Shader: Sea Water

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This realistic water shader has been created in Unreal Engine. It has been created in order to replicate the type of water seen in games like “GTA5” as a realistic standalone but without a great performance cost. The shader is interactive through exposed material parameters, which allow the developer to modify various properties.

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Parameters:

• Depth Fade Distance: Controls the width of reef to near the surface, that is completely translucent but by the foam.

• Foam Size: Controls the width of foam near the coast.

• Fresnel Exponent: Controls the gradient of the reef’s color based on normals.

• Hardness: Controls the gradient of the reef’s color based on depth.

• Reef Size: Controls the width of the reef.

• Texture: Allows the user to select the texture applied to the mesh.

• Color Deep: Allows the user to select the color in the deep zones of water.

• Color Reef: Allows the user to select the color in the reef zones of water.