Hi! There are a few extra steps you might need to do when rendering a Path Traced Ocean - we go over these here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2OmnZaQptCse7Msi=7S7CkiZSaLYRQ2F0 If you have any further questions do let us know on our support email.

Hi! Could you send us a screenshot of the desired effect to our support email so we advice you better if this is possible with out product :)

Hi! You can expand the component scale if you wish to preview it better in editor - but otherwise during Play or when rendering the volumetric effect will move with the Tracked Actor so it will always be there.

@@dumpsterfireproductions Hi! Thanks so much for answering. How can I expand the component scale? I have been checking out your tutorials but must have missed the one where you explain how to do it. Could you link that video please? Thanks again!

@@CLT9898 Hi! We cover this towards the end of this tutorial here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haTQm2CVpLaFl7Msi=rmTg9ePCopj_fGWV&t=2404

Hi! We do not have waterfalls as a part of this asset, though you can have a setup where invisible actors generate dynamic waves - in theory you can have an actor like that at the base of a waterfall which will generate ripples.

Hi! The Raw and Mesh grid are needed to efficiently sample the ocean surface height, so yes they are needed for buoyancy. There are a few things you can try like having a lower buoyancy range or resolution. OR use our fake GPU buoyancy that for small objects like debirs which we show that off here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6bbc4NnbLt2nZYsi=pCiCTkA41Ayug9Jj&t=404

Hi! Chances are that you need to press the Live Ocean button on the Ocean Actor to preview the ocean simulation while in Editor. If this does not help please let us know on our support details along with details regarding your setup so that we can reproduce the issue on our end.

Hi! Yes - Gumroad is where our BETAs and Previews are done. However once the update is finalized we make it available in the Unreal Marketplace as well. The Gumroad version is more suitable for studios and individuals that would like to test and play around with upcoming features, but they are not really production ready until they go live on the Unreal Marketplace.

Hi! We do not support fully mobile platforms at the moment. We do have some basic features that will work on Mobile which you can see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6Ddn5udZsd9p7csi=ACEpGVGlLOrr7-iM This is something which we will be dedicating more time in the future.

Hi! If you disable "Dynamic Foam Use Noise for Churn Texture" you should see the Tiling parameters. If the issue persists please let us know on our support email :)

Yup (the last few minutes of footage are from 5.4. In the video we recreate the scene in 5.3 to see how ray-trace reflections would look) ;)

You should be able to find it in: Waterline/1_Waterline_Content/0_Waterline_Actors/Light_Direction_BP

Hi! The asset if very much game ready (a few projects are using it and a few have shipped with it) In terms of performance you can expect something close to or much better than Unreal's vanilla ocean as we have a TON of quality and performance settings like different simulation resolution and also the ability to set individual frame-rates for the simulations (although we have certain VFX that are targeted for per-rendered cinematics so these will lower performance) Also soon we will support different ocean simulation models as well as pre-baked sim data, sooo performance can be anything you need really. If you have any more questions please let us know on our support email with details regarding your project and we can give you more details :)

Hi! Could you get in touch with our support email with details regarding your setup and engine version so we can take a look at the issue.

@@dumpsterfireproductions will do thanks

@@dumpsterfireproductions i sent a email

Hi! This is a tough one as Lumen reflections at the moment just aren't good enough :( In terms of simple solutions we'd recommend using SSR with a Skylight just like in the past. Otherwise artifacts with Lumen Reflections can generally be fixed by adjusting the intensity of the water normals (Lumen seems to somehow decide what normal values will work best with it, so this can be a little limiting) Next up you can use some extra console variables that extend the ray-tracing distance for Lumen Reflections, which can give you visuals that are very close to what we show in the video. If these do not help, please let us know on our support email along with screenshots and details so we can reproduce the artifacts on our end and investigate further.

Hi! You can drive all parameters of all the ocean simulations independently via a level sequencer, so this is very much possible.

Hi! Not out of the box, though all the render targets for the ocean displacement, normals and foam are exposed, so you can modify the Ocean Actor to run the simulation, but use these textures in your own custom material/mesh setup. Though this will require some experience with Unreal's materials and blueprint systems.

Hi! Difficult to say we have a ton of settings so you can do pretty much any look you want. We have a video that goes over all of these here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGSpYqRtZZ2Vnqssi=-lxFgQY094Wk6t9T We also have a bunch of preset maps which you can see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYu1fHiXpb2siMUsi=29J6uQqpEBwGw00z&t=80

Hi! You could try grouping the two actors (Directional Light + our BP). If this does not work do let us know on our support email and we'll give you a step bu step guide on setting up a more robust solution.

@dumpsterfireproductions I will give that a try thank you

Hi! We sort of have a guide on that :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5OlmIyvjtegh8ksi=8pnQltDIxqBY-WrO This is more of a general workflow on how to create your own WaterStamp decal, but generally you can use to throw on any decal like effect. If you still have trouble achieving this do let us know on our support email.

@@dumpsterfireproductions Amazing will check it out.

Hi! This is possible. As long as you have ocean caustics enabled they will be drawn to the "RT_Result" render target which you can use in a light function material, which when placed on a spotlight should give your the effect that your are after. If you have any questions on the process let us know on our support email and we can giude you further :)

Hi! Could you get in touch on our support email with details regarding your setup so we can replicate the issue on our end.

Hi! If this is a new project you will need to manually create an additional Waterline object channel before migrating the asset. We show how you can do this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3SpaqmajdJpbMUsi=1bDg_LN-VcemOz2S If the issue persists please let us know on our support email.

@@dumpsterfireproductions Thank you very much. I will reset my project according to the tutorial and give it a try.

Hi! Generally when rendering out an animation you would want to set your camera tracker to Track Actor (and select your subject) or Set a Level Sequence. When rendering with MRQ the dynamic waves will appear as expected. Take recorder is not something we've tested, so we can't give any guarantees there, but if you face any issues do let us know on our support email.

@@dumpsterfireproductions Thank you! It would be fantastic if you drop a video explaining this so we see your process very clearly. Would truly appreciate it.

Hi! Could you get in touch on our support email with some screenshots on what you are getting vs what you are aiming for in terms of shape. Generally the animation speed and dampening parameters are what influence the wave shape the most.

@@dumpsterfireproductions Hi, thanks for getting back to me so soon, I'm impressed and grateful. I'm sure it's operator error as it's my first attempt; so I shall persevere on the project and see if I can get to understand the process better. Will send you some screenshots as applicable.

@@dumpsterfireproductions Hi. After burning a few gallons of midnight oil I got it figured out! In my case adjusting the Sim Normal Power to -30+/- makes the wake spread out as required. Thanks again for your input; much appreciated.

Hi! It can be - we have a ton of VFX and quality settings so yes it can cover everything from games to pre-rendered cinematics :D

Hi! This could be due to a number of things: 1) The extra Sub-Surface Scatter we do - you can set the color to black and disable it and have the water material's built in slightly less detailed SSS do the work. 2) Make sure that the mountain mesh is water tight, or has a two sided material or has cast two sided shadows enabled. 3) Make sure you are NOT using Ray-Traced shadows from your Directional Light. You can enable VSMs and add these to your project DefaultEngine.ini: r.Water.SingleLayer.DepthPrepass=1 r.Water.SingleLayer.ShadersSupportVSMFiltering=1 r.Water.SingleLayer.VSMFiltering=1 These will make VSM look extra nice (ray-trace like) :D

@@dumpsterfireproductions Thanks, I will try this!

Hi! We did some tests in UE5.4.2 and what we ended up doing was migrating the main Waterline folder just like in the video - this did result in a crash in the default WaterlinePRO project, but after opening the blank project we were migrating to we found that all the assets had been migrated correctly (so don't worry about the deselecting the level folders for the time being) One more thing is that compute shaders can sometimes compile in the background and newer Unreal versions will not always show this - it may be worth waiting a few minutes (5-10) to make sure these have finished before pressing Live Ocean. If the issues persist could you let us know on our support email and we will investigate further.

Yup! Since this new update they do :D

Hi! The next two parts in this series should help with that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGmzq6efd6x3fc0si=ch0CvLe-lIAWp3DU kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH65lmVufNh_n6Msi=5sB1DZ3_w4-rmAfA If you run into any trouble do let us know on our support email

Hi! If using cloud shadows or volumetric fog from UDS you may need to use the non-volumetric underwater VFX. Other than that you should be good :)

That'd be awesome! was just thinking about what a great couple UDS/UDW and Waterlinere is.

Yup :)

Hi! Could this be linked to the Object Channel setup that we show here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH65lmVufNh_n6Msi=qTT1S0p7_5hehcZD&t=132 If the issue persists please let us know on our support email :)

Hi! Is this on a default WaterlinePRO project or a blank one that you Migrated the assets to? If so did you make sure to add the Waterline Object Channel in the project settings before migrating - we show this in our Getting Started video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3SpaqmajdJpbMUsi=Imk4b3O3alnlSIQo If the issue persists let us know on our support email.

@@dumpsterfireproductions Thank you for the reply! I think I figured it out. This was on the default WaterlinePRO project but I was having the same issue in my own project too. I did add the custom channel. However in the demo maps and the map I set up all the buoyancy channels were set to ignore. After setting world static to block my actors are floating.

@@Jensonian18 Hey I am having the same issue - where do I find the buoyancy channels?

@@djangosmissingfingers They should be on your main ocean blueprint in the details. If you scroll down towards the bottom under the path tracer section. There you should see the water buoyancy channels. Set whichever channel your objects are you want to float to block instead of ignore.

Hi! WaterlinePRO and WaterStamp are separate products.

Hi! There are a few ways you can try: 1) Lower the pivot of your object, so that Waterline can better detect your boat 2) Select the SimCapture Volume component and increase its Z Scale 3) Finally you can grab one of our premade Actors in the 7_Vessel_Presets folder, hide the boat mesh as shown here and place your own on top of it. If you still have trouble with this let us know on our support email and we will come up with a solution :)

Hi! Between 5.1 and 5.3 there have been some major changes in the way the Path Tracer works. This is mainly in the way Emissive parameters are handled (lowering the brightness of the Sub Surface Color will fix the strong green highlights) Next up in 5.1 the Atmospheric Actor would also spawn a massive white plane at the 0 world height - this would also have an effect on the water color, so to get the very identical results we would suggest also placing one manually.