Nodes - RealWave

RealWave is a powerful wave simulation toolset for small to mid-range ocean surfaces with versatile features. Objects and standard particles are able to provoke waves from interactions; they can contribute to foam-maps or generate splash particles.

Quick Start

We have created several tutorials and workflow descriptions for you to get you off to a good start:

• → Quick Start Workflows - RealWave Workflows
• → Quick Start Tutorials - Endless Oceans
• → Quick Start Tutorials - Floating Objects
• → Quick Start Tutorials - RealWave-Object Interaction

RealWave Surface Deformers

When a RealWave mesh is added you will see nothing more than a flat surface. A deformer adds structure to this surface:

• You can add and blend as many deformers as you want with a right-click on the RealWave node. 
• In the appearing context menu click on “Add”, and choose one of the deformers.
• Once you have added a deformer it will be attached to the RealWave node and you have access to its settings.

These are the available deformer types:

• → Control Points
• → Fractal
• → Spectrum
• → Scripted
• → RWC Sequence
• → Gerstner
• → Ocean Statistical Spectrum
• → Object Interaction
• → Plugins

RealWave Emitters

RealWave provides two specialized standard particle emitter nodes:

• → “Object Splash” creates splashes from impacting or floating objects.
• → “Crest Splash” creates white caps on top of the waves' crests.