shader, but it just looks like a giant lump , no transparency, or proper subsurface scattering. would using the path tracer give better results? here's a sample of what I made. as you see, it just basically looks like rather lumpy terrain. I've tried decreasing the roughness and increasing wave size, but just get strange looking reflections. any help would be appreciated
Title: Re: Oceans and water shaders
Post by: WAS on August 03, 2021, 06:23:43 PM
Post by: WAS on August 03, 2021, 06:23:43 PM
Seems like your roughness is way too high.
Title: Re: Oceans and water shaders
Post by: Matt on August 03, 2021, 06:39:39 PM
Post by: Matt on August 03, 2021, 06:39:39 PM
It should be possible to get a translucent subsurface scattering effect by adding some "Volume 1 density". This will give the light something to scatter off as it travels through the water. Try a value of 1 to start with.
The settings are described here:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Water_Shader
This might also help. It's written for the Glass Shader, but the subsurface parameters are similar for the Water Shader:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Subsurface_Scattering
Some subsurface scattering effect should be visible with both the Standard Renderer and the Path Tracer.
The settings are described here:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Water_Shader
This might also help. It's written for the Glass Shader, but the subsurface parameters are similar for the Water Shader:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Subsurface_Scattering
Some subsurface scattering effect should be visible with both the Standard Renderer and the Path Tracer.
Title: Re: Oceans and water shaders
Post by: Dune on August 04, 2021, 02:57:11 AM
Post by: Dune on August 04, 2021, 02:57:11 AM
You can also try a mix with the default shader and use translucency. Nice effects can be made with some experimentation. Here's a clipfile to start off with.
Title: Re: Oceans and water shaders
Post by: Balletdude on August 04, 2021, 05:03:50 AM
Post by: Balletdude on August 04, 2021, 05:03:50 AM
Quote from: WAS on August 03, 2021, 06:23:43 PMSeems like your roughness is way too high.Thanks. I realised that last night after playing again.
Quote from: Matt on August 03, 2021, 06:39:39 PMIt should be possible to get a translucent subsurface scattering effect by adding some "Volume 1 density". This will give the light something to scatter off as it travels through the water. Try a value of 1 to start with.
The settings are described here:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Water_Shader
This might also help. It's written for the Glass Shader, but the subsurface parameters are similar for the Water Shader:
https://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Subsurface_Scattering
Some subsurface scattering effect should be visible with both the Standard Renderer and the Path Tracer.
I'll give the glass shader a look
Quote from: Dune on August 04, 2021, 02:57:11 AMYou can also try a mix with the default shader and use translucency. Nice effects can be made with some experimentation. Here's a clipfile to start off with.
Thank you